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王欢明

Personal Information

Professor   Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates   Supervisor of Master's Candidates  

Main positions:

Scientific Research

  • Research interests:

    PPP

    Urban governance

    Smart city

    Public service delivery

    Co-production


    Work Experience

    1. Dec. 2019-present: Full professor of public administration, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dalian University of Technology.

    2. Dec. 2017- Dec. 2019: Associate professor of public administration, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dalian University of Technology.

    3. June 2012- Dec. 2017: Assistant professor of public administration, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dalian University of Technology.


    Key publications

    1.Wang, H., Qi, H., & Ran, B. Public-private collaborations led by private-sector in combating crises: Evidence from China’s fighting against COVID-19. Administration & Society, 2022,54(1): 3-28. (SSCI, IF2.690)

    2.Wang, H., & Ran, B. Network governance and collaborative governance: A thematic analysis on their similarities, differences, and entanglements. Public Management Review, 2021, accept.

    3.Wang, H., Edelenbos, J., & Cheng, Z. Combining project and process management in PPP network: Relationship between management style and outcome. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 2021, onlinefirst (SSCI, IF1.8).

    4.Wang, H., Chen, B., & Koppenjan, J. A refined experimentalist governance approach to incremental policy change: The case of process-tracing China’s central government infrastructure PPP policies between 1988 and 2017. Journal of Chinese Governance, 2021, onlinefirst (SSCI, IF2.333)

    5.Wang, H., Xiong, W., Yang, L., Zhu, D., & Cheng, Z. How does public-private collaboration reinvent? A comparative analysis of urban bicycle-sharing policy diffusion in China. Cities, 2020, 96:1-10. (SSCI, IF5.835)

    6.Wang, H., Cheng, Z., & Zhu, D. Striving for global cities with governance approach in transitional China: Case study of Shanghai. Land Use Policy, 2020, 90:1-11. (SSCI, IF5.398)

    7.Mu, R., & Wang, H. A systematic literature review of open innovation in the public sector: Comparing barriers and governance strategies of digital and non-digital open innovation. Public Management Review, 2020, onlinefirst. (SSCI, IF5.898)

    8.Xiong, W., Chen, B., Wang, H., & Zhu, D. Public–private partnerships as a governance response to sustainable urbanization: lessons from China. Habitat International, 2020, 95:1-9. (SSCI, IF5.369)

    9.Wang, H., Liu, Y., Xiong, W., & Zhu, D. Government support programs and private investments in PPP market. International Public Management Journal, 2019,22(3):499-523. (SSCI, IF3.083)

    10.Wang, H., Liu, Y., Xiong, W., & Song, J. The moderating role of governance environment on the relationship between risk allocation and private investment in PPP markets: Evidence from developing countries. International Journal of Project Management, 2019, 37(1):117-130. (SSCI, IF7.172)

    11.Wang, H., & Ma, L. Ownership, corruption, and revenue regimes for infrastructure partnerships: Evidence from China. Utilities Policy, 60:1-10. (SSCI, IF2.812)

    12.Wang, H., Chen, B., Xiong, W., Yang, L., & Zhu, D. Multiple pathways to public-private partnerships for urban public service delivery. Urban Policy and Research, 37(4):474-488. (SSCI, IF2.448)

    13.Wang, H., Xiong, W., Wu, G., & Zhu, D. Public private partnership in Public Administration discipline: A literature review. Public Management Review, 2018, 20(2):293-316. (SSCI, IF5.898) (ESI highly cited paper)

    14.Wang, H., Chen, B., Xiong, W., & Wu, G. Commercial investment in public private partnerships-The impact of contract characteristics. Policy & Politics, 2018, 46(4):589-606.SSCI, IF3.750

    15.Wang, H., Mu, R., & Liu, S. The effects of privatisation on the equity of public services: Evidence from China. Policy & Politics, 2018,46(3):427-443.SSCI, IF3.750


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