VISITING SCHOLARS

Professor Dar-Yu Chao

Dr. Dar-Yu Chao, of the Department of Public Policy and Administration, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan, is a visiting scholar with PARCC in 2012-13. She is writing a book entitled Theory and Practice of Dissent Management in the Public Sector. Her research is funded by the National Science Council of Taiwan. During her visit here, she is exploring cooperative opportunities with PARCC colleagues and the Maxwell community.

She can be reached at g-tchao@maxwell.syr.edu.

Professor Ya Li

Ya Li currently is a professor of public policy of the Department of Public Management, Beijing Institute of Technology. His visiting research focused on developing a methodology of interest coordination and negotiation which could lead to creative problem solving and a win-win solution in the Chinese context.

His research addresses the following problematic situation: China is rapidly moving towards a differentiated society. But under the current political system, there are few institutionalized channels for interests surfacing, bargaining and coordinating. In recent years, despite a rise in public participation, policy decision makers still lack of effective methods to deal with the conflicting interests, which often intensifies the conflicts of stakeholders in public participation rather than accommodating them.

During his visiting, he explored the integratation of methods and techniques, such as those from conflict resolution, collaborative policy making, deliberative policy making, negotiated rulemaking, with the unique Chinese context. He is interested in exploring cooperative opportunities with PARCC colleagues and the Maxwell community.

Dr. Li’s recent research is funded by the National Science Foundation of China, the Ford Foundation, and the Ministry of Education of China, respectively. He also has applied his research in teaching simulation and was awarded a university teaching award for that.

He is the author of three monographs: “Experimental Policy Research Methodology: Theory and Practice” (forthcoming), “Handbook of Public Price Hearing” (China Economy Press, 2009), “Systems Thinking in Government Management Innovation” (Peking University Press, 2002). His recent articles have appeared in “Journal of Chinese Public Administration”, “Systems Research and Behavioral Science”, and “Chinese Management Review”.

Ya Li was the director of MPA program of his university in 2005-2009. Before his career in Beijing Institute of Technology, he conducted research in one of China’s influential think tanks, first as a system analyst, then as the head for decision support team. He is also glad to share his experience in running an on-the-job graduate program in China and conferring with Maxwell colleagues about China-related policy issues.

He received a Ph.D. (management science and engineering) in 1999, M.Phil (systems engineering) in 1996, and B.S. (applied mathematics) in 1993, all from National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China.

He can be reached via e-mail at: liya@bit.edu.cn. 

Professor Isidor Walliman

Isidor Walliman is currently a Professor of Sociology, Economics and Social Policy, School of Social Work, University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland, Basel and an Adjunct Professor of Social Policy, Dept. of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Freiburg, Switzerland, 1991 to present.

During his visiting, he will work to produce an edited book titled “Making Environmental and Social Policy Compatible for Sustaining Life.”  As a Visiting Research Professor at PARCC and the School of Social Work of the College of Human Ecology, he will also provide teaching services to the School of Social Work in community social work. In recent years, he has written articles for the mass media on Social Policy, Social Problems, Ecology and Society, Social Economy, and Fascism.            

Other recent publications include the following books editor of “Social Policy According to the Polluter Pays Principle: Examples of Application in the Field of Work, Health, Addiction, Education, and Housing” (Bern: Haupt Verlag 2008), “Social Policy From Another Perspective: Causal Agency and Responsibility” with Este Pineiro, (Bern: Haupt Verlag 2004), “On the Edge of Scarcity: Environment, Resources, Population, Sustainability, and Conflict,” edited with Michael Dobkowski. (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2002), and “Avoiding Poverty through Sociocultural Integration,” with Jonas Strom and Matthias Szadrowsky. (Bern: Haupt Verlag, 2002).

He received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Syracuse University in 1978, his B.A. in Economics from Kansas State University in 1970, and a M.A. in Economics from Kansas State University in 1971.         

Isidor Walliman can be reached via e-mail at: iwallima@syr.edu.