Sandford Borins
November 1, 1996 | By Public Policy Admin |
Professor
Bio
Sandford Borins is Professor of Public Management at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and the Joseph L Rotman School of Management. He is also a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.He is the author of numerous articles as well as ten books. The books include The Persistence of Innovation in Government (2014), Governing Fables: Learning from Public Sector Narratives (2011), Political Management in Canada, co-authored with Hon. Allan Blakeney, former premier of Saskatchewan (1998), Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes are Transforming American Government (1998), and The Language of the Skies: The Bilingual Air Traffic Control Conflict in Canada, (1983). He was a member of the board of directors of the Ontario Transportation Capital Corporation, responsible for developing Ontario’s Highway 407. He was the President of the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (cappa.ca) from 2003 to 2007.He did his undergraduate studies at Harvard, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He then took a Master in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, and received his Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard.
Sandford Borins is Professor of Public Management at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and the Joseph L Rotman School of Management. He is also a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.He is the author of numerous articles as well as ten books. The books include The Persistence of Innovation in Government (2014), Governing Fables: Learning from Public Sector Narratives (2011), Political Management in Canada, co-authored with Hon. Allan Blakeney, former premier of Saskatchewan (1998), Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes are Transforming American Government (1998), and The Language of the Skies: The Bilingual Air Traffic Control Conflict in Canada, (1983). He was a member of the board of directors of the Ontario Transportation Capital Corporation, responsible for developing Ontario’s Highway 407. He was the President of the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (cappa.ca) from 2003 to 2007.He did his undergraduate studies at Harvard, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He then took a Master in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, and received his Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard.
Publications
Borins, Sandford. (2014) Persistence of Innovation in Government. Washington: Brookings Institution Press.
Borins, Sandford. (2011) Governing Fables. Toronto: University of Toronto.
Home Department
Department of Management (UTSC)
Department of Management (UTSC)
Faculty Classification
Affiliated Faculty
Contact info
borins@utsc.utoronto.ca
Website
416-386-0440
