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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration
  • Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration

Overview

Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with specific subfields including sociology and political science, public administration, general health professions, management science and operations research, as well as strategy and management.

Their recent publications reflect diverse interests within these fields. Notable papers include "Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values" published in 2025 in Public Administration and Development, "Partnership evaluation: An application of a developmental framework to the Governance and Local Development project in Senegal" from 2021 in Evaluation and Program Planning, "Index" published in 2022 with Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks, and "Black Leaders in American Foreign Policy:" published in 2024 in the Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration.

Coauthorships have involved collaboration with Aaron S. Williams, Taylor A. Jack, and Derick W. Brinkerhoff, with the two former having multiple joint publications.

The researcher has contributed to several venues frequently, including:

  • Public Administration and Development
  • Evaluation and Program Planning
  • Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks
  • Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration

Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff's work encompasses a variety of topics such as:

  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Community Health and Development
  • Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Public-Private Partnership Projects
  • Community Development and Social Impact
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

Their contributions also include authoring a book titled "The Young Black Leader's Guide to a Successful Career in International Affairs," published by Lynne Rienner Publishers in 2022.

Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff is recognized as a Fellow of The National Academy of Public Administration.

Best Publications

  • Government–nonprofit partnership: a defining framework

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Public–private partnerships: Perspectives on purposes, publicness, and good governance

    Derick W. Brinkerhoff;Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Digital Diasporas: Identity and Transnational Engagement

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Assessing and improving partnership relationships and outcomes: a proposed framework

    Jennifer M Brinkerhoff

  • Partnership for International Development: Rhetoric or Results?

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Government–nonprofit relations in comparative perspective: evolution, themes and new directions

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff;Derick W. Brinkerhoff

  • Diaspora entrepreneurs as institutional change agents: The case of Thamel.com

    Liesl Riddle;Jennifer Brinkerhoff

  • Public Sector Management Reform in Developing Countries: Perspectives Beyond NPM Orthodoxy

    Derick W. Brinkerhoff;Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Creating an enabling environment for diasporas' participation in homeland development.

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Partnerships Between International Donors and Non-Governmental Development Organizations: Opportunities and Constraints:

    Derick W. Brinkerhoff;Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Diasporas and conflict societies: conflict entrepreneurs, competing interests or contributors to stability and development?

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Governance Reforms and Failed States: Challenges and Implications:

    Derick W. Brinkerhoff;Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Digital diasporas and conflict prevention: the case of Somalinet.com

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Donor-Funded Government—NGO Partnership for Public Service Improvement: Cases from India and Pakistan

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Institutional Reform and Diaspora Entrepreneurs: The In-Between Advantage

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Global Public Policy, Partnership, and the Case of the World Commission on Dams

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Digital diasporas and international development: Afghan-Americans and the reconstruction of Afghanistan

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Digital diasporas and governance in semi‐authoritarian states: the case of the Egyptian Copts

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Converting migration drains into gains : harnessing the resources of overseas professionals

    Clay Goodloe Wescott;Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Partnering to beckon them home: public‐sector innovation for diaspora foreign investment promotion

    Liesl Riddle;Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff;Tjai M. Nielsen

  • Diasporas and development : exploring the potential

    Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

  • Diaspora entrepreneurs as institutional change agents: The case of

    Liesl Riddle;Jennifer Brinkerhoff

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Derick W. Brinkerhoff
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