Michael P. Howlett

Michael Howlett (Professor) BSocSci.(Hon)(Ott), MA(Br Col), PhD (Queen's) is Burnaby Mountain Chair in the Department of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. He specializes in public policy analysis, Canadian political economy, and Canadian resource and environmental policy. He is co-author of

• Studying Public Policy (2003 & 1995),
• In Search of Sustainability (2001),
• The Political Economy of Canada(1999 & 1992)
• Canadian Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (1997 & 2005).

He has edited

• Canadian Forest Policy (2001)

and coedited

• Canadian Staples in Transition (2008);
• Policy Analysis in Canada (2007);
• Deregulation and Its Discontents (2006);
• Executive Styles in Canada (2005);
• Designing Government (2005);
• The Real Worlds of Canadian Politics (2004);
• The Provincial State In Canada (1992 & 2000);
• Innovation Systems in a Global Context (1998);
• Policy Studies in Canada (1996),
• The Puzzles of Power (1994 & 1998).

His articles have been published in numerous professional journals in Canada, the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Howlett was founding member and Secretary-Treasurer (1995–2006) of the British Columbia Political Studies Association and co-editor of its Proceedings. He was editor of the POLCAN listserver (1995–1997) and English language co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science (2002–2006) and is currently administrative editor of the Canadian Political Science Review (2007–2010), and co-editor of the World Political Science Review, the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (Book Review Editor 2001-2006), and the University of Toronto Press Series in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. He served on the Editorial Boards of Canadian Public Administration (1996–2003) and Policy Studies Journal (1992–2003) and currently sits on the Editorial Boards of Policy & Society and the Canadian Journal of Political Science.