Dr. Berlan’s latest article traces the history of a global network against childhood pneumonia to provide insights into the processes of network formation and evolution.

David Berlan

Assistant Professor

Specializations: nonprofit and NGO management, organization theory and behavior, global health policy, public and nonprofit financial management, and international development

Phone: (850) 645-1914
Email: dberlan@fsu.edu
Office: 650 Bellamy

Vitae

Dr. David Berlan is an assistant professor at the Askew School. He teaches in the areas of nonprofit management and public and nonprofit financial management.  His research examines the role of competing ideas in the change and evolution of nonprofit organizations and the networks in which they participate.  Most of this research is in the context of global health and development, though he also seeks to tie his teaching and research into the local nonprofit community.  

Education

Ph.D., Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs , Public Administration
M.P.A., Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Public Administration
B.S., Boston University, Business Management

Recent Publications and Papers

Berlan, D. (2015). Pneumonia’s second wind? A case study of the global health network for childhood pneumonia. Health Policy and Planning. Advance Access. http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/10/01/heapol.czv070.full

Shiffman, J., Quissell, K., Schmitz, H., Pelletier, D., Smith, S., Berlan, D., Gneiting, U., Van Slyke, D., Mergel, I., Rodriguez, M. & Walt, G. (2015). A framework on the emergence and effectiveness of global health networks. Health Policy and Planning. Advance Access. http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/08/29/heapol.czu046.full

Berlan, D., Buse, K., Shiffman, J., & Tanaka, S. (2014). The bit in the middle: a synthesis of global health literature on policy formulation and adoption. Health Policy and Planning, 29: iii23-iii34. http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/suppl_3/iii23.short

Berlan, D. & Bruno-van Vijfeijken, T. (2013). The Planned Close of an NGO: Evidence for a New Organizational Form? VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , 24: 262-275. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11266-012-9300-2/fulltext.html
 
Berlan, D. & Shiffman, J. (2012). Holding Health Providers in Developing Countries Accountable to Consumers: A Synthesis of Relevant Scholarship. Health Policy and Planning, 27(4): 271-280. http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/4/271.short
 
Shiffman, J., Berlan, D., & Hafner, T. (2009). Has Aid for AIDS Raised All Health Funding Boats? Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes , 52(Supplemental): S45-S48.