Benjamin Clark

Located in Hendricks Hall on the campus of The University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon, USA

I am an Associate Professor of Public Administration and the Director of the School Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University of Oregon. My research focuses on local government management broadly, and, more specifically, on coproduction, public sector coproduction, and budgeting/finance.

I am currently working on a number of projects focusing on the financial impacts of police-involved shootings.

I also have a couple of projects around wildfires and wildfire smoke following the 2020 wildfire season here in Oregon.

I am always interested in collaboration for current or future projects.

Contact me at bclark2 [at] uoregon.edu if interested!
Some of the Ongoing works:
- Impacts of police-involved shootings on credit ratings
- Agile government response to wildfire recovery
- Using IoT to measure public health interventions (air pollution)

If you have an idea and want to see if I’d be interested in helping out, please contact me!

in the news

October 31, 2023	"University of Oregon and Lane County host first Oregon Summit on Wildfire Recovery." KEZI 9 News (ABC affiliate)
August 8, 2023	"Construction at the Oregon Capitol is almost $100 million over budget. No one mentioned it to the public." Oregon Public Broadcasting
June 8, 2023	What has sparked the Canadian wildfires? on TRTWorld
June 7, 2023	“Maps and Apps Help Track Wildfire Smoke Neighborhood by Neighborhood.” Bloomberg News.
February 21, 2023	“We’re Talking About Autonomous Vehicles the Wrong Way.” Dot.LA.
October 17, 2022	“Lost wages and mounting debt: The economic blow of long COVID-19 in Oregon.” Oregon Public Broadcasting.
September, 12, 2022	“U of Oregon researchers get deeper into work attitudes produced by pandemic." Jefferson Public Radio (NPR from Southern Oregon University).
July 20, 2022	"Long Covid continues to keep Oregonians out of workforce as state rebounds from job losses." Oregon Capital Chronicle.