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

 Email:             gmorcol@psu.edu

 

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Research Interests | Publications | Courses Taught | Curriculum Vitae

 

Research Interests

 

·         Business Improvement Districts

 

·         Complexity Theory

 

·         Metropolitan Governance

 

·       Policy Analysis and Evaluation Methodology

 

         Current Projects

 

 

 

 

Complexity Theory & Micro-Macro Problem

 

 

 

Publications

Books

Morçöl, G. (2012). A complexity theory for public policy. London & New York: Routledge [Scheduled publication date: April 2012]. (http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415518277/)

Dennard, L., Richardson, K., &  Morçöl, G. (Eds.) (2008). Complexity and policy analysis: Tools and concepts for designing of robust policies in a complex world.  Goodyear, AZ: ISCE Publishing. (http://emergentpublications.com/documents/9780981703220_contents.pdf?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1)

Morçöl, G., Hoyt, L., Meek, J., & Zimmermann, U. (Eds.). (2008). Business improvement districts: Research, theory, and controversies. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. (http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781420045765/)

Morçöl, G. (Ed.). (2007). Handbook of decision making. New York: CRC Press. (http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781574445480/)

Morçöl, G. (2002). A new mind for policy analysis: Toward a post-Newtonian and postpositivist epistemology and methodology. Westport, CT: Praeger. (http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9780275970123)

Morçöl, G., & Dennard. L. (Eds.). (2000). New sciences for public administration and policy: Connections and reflections. Burke, VA: Chatelaine Press. (http://www.amazon.com/New-Sciences-Public-Administration-Policy/dp/1574200704)

 

Recent Papers

Morçöl, G. (2010). Center City District: A case of comprehensive downtown business improvement districts. Drexel Law Review, 3(1), 271-286.

Morçöl, G., & Wolf, J. F. (2010). Understanding business improvement districts: A new governance framework. Public Administration Review, 70(6), 906-913.

Morçöl, G., & Ivanova, N. (2010). Methods taught in public policy programs: Are quantitative methods still prevalent? Journal of Public Affairs Education, 16(2), 255–277

Morçöl, G. (2010). Reconceptualizing public policy from the perspective of complexity theory. Emergence: A Journal of Complexity Issues in Organizations and Management, 12(1), 52-60.

Morçöl, G., & Wachhaus, A. (2009). Network and complexity theories: A comparison and prospects for a synthesis. Administrative Theory and Praxis, 31(1), 44-58.

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.


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 575: Advanced Research Design

 



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