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Writing

My research and writing centre on questions of urban governance and public policy in Canada and North America, with a particular focus on intergovernmental relations. Who governs our cities and city-regions? And how?

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To answer these questions, I have developed broad expertise in local government, regional and metropolitan governance, and federalism, as well as many interrelated fields of urban policy, such as land-use planning, housing, transportation, infrastructure, economic development, and climate change.

“Urban policy making necessarily involves all levels of government."

— Eidelman (2020), Reimagining the Canadian Federation through an Urban Lens

My academic research has been published in numerous respected journals, such as Cities, Urban Affairs Review, the Journal of Urban Affairs, the Journal of Urban History, Review of Policy Research, Politics & Policy, Canadian Public Administration, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science, as well as several edited volumes. I have been awarded the Vincent Lemieux Prize by the Canadian Political Science Association, the Clarence Stone Scholar and Norton Long Young Scholar awards from the American Political Science Association, and the J.E. Hodgetts Award by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.

 

I also conduct applied research for many leading think tanks and institutes in the field of urban policy and Canadian governance. I am co-editor of the "Who Does What" report series published by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, and co-lead the Metropolitan Mindset initiative based out of the University of Toronto's School of Cities. I have authored policy reports for the Institute for Research on Public Policy's Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation, the Canadian Standards Association's Public Policy Centre, and the Canadian Urban Institute. I also serve as knowledge mobilization lead for the Canadian Municipal Barometer partnership, which surveys mayors and councillors in more than 1,000 municipalities across Canada.

Projects

Click below for more information about some of my current collaborative research and writing projects.

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Metropolitan Mindset

Research and advocacy initiative about the future of metropolitan governance in Canada.

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Who Does What Series

Paper series examining the role municipalities should play in key areas of urban policy.

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Canadian Municipal Barometer

Annual survey of mayors & councillors in more than 1,000 municipalities across Canada.

Selected Publications

For a complete list of research publications, visit my Google Scholar page.

Research Papers
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