Facebook and the 2016 US Elections
Over the last few months, I have been working with my research team on several papers that examine how the 2016 US Elections are playing out on Facebook. We have…
Dashboards, More Cybersecurity, Citizen Disengagement, and …
It has been a busy few weeks, so here are some research updates: Dashboards and IT Departments in Governing Citizen Disengagement and Local Governments in PM Magazine Several blog posts @TechTank,…
What Kind of a Consultant Are You?
My blog post on management consultants (Nov. 2010), was featured in the Summer Issue of the Management and Consulting Association's monthly strategy newsletter, The Consultant.
TechniCity – MOOC – A Vision for Smart Cities
While at Ohio State University, I recorded lectures for the TechniCity MOOC. This course is being offered by two of my colleagues, Jennifer Evans-Cowley, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs…
Resiliency and Community Resiliency: An Interview
Since I was busy in Lisbon and Guimarães, I could not attend the 2012 Ridenour Faculty Fellowship Conference. Given that I was supposed to be on a panel discussing forms of resilience, I was…
New Project – Examining Public Participation in ACTion Alexandria
The Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech has entered into an agreement to partner with ACT for Alexandria to advance the design of citizen engagement platforms.I will lead a team of researchers who will…
Knowledge Risks in Organizational Networks – Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Peter Trkman (Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana) and I have a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Strategic Information Systems. The paper titled “Knowledge Risks in Organizational Networks:…
Resilience of Citizen Engagement to Local Disasters Project – The Metropolitan Institute
Maggie Cowell (Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, School of Public and International Affairs) and I have received a seed grant ($20,000) from the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment…
Knowledge Transfer Behaviors and Social Networks: A Co-evolution Framework
Yuan Lin, my doctoral student, and I have a paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in San Antonio, Texas (August 12-16, 2011). Individuals’…
What is Network Resiliency?
I hope to use this post to begin a discussion on this question. Specifically, how do we define network resiliency when examining large-scale public sector networks. These networks span multiple-levels from…