Prof. Dr. Larry O'Toole, Jr.

Prof.dr. Larry O'Toole

Telephone: + 31 53 489 4377
Email: cmsotool@uga.edu

Since 2002, Larry O’Toole has been Professor of Comparative Sustainability Policy Studies at the CSTM. At the University of Georgia, USA he is the Golembiewski Professor of Public Administration in the Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs. He serves of the editorial boards of many journals, including the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. He is past president of the Public Management Research Association.

He has lectured and conducted research widely in North America, Eastern and Western Europe, Australia, East Asia and Africa. He has held visiting appointments at the International Institute of Management, Science Center Berlin, Germany; the Joint Research Program in Public Administration, Leiden University and Erasmus University, The Netherlands; and the Centre for Local Government and Regional Government Research, Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Professor O’Toole has consulted with or conducted research for numerous governments and governmental agencies, including the European Commission, the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the US Agency for International Development, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Geological Survey, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His work has also been supported by the US National Science Foundation.

He has worked with CSTM colleagues on joint publications and has provided guidance to many CSTM researchers on such topics as research designs and literatures regarding comparative policy, policy implementation, networks, and public management, as well as on aspects of sustainable development.

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