Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy

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Heewon Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. She studies the management of collaborative governance for the successful transition to sustainable and smart cities. Specifically, she investigates the strategies of federal and local governments for effective collaborative governance with non-governmental actors in the sustainability policy arena. Her second area of research focuses on digital governance to address urban public service delivery problems and explore the drivers of citizen engagement using technology.

Education
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Ph.D., Florida State University, Public Administration and Policy, 2022

M.P.A., Seoul National University, Public Administration, 2016

B.A., Korea University, Economics, 2014

Areas of Expertise
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Collaborative Governance
Local Government
Sustainability Policy
Alternative Fuels
Transportation
Digital Governance

Honors, Awards, and Achievements
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Honorable mention, Herbert Kaufman Best Paper Award, American Political Science Association, 2024

Darwin T. Turners Scholars Breakfast of Champions Teaching Award, University of Cincinnati, 2024

Research Interests
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Intergovernmental programs for local collaborative governance

Collaborative governance for alternative fuel transportation

Citizen coproduction in digital governance

Sustainability strategies of local governments

Selected Publications
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Lee, H., & Liu, Y. (2024). All hands on deck: the role of collaborative platforms and lead organizations in achieving environmental goals. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Lee, H. (2023). Collaborative governance platforms and outcomes: An analysis of Clean Cities coalitions. Governance, 36(3), 805-825.

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