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Yu-Che Chen

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  5. Yu-Che Chen
Dr. Yu-Che Chen

Dr. Yu-Che Chen

  • Isaacson Professorship
  • Professor, School of Public Administration
  • Director, Digital Governance and Analytics Lab

email:
ychen@unomaha.edu
office:
  • CPACS 116
lab phone:
402.554.2058
fax:
402.554.2625
personal website:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ji_EDMcAAAAJ&hl=en

Additional Information

Biography

Yu-Che Chen, Ph.D., is Isaacson Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Professor at the School of Public Administration. Dr. Chen is the Director of the Digital Governance and Analytics Lab. Dr. Chen received his Master of Public Affairs and Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University-Bloomington. His current research interests are public governance of artificial intelligence, cyberinfrastructure governance, and collaborative digital governance. He has served as PI or Co-PI of NSF and other external grants with a total award of over $3.5 million. Dr. Chen’s most recent co-edited book is the Oxford Handbook of AI Governance. He has published Managing Digital Governance with Routledge and served as lead editor for two other books. In addition, he has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings papers in digital government and governance. He is Associate Editor of the Government Information Quarterly and the Digital Government: Research and Practice. He is a former chair and current executive committee member of the ASPA’s Section on Science and Technology in Government. He is a two-term former board member of the Digital Government Society. He is co-chair of the 2024 International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2024).

Teaching Interests

Digital Governance, Information and Technology Management, Research Methods, Public Policy and Governance of Artificial Intelligence, Systems Thinking, Dynamics, and Modeling

Research Interests

Public Governance of Artificial Intelligence, Cyberinfrastructure Governance, Digital Transformation of Government, and Collaborative Digital Governance

Service Summary

Director of Digital Governance and Analytics Lab at UNO, President-Elect of the Digital Government Society, Board Member of the NASPAA’s Section on Emergency Management and Homeland Security Programs, Associate Editor of the Government Information Quarterly and the Digital Government: Research and Practice, Editorial Board Member of the Public Administration Review.

Awards and Honors

Isaacson Professor (2019-2025), University of Nebraska at Omaha, Scholarship/Research

Circle of Distinction, University of Nebraska at Omaha, September 2022

2021 Best Reviewer Award, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, May 2022. 

Largest Award Amount, Scholarship/Research - 2017

Presidential Citation of Merit, American Society for Public Administration - 2013

Professor of the Year Award, Teaching – 2007, 2009, 2013

Education

Ph D, Indiana University -- Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, Public Policy, 2000

MPA, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University -- Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, 1993

BS, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Chemical Engineering, 1990

Selected Publications

Bullock, Justin, Chen, Yu-Che, Himmelreich, Johannes, Hudson, Valerie, Korinek, Anton, Young, Matthew, Zhang, Baobao. (2024 in print), the Oxford Handbook of AI Governance.

Tsai, Chun-Hua and Huang, Chenyu Victor and Chen, Yu-Che and Zendejas, Edouardo and Krafka, Sarah and Zendejas, Jordan (2024). “Co-Design Smart Disaster Management Systems with Indigenous Communities.” Digital Government: Research and Practice, 5 (3): 1-21     

doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3660643 

Wang, Yi-Fan., Yu-Che Chen., and Shih-Yi Chien. (2023). “Citizens’ Intention to Follow Recommendations from a Government-Supported AI-Enabled System.” Public Policy and Administration, OnlineFirst https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767231176126 

Ahn, Michael, Chen, Yu-Che. 2022. Digital Transformation toward AI-augmented Public Administration: The Perception of Government Employees and the Willingness to use AI in Government, Government Information Quarterly, 39, 2. 

Zuiderwijk, Anneke, Chen, Yu-Che, Salem, Fadi. 2021. Implications of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Public Governance: A Systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda, Government Information Quarterly, 38, 3, 1-19.

Chen, Yu-Che, Huang, Chenyu. 2021. Smart Data-driven Policy on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Analysis of Drone Users in U.S. Cities, Smart Cities, 4, 1, 78-92.

Chen, Yu-Che. 2017. Managing Digital Governance: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions, Routledge.

 

Publications *

Wang, Yi-Fan, Yu-Che Chen, Shih-Yi Chien, Pin-Jen Wang, (2024), “Citizens’ trust in AI-enabled government systems,” Information Polity, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 293-312, DOI: 10.3233/IP-230065

Tsai, Chun-Hua, Chenyu (Victor) Huang, Yu-Che Chen, Edouardo Zendejas, Sarah Krafka, Jordan Zendejas, (April 2024), “Co-Design Smart Disaster Management Systems with Indigenous Communities,” Digital Government: Research and Practice, 5(3): 1-21 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3660643 

Wang, Yi-Fan., Yu-Che Chen., and Shih-Yi Chien. (2023). “Citizens’ Intention to Follow Recommendations from a Government-Supported AI-Enabled System.” Public Policy and Administration, OnlineFirst https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767231176126

Externally Funded Research

Transit Project, University of Nebraska at Kearney, State Agencies, 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2021

Service

Department, College, and University

Director of the Digital Governance and Analytics Lab, Lab/Clinic Supervisor, This Lab has helped mentored doctoral students, pursued and implemented Urban research grants, hosted and participated in international conferences, applied for internal and external research grants, and served as a platform for faculty collaboration and student learning., 08/01/2019 - 08/31/2019

Academic Assessment Committee, Committee Member, 08/01/2019 - 08/31/2019

Professional

22nd International Conference on Digital Government Research (Digital Government Society), Other, Led the conference preparation in 2020 and hosted the conference in June 2021. , 07/01/2020 - 07/31/2020

Government Information Quarterly, Editor, Associate Editor, 01/01/2021 - 01/31/2021

Public Administration Review, Editorial Review Board Member, 01/01/2022 - present

National Science Foundation, Other, serve as the evaluator of an NSF project titled: Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Training in Policy Informatics , 11/01/2019 - 11/30/2019

Partnerships

DOTComm: https://www.dotcomm.org/

TEG: https://www.teg.org.tw/about/about.php?lg=eng&id=11302

Events & News

Starting July 1, 2024, Dr. Chen has served as the interim director of the School of Public Administration.

Dr. Chen served as the conference co-chair for the 25th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2024) in Taipei, Taiwan (June 11-15). Dr. Chen is also a co-founder of the AI and Government chapter of the Digital Government Society launched at the conference.  

Dr. Chen, PI, received a three-year NSF award of $750,000. This grant aims to enhance the accountability and impact of AI chatbots for collaboration between the U.S. government and tribal nations for emergency management. Dr. Chun-Hua Tsai at the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis at IS&T and Dr. Eduardo Zendejas, J.D. at the Tribal Management and Emergency Service program in the School of Public Administration are the Co-PIs.

SPA Faculty Profile 

Additional Information

Biography

Yu-Che Chen, Ph.D., is Isaacson Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Professor at the School of Public Administration. Dr. Chen is the Director of the Digital Governance and Analytics Lab. Dr. Chen received his Master of Public Affairs and Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University-Bloomington. His current research interests are public governance of artificial intelligence, cyberinfrastructure governance, and collaborative digital governance. He has served as PI or Co-PI of NSF and other external grants with a total award of over $3.5 million. Dr. Chen’s most recent co-edited book is the Oxford Handbook of AI Governance. He has published Managing Digital Governance with Routledge and served as lead editor for two other books. In addition, he has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings papers in digital government and governance. He is Associate Editor of the Government Information Quarterly and the Digital Government: Research and Practice. He is a former chair and current executive committee member of the ASPA’s Section on Science and Technology in Government. He is a two-term former board member of the Digital Government Society. He is co-chair of the 2024 International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2024).

Teaching Interests

Digital Governance, Information and Technology Management, Research Methods, Public Policy and Governance of Artificial Intelligence, Systems Thinking, Dynamics, and Modeling

Research Interests

Public Governance of Artificial Intelligence, Cyberinfrastructure Governance, Digital Transformation of Government, and Collaborative Digital Governance

Service Summary

Director of Digital Governance and Analytics Lab at UNO, President-Elect of the Digital Government Society, Board Member of the NASPAA’s Section on Emergency Management and Homeland Security Programs, Associate Editor of the Government Information Quarterly and the Digital Government: Research and Practice, Editorial Board Member of the Public Administration Review.

Awards and Honors

Isaacson Professor (2019-2025), University of Nebraska at Omaha, Scholarship/Research

Circle of Distinction, University of Nebraska at Omaha, September 2022

2021 Best Reviewer Award, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, May 2022. 

Largest Award Amount, Scholarship/Research - 2017

Presidential Citation of Merit, American Society for Public Administration - 2013

Professor of the Year Award, Teaching – 2007, 2009, 2013

Education

Ph D, Indiana University -- Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, Public Policy, 2000

MPA, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University -- Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, 1993

BS, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Chemical Engineering, 1990

Selected Publications

Bullock, Justin, Chen, Yu-Che, Himmelreich, Johannes, Hudson, Valerie, Korinek, Anton, Young, Matthew, Zhang, Baobao. (2024 in print), the Oxford Handbook of AI Governance.

Tsai, Chun-Hua and Huang, Chenyu Victor and Chen, Yu-Che and Zendejas, Edouardo and Krafka, Sarah and Zendejas, Jordan (2024). “Co-Design Smart Disaster Management Systems with Indigenous Communities.” Digital Government: Research and Practice, 5 (3): 1-21     

doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3660643 

Wang, Yi-Fan., Yu-Che Chen., and Shih-Yi Chien. (2023). “Citizens’ Intention to Follow Recommendations from a Government-Supported AI-Enabled System.” Public Policy and Administration, OnlineFirst https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767231176126 

Ahn, Michael, Chen, Yu-Che. 2022. Digital Transformation toward AI-augmented Public Administration: The Perception of Government Employees and the Willingness to use AI in Government, Government Information Quarterly, 39, 2. 

Zuiderwijk, Anneke, Chen, Yu-Che, Salem, Fadi. 2021. Implications of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Public Governance: A Systematic Literature Review and a Research Agenda, Government Information Quarterly, 38, 3, 1-19.

Chen, Yu-Che, Huang, Chenyu. 2021. Smart Data-driven Policy on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Analysis of Drone Users in U.S. Cities, Smart Cities, 4, 1, 78-92.

Chen, Yu-Che. 2017. Managing Digital Governance: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions, Routledge.

 

Publications *

Wang, Yi-Fan, Yu-Che Chen, Shih-Yi Chien, Pin-Jen Wang, (2024), “Citizens’ trust in AI-enabled government systems,” Information Polity, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 293-312, DOI: 10.3233/IP-230065

Tsai, Chun-Hua, Chenyu (Victor) Huang, Yu-Che Chen, Edouardo Zendejas, Sarah Krafka, Jordan Zendejas, (April 2024), “Co-Design Smart Disaster Management Systems with Indigenous Communities,” Digital Government: Research and Practice, 5(3): 1-21 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3660643 

Wang, Yi-Fan., Yu-Che Chen., and Shih-Yi Chien. (2023). “Citizens’ Intention to Follow Recommendations from a Government-Supported AI-Enabled System.” Public Policy and Administration, OnlineFirst https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767231176126

Externally Funded Research

Transit Project, University of Nebraska at Kearney, State Agencies, 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2021

Service

Department, College, and University

Director of the Digital Governance and Analytics Lab, Lab/Clinic Supervisor, This Lab has helped mentored doctoral students, pursued and implemented Urban research grants, hosted and participated in international conferences, applied for internal and external research grants, and served as a platform for faculty collaboration and student learning., 08/01/2019 - 08/31/2019

Academic Assessment Committee, Committee Member, 08/01/2019 - 08/31/2019

Professional

22nd International Conference on Digital Government Research (Digital Government Society), Other, Led the conference preparation in 2020 and hosted the conference in June 2021. , 07/01/2020 - 07/31/2020

Government Information Quarterly, Editor, Associate Editor, 01/01/2021 - 01/31/2021

Public Administration Review, Editorial Review Board Member, 01/01/2022 - present

National Science Foundation, Other, serve as the evaluator of an NSF project titled: Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Training in Policy Informatics , 11/01/2019 - 11/30/2019

Partnerships

DOTComm: https://www.dotcomm.org/

TEG: https://www.teg.org.tw/about/about.php?lg=eng&id=11302

Events & News

Starting July 1, 2024, Dr. Chen has served as the interim director of the School of Public Administration.

Dr. Chen served as the conference co-chair for the 25th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2024) in Taipei, Taiwan (June 11-15). Dr. Chen is also a co-founder of the AI and Government chapter of the Digital Government Society launched at the conference.  

Dr. Chen, PI, received a three-year NSF award of $750,000. This grant aims to enhance the accountability and impact of AI chatbots for collaboration between the U.S. government and tribal nations for emergency management. Dr. Chun-Hua Tsai at the Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis at IS&T and Dr. Eduardo Zendejas, J.D. at the Tribal Management and Emergency Service program in the School of Public Administration are the Co-PIs.

SPA Faculty Profile 

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