Policy Forum is Asia and the Pacific’s platform for public policy debate, analysis, views, and discussion.

Policy Forum is a Crawford School of Public Policy initiative but publishes pieces from experts around the world. Since launching in November 2014, we have published more than 2000 pieces from many hundreds of authors worldwide. The site’s first publisher was Professor Tom Kompas, former President of the Asia and the Pacific Policy Society. It was the idea of former Editor Martyn Pearce, who created and edited the site and its podcasts from 2014 until December 2020.

The site is connected to the Asia and the Pacific Policy Society (APPS) – a community of scholars, public policy practitioners, people working at every level of public policy design and implementation, and the policy-engaged public. Membership of the Society is free and it brings with it significant benefits. You can sign up here.

Policy Forum and the Society are run by a team at Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University.

Policy Forum publishes original essays, podcasts, opinions and ideas on public policy challenges throughout the region, and the world. Our contributions are written with a broad audience in mind and are intended to provoke a discussion, dialogue or debate.