Research

Research Agenda

My research centers on a longstanding problem of public administration: how to design and sustain governance arrangements that are democratic, capable, and responsive when authority, knowledge, and responsibility are shared across institutions and communities. I examine how these arrangements shape participation, public value, institutional capacity, and equitable outcomes. Much of my work is situated at the local and community level, where I study institutional design and professional local government, public innovation and experimentation, co-production and collective action, and the conditions under which new forms of governance become accountable, equitable, and durable.

Current Projects

Professional Local Government and Institutional Design

Examining professional management, institutional arrangements, ethics, and the contemporary conditions of local governance.

Urban Innovation Governance

Investigating how experimentation, coordination, learning, and institutional change shape public innovation and the creation of public value.

Participation, Co-Production, and Public Value

Examining how public institutions and communities jointly shape governance, service delivery, and place through participatory and co-productive processes.