The Consortium on Collaborative Governance (CCG) studies how public problems are being solved by sectors working together. It is a partnership among three universities:

• University of Arizona Eller College of Management School of Public Administration and Policy
• University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning and Development
• University of Washington Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs

Press Releases and Special Announcements | Resources and Publications | Electronic Hallway | Mini-Conference | CCG Mailing List |

Press Releases and Special Announcements

• Dan Mazmanian, Shui Yan Tan, Rosemary O'Leary, and Ben Cashore will present a roundtable discussion on "Collaborative Governance, Distributional Politics, and Equity" at 2008 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (August 28-31, 2008).

• CCG Partners, Keith Provan and Brint Milward, University of Arizona, win Honorable Mention for "Best Simulation" from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University Collaborative Governance Initiative, November 2007 (click here)

• "Three Universities Partner to Establish Cross-sector Governance Consortium," December 18, 2006 (click here)

• "New Consortium to Address Challenges of Governance in Contemporary Society," December 18, 2006 (click here)

Publications, Resources and Presentations

• “Integrating Research and Curricular Development in Collaborative Governance,” 2007 NASPAA Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, October 11, 2007.

• "Universities Team on Research into Public-Private Partnerships, Nonprofits," The Business Journal of Phoenix, December 20, 2006 (click here)

• "USC Enters New Academic Partnership: SPPD Will Collaborate on a Three-Way Curricular and Research Initiative with Universities in Arizona and Washington," December 19, 2006 (click here)

• "Modes of Network Governance: Structure, Management, and Effectiveness," by Keith G. Provan and Patrick Kenis (click here)

• "Interorganizational Networks at the Network Level: A Review of the Empirical Literature on Whole Networks," by Keith G. Provan, Amy Fish and Joerg Sydow (click here)

Electronic Hallway

Administered by the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, the Electronic Hallway serves as an online repository of quality teaching cases and other curriculum materials for faculty who teach public administration, public policy, and related subjects. Cases are available in numerous policy areas; economic development, education, environment and land use, human services, international affairs, nonprofit, state and local government issues, utility and transit issues, and urban and regional issues. For more information, click here.

Faculty Exchanges
The CCG sponsors faculty exchanges among the schools to encourage collaboration and cultivation of joint research projects within the consortium.

• Elizabeth Graddy, Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, USC SPPD, visited the UA Eller School of Public Administration and the UW Evans School of Public Affairs
• Stephen Page, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, UW Evans School of Public Affairs, visited USC SPPD and the UA Eller School of Public Administration (more info)
• Edella Schlager, Associate Professor, UA Eller School of Public Administration, visited USC SPPD and the UW Evans School of Public Affairs (more info)

Consortium on Collaborative Governance Mini-Conference

Call for Proposals
The CCG invites proposals from faculty at its partner institutions for papers to be presented at a research mini-conference to be held April 10-12, 2008 at The Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California. For more information, click here.

For a CCG Mini-Conference agenda, click here.

For the CCG Mini-Conference papers, click here.

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Visit the USC Bedrosian Center's Collaborative Governance Initiative.