PENN STATE HBG
MIDDLETOWN, PA 17057
Biography
Göktuğ Morçöl is a professor of public policy and administration. He earned his degrees from the Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey (B.S. in sociology and M.S. in political science and public administration) and Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA (Ph.D. in public administration and policy). He has authored, edited, and co-edited the following books: (2014). Challenges to Democratic Governance in Developing Countries (Springer, 2014); A Complexity Theory for Public Policy (Routledge, 2012); Business Improvement Districts: Research Theory and Controversies (CRC Press, 2008); Complexity and Policy Analysis: Tools and Methods for Designing Robust Policies in a Complex World (ISCE Publishing, 2008); Handbook of Decision Making (CRC Press, 2007); A New Mind for Policy Analysis: Toward a Post-Newtonian and Postpositivist Epistemology and Methodology (Praeger, 2002); and New Sciences for Public Administration and Policy: Connections and Reflections (Chatelaine Press, 2000).
His articles have appeared in journals such as Public Administration Review, Administration and Society, Administrative Theory and Praxis, Policy Sciences, Public Administration Quarterly, Politics and Policy, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, Teaching Public Administration, Information Polity, and Emergence. He served as the first chair of the Section on Complexity and Network Studies of the American Society for Public Administration and as an editor-in-chief of the journal Complexity, Governance & Networks until January 2020.
External Academic Profiles
Research Interests
- Complex Governance Networks
- Complexity Theory (Complex Adaptive Systems)
- Metropolitan Governance
- Business Improvement Districts
- Public Policy and Administration Education
- Policy Analysis and Evaluation Methodology
Publications
Publications since 2018
(See the Curriculum Vitae for the full list.)
Morçöl, G. (2023). Complex governance networks: Foundational concepts and practical implications. New York: Routledge.
Morçöl, G., Shafi, S., & Menon, A. (2022). Governance networks, bureaucracy, and democracy. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. Advance access publication (online), 1–13.
McGuigan, G. S., Morçöl, G. & Grosser, T. (2021). Using ego-network analyses to examine journal citations: a comparative study of public administration, political science, and business management. Scientometrics.
Morçöl, G., Vollmer, A., & Mallinson, D. J. (2021). Business improvement district enabling laws in the United States and Germany: A comparative analysis of policy learning. Urban Affairs Review.
Lu, T., & Morcol, G. (2021). Educational quality of the doctoral programs in public affairs: A comparative analysis of the National Research Council Rankings (pp. 1-21). In O. Kulaç, C. Babaoğlu, & E. Akman, (Eds.), Public Affairs Education and Training in the 21st Century. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Morçöl, G., Yoo, E., Azim, F., & Menon, Aravind. (2021). The collaborative governance networks literature: A comprehensive and systematic review. In J. Meek (Ed.), Handbook on collaborative public management (pp. 36-49). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Morçöl, G. (2020). Economic recovery in the face of COVID-19: Evaluating the chances of Pennsylvania’s counties. Penn State Social Science Research Institute COVID-18 Resources Blog.
Morçöl, G., Tantardini, M., Williams, A., & Slagle, D. R. (2020). Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy degrees: Differences and similarities in the curricula and course contents. Teaching Public Administration.
Mallinson, D., Morçöl, G., Yoo, E., Azim, S. F., Levine, E., & Shafi, S. (2020). Sharing economy: A systematic thematic analysis of the literature. Information Polity, 25(2), 143-158. DOI: 10.3233/IP-190190
Morçöl, G. (2018). [Review of the book Understanding collective decision making—a fitness landscape model approach]. Public Administration Review, DOI: 10.1111/puar.13000
Morçöl, G., & Karagöz, T. (2018). Accountability of business improvement districts in urban governance networks: An investigation of state enabling laws. Urban Affairs Review.
Morçöl, G., Köseoğlu, Ö, Sobacı, Z., & Köktaş, Ö. F. (2018). Think tanks and policy analysis in Turkey. In C. Bakır & G. Ertan (Eds.), Policy analysis in Turkey (pp. 235-254), Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Akdoğan, A., Morçöl, G., Orhan, G, Yıldız, M., (2018). The past, present, and future of policy analysis in Turkey. In C. Bakır & G. Ertan (Eds.), Policy analysis in Turkey (pp. 19-34), Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Morçöl, G. (2018). From public policy analysis to complex governance networks studies. In R. J. Lewis (Ed.), Policymaking in a globalized world (Rev. Ed.) (pp. 150-167). New York: Routledge. [reprint of the original publication in 2015]
Kim, S. & Morçöl, G. (2018). Network text analysis and social network analysis in investigating policymaking processes: Applications of AutoMap and ORA. In E. Mitleton-Kelly, C. Day, & A. Paraskevas (Eds.), Handbook on complexity science research methods (pp. 199-225). Cheltenham Glos, UK: Edward Elgar.
Education
Ph.D., Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Tech
M.S., Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
B.S., Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey