Nicholas Oesterling is a Ph.D. candidate in the Public Administration and International Affairs Department. He works in the Center for Policy Design and Governance and the Program for Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration with Professors Saba Siddiki and Tina Nabatchi.

His research focuses on collaborative governance and policymaking as well as policy design and implementation. He studies these topics in the contexts of environmental, transportation, energy, and public safety policy as part of a broader research agenda investigating how governmental and non-governmental actors tackle complex public problems that cross jurisdictional boundaries and affect public, nonprofit, private, and civic interests.

His work has been published in Policy Design and Practice and the International Journal for the Commons.

Prior to joining the Maxwell School, he earned an M.P.A. and a B.A. in economics from the University of Dayton. While at the University of Dayton he worked as a research assistant with the university’s Business Research Group, supporting local governments and nonprofits in evaluating policy initiatives to improve access to, and the quality of, educational programs in urban and suburban communities.