PhD

Bert George

Submitted by on Mon, 09/29/2025 - 09:30

Bert George is Professor of Public and Nonprofit Strategy at the Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong. Bert is also Associate Dean for Engagement and Knowledge Transfer and Director of the Research Cluster on Brain, Behavior and Society at the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences of CityU. His research, teaching, and service focus especially on how strategy processes and practices can help public and nonprofit organizations perform better and create public value. He has published widely on

Paula Ganga, PhD, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Duke Kunshan University

Submitted by on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 19:03
As a comparative political economy scholar, Paula Ganga uses her knowledge of advanced statistical methodologies, seven languages and travel to over 40 countries to examine the economic outcomes of political institutions, state-market interactions, the political actors driving the process and the inequalities between the winners and losers of this process. Ganga is particularly interested in populism and economic nationalism, inequality and economic development, energy and environmental policy, corruption and transparency, and democratic backsliding.

Quantum Technology Challenge: What Role for the Government?

Submitted by on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 13:19

Quantum technology has the potential to reshape the economic and social landscape of the world. The U.S. has already invested significant resources in developing quantum information science (QIS), but more needs to be done as government operations could bear the brunt of the disruptions and possible attacks.

Dighton Fiddner, PhD

Submitted by on Wed, 04/11/2018 - 11:28

Dighton Fiddner, PhD is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He currently teaches international relations, American foreign policy, and public policy courses. His
interests also include national and international security policy, complexity, and the information system as a national security risk.

Kathryn G Yeaton, PhD

Submitted by on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 11:46

Kathryn G. Yeaton is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College of New Jersey. She teaches courses in managerial and financial accounting. Her research interests include organizational quality and strategic performance measurement, as well as various aspects of earnings restatements and executive compensation. A certified public accountant, she previously worked for Coopers & Lybrand.

Shannon H. Tufts, PhD

Submitted by on Tue, 03/27/2018 - 16:23

Shannon Howle Tufts, Albert and Gladys Coates Distinguished Term Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government, is the Director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government’s Center for Public Technology. She works with local IT directors and staff on a variety of technologyrelated issues, including designing and instructing in the first local and state government-specific CIO Certification Programs in the nation.

Ann Casebeer, MPA, PhD

Submitted by on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 13:03

Ann Casebeer, MPA, PhD is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, based at the Institute for Public Health, located at the University of Calgary. For the past 20 years, her academic work has targeted: advancing experiential learning platforms in both practice and educational settings; broadening the stakeholder base for health system decision making to better include patient and citizen perspectives; and, evaluating team and networked based innovation.

Kathryn G Yeaton, PhD

Submitted by on Mon, 03/05/2018 - 13:26

Kathryn G. Yeaton is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College of New Jersey. She teaches courses in managerial and financial accounting. Her research interests include organizational quality and strategic performance measurement, as well as various aspects of earnings restatements and executive compensation. A certified public accountant, she previously worked for Coopers & Lybrand. Dr. Yeaton earned a B.S. in accounting and a Master of Accountancy from Florida State University. She holds a Ph.D.

Professor in Public and Nonprofit Strategy, Department of Public and International Affairs
City University of Hong Kong
United States

brgeorge@cityu.edu.hk

Bert George is Professor of Public and Nonprofit Strategy at the Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong. Bert is also Associate Dean for Engagement and Knowledge Transfer and Director of the Research Cluster on Brain, Behavior and Society at the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences of CityU. His research, teaching, and service focus especially on how strategy processes and practices can help public and nonprofit organizations perform better and create public value. He has published widely on the topic, including co-authoring the bestselling sixth edition of Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations with John M Bryson. He is Co-Editor in Chief of Public Management Review, a leading academic journal in the field, engages in executive teaching in institutions across the globe, and regularly consults for international organizations, nonprofits, companies, and governments at all levels.

His work has been awarded with the Louis Brownlow Award and the Joseph Wholey Award by the American Society for Public Administration. His doctoral work on strategic planning in local government received awards from the European Group for Public Administration, European Academy of Management, and International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy. His research has shaped government reform across the world and has been cited by, among others, the U.S. White House, UNICEF, OECD, European Commission, and World Bank. He also co-chairs the study group on Strategizing and Entrepreneurship for the Common Good at the International Research Society for Public Management. Originally from Belgium, Bert holds a BSc in Business Administration, MSc in Strategic Management, and PhD in Applied Economics from Ghent University.