Welcome to my personal homepage.  I am an associate professor in the Department of Public Administration in the School of Public and Global Affairs at Northern Illinois University, and a faculty associate with the Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy.  I currently serve as chair of ASPA's Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management. My research investigates local governance, collaborative public management, and intergovernmental relations.  I write about municipal service delivery, urban sustainability, and other topics related to local governance.  I have also recently engaged in work on local government involvement in Great Lakes restoration and protection efforts in Canada and the United States.  The links above provide information about my teaching and research.  You can visit my profile at Google Scholar to find a list of my publications.

My book Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Cities: Economy, Environment and Community in Baltimore documents how urban sustainability is defined in Baltimore and how community actors work to implement local sustainability goals.

Most recent publication...
Zeemering, Eric S. Forthcoming. An agenda for comparing local governance and institutional collective action in Canada and the United States. Urban Affairs Review. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087417738094

Upcoming presentations...
Deil Wright Symposium at ASPA - March 2018
Urban Affairs Association - April 2018
Midwest Public Affairs Conference - June 2018