Michael Kern, MPA
Director of Special Projects
About
Degrees
MPA
Public Administration
University of Washington
1995
Introduction
With over 30 years of experience in helping groups of diverse interests reach common ground on a wide range of public policy issues, Michael helps the Puget Sound Institute conduct projects that foster collaborative approaches to addressing policy challenges in Puget Sound. Director of the William D. Ruckelshaus Center (a joint effort of UW and Washington State University) from 2010-2021, Michael is also Adjunct Associate Professor at WSU Extension; Adjunct Professor at Seattle University's Department of Public Affairs & Non-Profit Leadership; and Principal at Michael Kern Consulting, LLC.
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Selected Publications
- Page, S. B., Thomas, C., Kern, M., Murphy, A., & Page, C. (2023). Producing Agreements and Innovations in Collaborative Governance. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, gvad006.
- Kern, M.A. and A.G. Murphy. 2022. What Do You Expect?: Assessing Whether a Situation is “Ripe” for Collaborative Governance. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research.
- Kern, M.A. and L.S. Smutko. 2021. Collaborative Governance: The Role of University Centers, Institutes, and Programs. Conflict Resolution Quarterly.
- Trevor Robinson, Michael Kern, Rebecca Sero & Craig W. Thomas (2019) How Collaborative Governance Practitioners Can Assess the Effectiveness of Collaborative Environmental Governance, While Also Evaluating Their Own Services, Society & Natural Resources, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2019.1668990
- Developing and Managing an Advisory Board to Support Extension-Based Centers and Other Programs (495 KB) Journal of Extension February 2018, Volume 56, Number 1
- Creating and Implementing Diverse Development Strategies to Support Extension Centers and Programs (527 KB) Journal of Extension February 2018, Volume 56, Number 1
- Urban Extension: Aligning with the Needs of Urban Audiences Through Subject-Matter Centers, Journal of Human Sciences and Extension Volume 5, Number 2
- The Public Sector as Mediator: The Role of Public Institutions in Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution in the Mediation Handbook: Research, Theory and Practice (2017) Routledge Publishing