Research

My research interests span transportation, technology, data privacy, and public-private partnerships. My research philosophy is that research should be clear, concise, and approachable by both experts and laymen alike. In my work, I apply theory to the real-world context.

My dissertation work is on local policy process models and micro-mobility. The concept of hacking the bureaucracy is drawn from the role of policy entrepreneurs and narratives influencing decision making outside of traditional channels. I am examining local policy formation through the influence of policy entrepreneurs and narrative building and using micro-mobility to explore these processes. As my graduate work was in Economic Geography - I am an urbanist at heart who has an interest in urban systems and how the policy process surrounding social and economic policies influence and/or are influenced by technological change (i.e smart cities).

The concept of smart cities, while a moniker for integrating new technology or systems in urban spaces, is growing in relevance. I address a host of issues related to the smart city, including micro-mobility, telecommunications, data governance and privacy, and shared mobility. For your information, I have grouped these topics under the smart cities tab.

I have also worked on public-private partnerships from the large scale infrastructure perspective. The U.S. is somewhat unique in that P3s found a home first in infrastructure and just now are being applied to social infrastructure projects. My work on P3s is evaluatory, as I have helped to develop P3 best practices, evaluated the reasons behind cancelled road, bridge, and highway P3s, and looked at procurement stage length between failed and successful projects.