Research

My research centers on consensus-building and negotiation processes in urban and environmental policymaking, with particular attention to the role of evidence and scientific expertise in participatory governance.

In recent years, I have expanded my focus to include practical strategies for accelerating sociotechnical transitions toward long-term sustainable urban development.

While urban planning constitutes the core of my research agenda, my work also spans energy and environmental policy, ocean management, and science and technology policy.

Methodologically, my research is primarily qualitative and experimental. I am actively involved in real-world public dialogue initiatives, through which I generate observational data via sustained engagement, consistent with an action-research approach. I also document and analyze practitioners’ experiences as narrative “profiles” of policy practice.