𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹:
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice

𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿:
Routledge | Taylor & Francis Group

𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲:
24 June 2026

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲:
01 April 2027

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲

Hot and arid environments (HAE) are home to more than two billion people and represent some of the world's most climate-stressed regions. Governments operating in these contexts face interconnected challenges including water scarcity, food insecurity, extreme heat, rapid urbanization, demographic shifts, and increasing social vulnerabilities.

Despite growing research on specific policy challenges and individual country cases, there remains a significant need for systematic comparative policy analysis across diverse hot and arid environments. This Special Issue seeks to understand how different political, institutional, and socio-economic contexts shape policy responses and how resilience and adaptability can be fostered under conditions of environmental stress.

The Special Issue adopts a comparative public policy perspective to examine how governments design, implement, and adapt policies in response to shared climatic pressures. Through cross-regional and cross-sectoral comparisons, it aims to identify patterns of policy innovation, institutional coordination, and governance strategies that can inform both HAE and non-HAE contexts.

A two-day workshop will be organized in October 2026 to facilitate intensive exchanges among authors, after which a selection of papers will be further developed for publication in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice.

𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁

Submissions may address, but are not limited to:

• Comparative policy design and agenda setting in hot and arid environments
• Institutional arrangements, governance structures, and state capacity in HAE
• Policy implementation, effectiveness, durability, and adaptation over time
• Stakeholder engagement, participatory governance, and policy ownership
• Cross-sectoral policy responses in water, food, health, energy, and urban development
• Policy learning, transfer, and diffusion across regions facing similar environmental challenges
• Inequality, social vulnerabilities, and resilience-building strategies
• Comparative methodologies for policy analysis across diverse and unequal contexts
• Cross-regional, within-country, and cross-sector policy comparisons

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀

This Special Issue seeks theoretical and empirical contributions that advance comparative policy analysis in hot and arid climates. It aims to deepen understanding of how resilience and adaptation policies emerge, evolve, and perform under environmental constraints while generating insights relevant to both climate-vulnerable and broader policy contexts.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀

• Abstract submissions (500 words) are due by 24 June 2026 and should be emailed to lcochrane@hbku.edu.qa.
• Accepted proposal notifications will be issued on 30 June 2026.
• Workshop paper submission and registration deadline: 01 October 2026.
• Workshop date: 13 October 2026.
• Venue: College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.
• Comments from discussants and conveners will be shared with authors on 21 October 2026.
• Full Special Issue article submission deadline: 01 April 2027.
• Papers must be written in English, follow JCPA submission guidelines, and adopt an explicit comparative lens.
• Abstracts should clearly articulate the contribution, research gap, objectives, methodology, key findings, and implications.
• Authors should include a cover page containing affiliations, contact information, email addresses, and details of the corresponding author.

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀

Logan Cochrane
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Email: lcochrane@hbku.edu.qa

Esmat Zaidan
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Email: ezaidan@hbku.edu.qa

Evren Tok
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Email: etok@hbku.edu.qa

Radhouane Ben Hamadou
Director of Research at Earthna

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘂 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 — 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

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