Kirk Emerson

Interests

Research

Collaborative GovernanceEnvironmental Conflict ResolutionCollaborative Management for Climate Change Collaborative Public Lands ManagementNational Environmental Policy ActUS-Mexico Border Inter-agency Cooperation

Teaching

Collaborative governance, leadership and ethics, conflict resolution, environmental and natural resource collaboration and conflict management

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2015). Collaborative Governance Regimes. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Chapters

• Emerson, K. (2019). Integration and Needed Capacities for Hybrid Governance Arrangements. In New Governance Arrangements: Towards Hybrid and Smarter Government?(pp 101-105). The HNague, The Netherlands: Eleven International Publishing.
• Emerson, K., & Ahn, M. W. (2021). Collaborative Governance Regimes: Informing Practice through Research.”. In The Intersector: How the Public, Nonprofit, and Private Sectors Can Address America’s Challenges. Brookings Institution Press.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2021). Implementation in Collaborative Governance. In Handbook of Collaborative Management. EDward Elgar Publishing.
• Emerson, K., Nabatchi, T., & O'Leary, R. (2017). Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution. In Environmental Governance Reconsidered: Challenges, Choices and Opportunities, Second Edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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  Editors: Robert F. Durant, Daniel J. Fiorino and Rosemary O’Leary
• Emerson, K. (2012). Leading Across Sectors. In Arizona Town Hall: Civic Leadership Second Century Leadership for Arizona, Background Report.. Arizona Town Hall.
• Emerson, K. (2011). Collaborative Management and Climate Change. In Navigating Climate Change Policy in a Federal System(pp 73-96). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press.
• Emerson, K. (2010). The Promise and Peril of Collaboration in the Colorado River Basin. In Coming Together: Coordination of Science and Restoration Activities for the Colorado River Ecosystem(pp 141-145). Scottsdale, AZ: U.S. Geological Survey.
• Emerson, K., & Murchie, P. (2010). Collaborative Governance and Climate Change: Opportunities for Public Administration. In The Future of Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Service around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
• Emerson, K. (2009). Synthesizing Practice and Performance in the Field of Environmental Conflict Resolution. In The Collaborative Public Manager(pp 215-231). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
• Emerson, K. (2004). Taking the Land Rights Movement Seriously. In Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence(pp 505-513). New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Emerson, K., & Carlson, C. (2003). An Evaluation System for State and Federal Conflict Resolution Programs. In The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution(pp 192-206). Washington, DC: Resources for the Future.
• Emerson, K., Nabatchi, T., O'Leary, R., & Stephens, J. (2003). The Challenges of Environmental Conflict Resolution. In The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution(pp 3-26). Washington, DC: Resurces for the Future.
• Emerson, K. (1996). Taking the Land Rights Movement Seriously. In A Wolf in the Garden: The Land Rights Movement and the Renewal of the American Environmental Movement(pp 115-134). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Journals/Publications

• Ulibarri, N., Emerson, K., Imperial, M. T., Jager, N. W., Newig, J., & Weber, E. (2020). How does collaborative governance evolve? Insights from a medium-n case comparison. Policy and Society, 1-21.
• Baldwin, E., & Emerson, K. (2019). In Search of NEPA Effectiveness. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning.
• Emerson, K. (2019). PPMG’s First Year. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 2(1), 1-2. doi:10.1093/ppmgov/gvz001
• Emerson, K., & Baldwin, E. (2019). Effectiveness in NEPA decision making: in search of evidence and theory. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 21(4), 237-243.
• Emerson, K. (2018). Collaborative Governance of Public Health in LMICs: Lessons from Research in Public Administration. BMJ Global Health, Emerson, Kirk. 2018. “Collaborative Governance of Public Health in LMICs: Lessons from Research in Public Administration.” BMJ Global Health. 3.Suppl 4 (2018): e000381.
• Emerson, K. (2017). Launching Perspectives on Public Management & Governance. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 1(1), 3-4. doi:10.1093/ppmgov/gvx008
• Emerson, K., Rasanathan, K., Bennett, S., Atkins, V., Beschel, R., Carrasquilla, G., Charles, J., Dasgupta, R., Glandon, D., Kanchanachitra, C., Kingsley, P., Mattheson, D., Mbabu, R. M., Mwansambo, C., Myers, M., Paul, Jr., J., Radebe, T., Smith, J., Solar, O., , Soucat, A., et al. (2017). Governing multisectoral action for health in low- and middle-income countries. PLOS Medicine, 14(4).
• Emerson, K., Culver, M., Malusa, S., Childs, J., Fagan, T., Harveson, P. M., Haynes, L. E., Sanderson, J., Sheehy, J. H., Skinner, T., Smith, N., Thompson, K., & Thompson, R. W. (2016). Jaguar Surveying and Monitoring in the United States. USGS Open-File Report 2016-1095, 228.
• Gerlak, A. K., & Emerson, K. (2016). Teaching Collaborative Governance Online: Aligning Collaborative Instruction with Online Learning Platforms. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 22(3), 327-344.
• Johnson, S., Bixler, P. R., Emerson, K., Curtin, C., Romolini, M., Nabatchi, T., Grove, M. J., & Rueling, M. (2016). Networks and Landscapes: A Framework for Setting Goals and Evaluating Performance at the Large Landscape Scale. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2015). Evaluating the Productivity of Collaborative Governance Regimes: A Performance Matrix. Public Performance & Management Review, 22(1).
• Emerson, K., Joose, A., Dukes, F., Willis, W., & Cowgil, K. H. (2015). Disrupting Deliberative Discourse: Strategic Political Incivility at the Local Level. Conflict Resolution Quarterly., 32(3).
• Emerson, K., & Gerlak, A. K. (2014). Adaptation in Collaborative Governance Regimes. Environmental Management, 54(4), 768-781.
• Emerson, K., Gerlak, A. K., Emerson, K., & Gerlak, A. K. (2014). Adaptation in Collaborative Governance Regimes. Environmental Management, 54(4), 768-781. doi:10.1007/s00267-014-0334-7
• Emerson, K. (2012). Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning and Management. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 14(4), 472-473. doi:10.1080/1523908x.2012.707403
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  Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning and Management Richard Margerum MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2011. 368 pp., £37.95 (hardback), £18.95 (paperback), ISBN 10-262-01581-1 Beyond Consens...
• Emerson, K., Nabatchi, T., & Balogh, S. (2012). An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance. Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, 22(1), 1-29.
• Emerson, K., Orr, P., Keyes, D., & McKnight, K. (2009). Understanding Environmental Conflict Resolution: Evaluating Performance Outcomes and Contributing Factors. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 27(1), 27-64.
• Emerson, K. (2008). On Perfect Storms and Sacred Cows of Collaboration, Comments on Bradley Karkkainen, Getting to "Let's Talk": Legal and Natural Destabilizations and the Future of Regional Collaboration. Nevada Law Journal, 8(3), 830-834.
• Orr, P., Emerson, K., & Keyes, D. (2008). Environmental Conflict Resolution Performance and Practice: An Evaluation Framework. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 25(3), 287-302.
• Emerson, K., O'Leary, R., & Blomgren Bingham, L. (2004). Commentary on Frank Duke’s “What We Know about Environmental Conflict Resolution. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 22(1-2), 221-223.
• Emerson, K., & Wise, C. (1997). Statutory Approaches to Regulatory Takings: State Property Rights Legislation: Issues and Implications for Public Administration. Public Administration Review, 57(5), 411-422.
• Wise, C. R., & Emerson, K. (1994). Regulatory Takings: The Emerging Doctrine and its Implications for Public Administration. Administration & Society, 26(3), 305-336. doi:10.1177/009539979402600302
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  In several key rulings since the mid-1980s, the U.S. Supreme Court has begun to reshape the contours of regulatory takings. The emerging doctrine appears to reaffirm private rights in property, narrow the reach of governmental regulation, and extend the scope of judicial review. Despite their "muddled" transitional nature, these developments in the regulatory takings arena are sending a clear signal to public administrators to attend more carefully to the effects of their regulatory actions on private property rights. The purpose of this article is to analyze the key issues currently at play and point to some of the potential implications for the field of public administration.
• Wise, C., & Emerson, K. (1997). Regulatory Takings: The Emerging Doctrine and its Implications for Public Administration. Administration and Society, 26(3), 305-336.

Presentations

• Emerson, K. (2021, March). Collaborative Governance Performance and Service Innovation: Chinese Application of the PV-GPG Framework after COVID-19. American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference (virtual). Virtual: ASPA.
• Emerson, K. (2021, May). Roundtable onTheory in Public Administration. Public Management Research AConference (PMRC) virtual. Virtual: PMRA.
• Emerson, K. (2020, December). Collaborative Governance & Collaboration Dynamics for Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs). Webinar. Virtual: Population Health Innovation Lab, Public Health Institute.
• Emerson, K. (2020, July). Developing Public Governance and Engagement. Virtual Roundtable. virtual: National Academy of Public Administration.
• Emerson, K. (2020, July). Emerging Practices in Public Governance. National Academy of Public Administration Podcast. virtual: National Academy of Public Administration.
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  Interview with Terry Gerton, NAPA President
• Emerson, K. (2020, October). An integrative framework to address environmental and public health governance challenges. Webinar for research scientists and professional staff. virtual (Australia staff): CSIRO Land and Water.
• Scott, T., & Emerson, K. (2020, December). Configuring Collaboration Dynamics to Study Change in CGRs. ESADE/Tilburg Network Research Monthly Webinar Series. virtual.
• Emerson, K. (2019, November). Ensuring Environmental Sustainability: Stewarding Natural Resources and Addressing Climate Change. National Academy of Public Administration, annual conference. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration.
• Emerson, K. (2019, October). Enhancing Collaborative Governance Education in MPA Programs. NASPAA, annual conference. Los Angeles, CA: NASPAA.
• Emerson, K. (2019, October). How does collaborative governance evolve? Insights from a medium-n case comparison. University Network for Collaborative Governance, annual conference. Bloomington, IN: University Network for Collaborative Governance.
• Emerson, K. (2018, April). Considering Political Leadership in Collaborative Governance. International Research Society for Public Management Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland: IRSPM.
• Emerson, K. (2018, April). Developing a Data Base Framework for Collaborative Governance Cases. International Research Society for Public Management Conference. Ediburgh, Scotland: IRSPM.
• Emerson, K. (2018, Fall). Conflict Resolution and Collaborative Governance - Nijmegen. Two Invited Presentations. NIjmegen, Netherlands: Radboud University, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, School of Management and Institute for Science and Society.
• Emerson, K. (2018, Fall). Developmental Dyamics of Collaborative Governance Regimes - Tilburg. Invited Presentation. Tilburg, The Netherlands: Tilburg University Department of Organizational Studies and the School ofr Business and Society.
• Emerson, K. (2018, Fall). Developmental Dynamics of Collaborative Governance Regimes - Erasmus. Invited Presentation. Rotterdam: Erasmus University.
• Emerson, K. (2018, March). Building your research portfolio: The science behind academic publishing. ASPA Student and New Professional Summit. Denver, CO: American Society for Public Administration.
• Emerson, K. (2018, March). Building your research portfolio: The science behind academic publishing. ASPA Student and New Professional Summit. Denver: ASPA.
• Emerson, K. (2018, March). Collaborative Governance of Wildlife. Interdisciplinary Research Workshop. Stockholm, Sweden: Umea University.
• Emerson, K. (2018, March). Comments on “Collaborative governance of large carnivores: A pathway to consensus or continued dispute?”. Democracy and Public Administration 3rd Annual Conference. Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish Research Council.
• Emerson, K. (2018, March). Environmental Conflict Resolution and Collaborative Governance. Guest Speaker for "Spotlight" Series. Ft. Collins, CO: Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Department in the Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University.
• Emerson, K. (2018, March). Presentation on Collaborative Governance. European WIldlife Conflicts. Stockholm: King of Sweden's Guest Professor Workshop Series.
• Emerson, K. (2018, October). Implementation in Collaborative Governance Regimes. Conference on Collaborative Governance. Palermo, Italy: University of Palermo.
• Emerson, K., & Baldwin, E. (2018, April). In Search of NEPA Effectiveness. Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Chicago, IL: Midwest Political Science Association.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2018, February). Designing for Collaborative Governance. Association for Conflict Resolution WebinarAssociation for Conflict Resolutoin, Public and Environmental Policy Section.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2017, June/Summer). CGRs Within and Beyond Networks. Association for Public Management Research Annual Conference. Washington, DC: Association for Public Management Research.
• Emerson, K. (2016, Fall). Teaching Accountability. NASPAA Annual Conference. Columbus, OH: NASPAA.
• Emerson, K. (2016, Summer). Collaborative Governance: Theory and Research from Public Administration. Governing Multisectoral Collaborations for Health in Low and Middle Income Countries. Bellagio, Italy: Rockefeller Foundation and UNICEF.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2016, February). Moving from Species to Genus: A Typology of Collaborative Governance Regimes. Association of SPEA PhD Students Annual Conference. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
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  Presented by Tina Nabatchi.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2016, Spring). Managing Collaborative Governance Regimes: From practice to theory and back again. American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference. Seattle, WA: American Society for Public Administration.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2016, Spring). Measuring the Process and Productivity Performance of Collaborative Governance Regimes. American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference. Seattle, WA: American Society for Public Administration.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2016, Summer). Managing Collaborative Governance Regimes: From practice to theory and back again. Public Management Research Conference. Aarhus University, Aaarhus Denmark: Public Management Research Association.
• Emerson, K. (2015, April). Collaborative Governance at the University of Arizona. Advisory Board meeting of the William D. Ruckelshaus Center. Seattle, WA.
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  Panel presentation
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2015, December). An Overview of Collaborative Governance Regimes. international conference on Participatory Democracy, Civic Engagement and Citizenship Education. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2015, February). Moving from Species to Genus: A Typology of Collaborative Governance Regimes. Faculty and Student Research Colloquium,. Miami, FL: Florida International University’s Department of Public Administration.
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  Presented by Tina Nabatchi
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2015, June). Moving from Genus to Species: A Typology of Collaborative Governance Regimes.”. Annual Public Management Research Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
• Emerson, K., & Nabatchi, T. (2015, March). Moving from Genus to Species: A Typology of Collaborative Governance Regimes. Annual conference of American Society for Public Administration. Chicago: American Society for Public Administration.
• Emerson, K. (2013, May). Dissent, Discord and Deliberation: How to Hear over the Hollering. Environmental and Public Policy Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution annual conference.
• Emerson, K. (2014, April). Wicked Problems, Wicked Collaboration: Revisiting the Collaboration Fix. Keynote at Maxwell Conference, Managing Wicked Problems in the 21st Century.
• Emerson, K. (2014, July). Collaborative Governance in Water Resources Management. Webinar hosted by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Center.
• Emerson, K. (2014, October). Disrupting Deliberative Forums. University Network for Collaborative Governance Annual Meeting. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia.
• Emerson, K. (2013, April). Interorganizational Collaboration. Teleseminar presented for the Workplace Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR.
• Emerson, K. (2013, June). Performance Dimensions for Collaborative Governance Regimes. Public Management Research Conference.
• Emerson, K. (2012, December). Collaborative Governance: From Environmental Conflict Resolution to Collaborative Adaptation to Climate Change. Faculty Seminar Jindal Global University.
• Emerson, K. (2012, June). Frameworks for Exploring Collaborative Governance” Keynote and “Teaching Collaborative Governance. University Network for Collaborative Governance annual meeting.
• Emerson, K. (2012, March). An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance. American Society of Public Administrators (ASPA).
• Emerson, K. (2012, May). Environmental Conflict Resolution. Does Practice Match Our Needs. Panel Presentation. U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution biennial conference.
• Emerson, K. (2012, October). Testimony on Collaborative Governance and Sustainability. Committee on Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government, Science and Technology Sustainability Program, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council.

Case Studies

• Emerson, K. (2010. Interagency Cooperation on U.S.-Mexico Border Wilderness Issues A Report on Interagency Cooperation(p. 28).
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Others

• Kim, B., Bethard, S. J., Ram, S., Emerson, K., Pidot, J. R., Miller, M. L., & Lopez Hoffman, L. (2020, June). NEPAccess Senate Letter. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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  Letter written the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to be considered in a hearing. The letter provided evidence from early research conducted using the NEPAccess platform (under development by our team) related to time required for agencies to produce Environmental Impact Statements.
• Emerson, K., Baldwin, E., & Lopez-Hoffman, L. (2018, Fall). Interagency Cooperation on the U.S. Mexico Border. PMRC's Management Matters Blog.
• Emerson, K., Lopez Hoffman, L., & Baldwin, E. (2018, February). Research Brief on Interagency Cooperation on the U.S. Mexico Border. Testimony before a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations February 15, 2018..
• Emerson, K., Lopez Hoffman, L., & Baldwin, E. (2017, April). Border Security vs. Environmental Protection? It’s a False Choice.. Houston Chronicle Op Ed.
• Emerson, K., & Smutko, S. (2012). UNCG Guide to Collaborative Competence. University Network for Collaborative Governance.
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  National Policy Consensus Center