Carey Doberstein

Carey Doberstein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto in 2014. His research traverses the disciplines of political science, public policy, and public administration in a Canadian context, but is united by a focus on both the democratic and policy implications of forms of governance that include citizens and civil society actors in decision-making, with a particular focus on urban and local government issues. He has authored two books, Building a Collaborative Advantage: Network Governance and Homelessness Policy-making in Canada (UBC Press, 2016) and Distributed Democracy: Health Care Governance in Ontario (UTP, 2020). His solo and co-authored work has also appeared in the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Canadian Public Administration, Canadian Public Policy, and in international journals such as Public Management Review, Public Administration, and Housing Studies, among others. Since 2016, he serves as Associate Editor of Canadian Public Administration.