Dr.Jiannan Wu is Distinguished Professor and Executive Vice Directorof China Institute of Urban Governance and Head of Division and Liberal Arts and Social Science,Shanghai JiaoTong University, China. After obtaining his Ph.D. at School of Management at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in 1999, he was appointed as a postdoctoral research associate at Center for Technology and Information Policy (CTIP) of Maxwell Schoolof Citizenship and Public Affairsat Syracuse University until 2001. He also worked as a Fellow in Ash Center of Harvard Kennedy School in January-August 2012.

Dr. Wu has worked on performance management, innovation, and governance as a faculty member in Xi’an Jiaotong University until 2014. He has published extensively in Chinese leading Journals and some English work has appeared in Public Administration, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Public Administration Quarterly,Journal of Public Administration and Theory,Administration & Society, Sustainability, and International Public Management Review. Dr. Wu has served in Editorial Board of Public Administration Review and International Public Management Journal and several Chinese journals.

Dr. Wu has served as Vice President of National Government Performance Management Research Association of China since 2006, Executive member of Chinese Public Administration Society and other Chinese academic societies.He is a member of American Society of Public Administration, Public Management Research Association, International Public Management Network, International Research Society of Public Management, and Asian Group of Public Administration.He has been an active member of Chinese Expert Committee of IIAS since 2010 and Treasurer of Asian Association of Public Administration since 2016.

Research Areas:
urban governance and environmental policy

performance management and e-government

Contact Information:
Room 322, School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030
Email: jnwu@sjtu.edu.cn