Göktuğ Morçöl Associate Professor, Public Administration and Policy The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg
	Office Address: School of Public Affairs Penn State – Harrisburg 777 W. Harrisburg Pike W160 Olmstead Building Middleton, PA 17057
Phone	717-948-6126
Fax	717-948-6320
E-Mail	gmorcol@psu.edu

Research Interests | Publications | Courses Taught | Curriculum Vitae

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Research Interests

Business Improvement Districts

Complexity Theory

Metropolitan Governance

Policy Analysis and Evaluation Methodology

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Publications

Books

Dennard, L., Richardson, K., & Morçöl, G. (Eds.) (2008). Complexity and policy analysis: Tools for designing robust policies in a complex world. Goodyear, AZ: ISCE Publishing.

Morçöl, G., Hoyt, L., Meek, J., & Zimmermann, U. (Eds.). (2008). Business improvement districts: Research, theories, and controversies. New York: CRC Press.

Morçöl, G. (Ed.). (2007). Handbook of decision making. New York: CRC Press.

Morçöl, G. (2002). A new mind for policy analysis: Toward a post-Newtonian and postpositivist epistemology and methodology. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Morçöl, G., & Dennard. L. (Eds.). (2000). New sciences for public administration and policy: Connections and reflections. Burke, VA: Chatelaine Press.

Recent Papers

Morçöl, G., & Zimmermann, U. (2006). Metropolitan governance and business improvement districts. International Journal of Public Administration, 29(1-3), 5-29.

Morçöl, G., & Zimmermann, U. (2006). Community improvement districts in metropolitan Atlanta. International Journal of Public Administration, 29(1-3), 77-105.

Morçöl, G., & Patrick, P. (2006). Business improvement districts in Pennsylvania: Implications for democratic metropolitan governance. International Journal of Public Administration. 29(1-3), 137-171.

Morçöl, G. (2005). A new systems thinking: Implications of the sciences of complexity for public policy and administration. Public Administration Quarterly, 29(3), 297-320.

Morçöl, G. & Zimmermann, U. (2005). Transportation management associations: Prospects and problems for public administration. International Journal of Public Administration, 28, 1095-1116.

Morçöl, G. (2005). Phenomenology of complexity theory and cognitive science: Implications for development of an embodied knowledge of public administration and policy. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 27(1), 1-22.

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Courses Taught (Click on the course name for course syllabus)

PADM 503: Research Methods

PADM 535: Policy Analysis and Planning

PADM 550: Policy and Program Evaluation

PADM 573: Theory and Research in Public Policy and Governance

PADM 575: Advanced Research Design

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