Graduate Institute of Public Affairs, NTU

Academic Awards and Teaching Awards

• Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. 2020 (109) 
• Teaching Award (English-Taught Course), National Taiwan University, 2020-2021 (109) 
• Board Director, The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) (2018/11-2021/11; 2021/11-2024/11)
• International Advisory Board Member,Philippine Journal of Public Admistration,2019/1-2022/1
• Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, HKU, 2018–2019
• Fellow, Centre of Civil Society and Governance, HKU, 2011–2017.
• Visiting Scholar, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, October 2014.
• Visiting Scholar, Center for the Third Sector, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, R.O.C., June 2010.
• Summer Fellow, RGK Center on Philanthropy and Community Service, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S., Summer 2008.
• Visiting Scholar, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing, China, Summer 2008.
• Emerging Scholar, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S., June–August, 2006.

Refereed Publications

• Liu, Helen K. “Crowdsourcing: Citizens as Coproducers of Public Services.” Policy & Internet (Jan. 2021): 1-17.
• Liu, Helen K., Lin, C.C., Huang, L. H., S. A., Huang R. N. “Eradication and Control Strategies for Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Taiwan.” Sustainability 12.10 (May 2020): 1-20.
• Liu, Helen K., Mei Jen Hung, Lik Hang Tse, Daniel Saggau. “Strengthening Urban Community Governance Through Geographical Information Systems and Participation: An Evaluation of My GoogleMap and Service Coordination” Australian Journal of Social Issues. 55.2 (February 2020):182-200.
• Yu, Meng-Che, Lin, Huan-Sheng, and Helen K. Liu “Disaster Management and Development of Community Resilience: A Case Study of the DaHo Tribe In Pingtung County in Taiwan” Journal of Public Administration, National Chengchi University, 2019. (in Chinese)
• Liu, Helen K. “The Impact of Transition from British to Chinese Rule on Social Service Delivery Systems in Hong Kong.” Policy and Politics. 2019
• Wu, Jie and Liu, Helen K. “Collaboration with Status Asymmetry: Evidence from HIV/AIDS Disease Control in China” International Public Management Journal. 2019. 
• Liu, Helen K. “Crowdsourcing Government: Lessons from Multiple Disciplines.” Public Administration Review. 2017.
• Liu, Helen K. “An Analysis of the Social Process in Ideas Generation for Public Policies.” Information Polity. 2017. Preprint 1-19.
• Liu, Helen K. “Exploring Online Engagement in Public Policy Consultation: The Crowd or the Few?” Australian Journal of Public Administration. 2016. 76(1): 33-47
• Nie, Lin, Liu, Helen K. and Cheng, W. “Exploring Factors that Influence Voluntary Disclosure by Chinese Foundations.” VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 2016. 1–27.
• Kilonzo, Susan M., Sandfort, Jodi R. and Liu, Helen K. “Using Multimedia Learning Objects in Public Affairs Classrooms: Global Experiences with Hubert Project E-Cases and E-Studies.” Journal of Public Affairs Education 2016. 22(3): 345–362.
• Lee, Eliza W.Y. and Liu, Helen K. “Factors Influencing Network Formation Among Social Service Nonprofit Organizations in Hong Kong and Implications for Comparative and China Studies.” International Public Management Journal. 2013. Vol. 15, Issue 4, Pages 454–478.
• Liu, Helen K. and Sandfort, Jodi. “Open Source Platforms for Citizen Engagement: Examining Ashoka’s Design and Implementation.” Nonprofit Policy Forum. 2011. Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 1–20.
• Gronbjerg, Kirsten, Liu, Helen K. and Pollak , Thomas H. “Incorporated but Not IRS-Registered: Exploring the (Dark) Grey Fringes of the Nonprofit Universe.” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 2010. vol. 39 no. 5, Pages 925–945.
• Reingold, David and Liu, Helen K. “Do Poverty Attitudes of Social Service Agency Directors Influence Organizational Behavior?” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 2009.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters & Other Publications

• Jose Chen and Liu, Helen K. “The roles of community-based non-profits in the context of collaborative governance in Hong Kong and Taiwan.” Designing Governance Structure for Performance and Accountability: Developments in Australia and Greater China, (Edited by Andrew Podger, et al.). Acton, Australia: Australian National University. July 2020.p.167-191
• Liu, Helen K., MuhChyun Tang, Kuang-Hua Chen. “Public Decision Making: Connecting Artificial Intelligence and Crowds.” In ACM Conference proceeding of dg. o '20, 214-222.
• Liu, Helen K. “Open Source, Crowdsourcing, and Public Engagement.” In Crowdsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, (2nd edition),1144–1163. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 2019.
• Yu, Meng-Che, Lin, Huan-Sheng, and Helen Liu “The harm prevention and the development of community resilience: taking the example of Dahou tribe in Pingtung “Journal of Public Administration, National Chengchi University (in Chinese)
• Liu, Helen K. Challenges of collecting and analyzing data from online platforms. SAGE Research Methods Cases. 2019. 
• Liu, Helen K., Harrison, Y., Lungo, K. and Lai, J.  “From In-person Volunteering to Online-volunteering.” Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations, edited by David H. Smith et al. 2017
• Liu, Helen K. and Chen, Bin. “The Challenges of Implementing Collaborative Governance in Hong Kong: Case Study of a Low-Income Family Community.” The Road to Collaborative Governance in China. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2015. 45–67.
• Liu, Helen K. “Open Source, Crowdsourcing, and Public Engagement.” In Public Service, Governance and Web 2.0 Technologies: Future Trends in Social Media, edited by Downey, Ed., 181–199. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 2012.
• Liu, Helen K. and Peter Cheung. “Developing Open Innovation: Exploring Social Innovation Design in Hong Kong.” In Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2019.
   
• Liu, Helen K. “Cross-National Network Diffusion of Crowdsourcing Innovation Policy: Peer to Patent.” In Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2018.
• Liu, Helen K. “Crowdsourcing Design: A Synthesis of Literatures across Disciplines.” Proceedings of the 50th Annual Hawaii International Conference. IEEE. 2017.
• Liu, Helen K. “An Analysis of the Social Process in Ideas Generation for Public Policies.” Proceedings of the 17th International Digital Government Research Conference on Digital Government Research. 2016. 379–387.
• Liu, Helen K.  and Sandfort, Jodi. “A Case Study of Open Source and Public Participation in Catalyzing Social Innovations” Proceedings-2010 International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining. 2010.
• Liu, Helen K.  and Reingold, David. “Network and Social Service Agency Performance: Empirical Links,” Academy of Management Proceedings. Vol 2009. No. 1. Academy of Management.

Conference Papers (Recent, Selected)

• Liu, Helen K. “Evaluation of Volunteered Geographic Information Systems for Prevention of Invasive Alien Species” The 2nd International Conference of the Experiment Lab for Public Management Research (EXPMR): Leading Experimental Research in the Asia-Pacific Region, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea, (Dec. 3-4, 2020). (Online).
• Liu, Helen K. and Liu, Yusheng,“ Nonprofit Education Development in Taiwan.” 2020 Taiwan Association for Schools of Public Administration and Affair (TASPAA) Annual Meeting and International Conference (Oct. 23, 2020)
• Liu, Helen K. Huan-Kai Tseng, Z.H. Wen, Z.C. Liu, R.N. Huang. “Network Prediction of Red Imported Fire Ant Spread for Better Invasive Alien Species Management.” Presented at 2020 Sunbelt Virtual Conference, Paris, France, (July 17, 2020). (Online).
• Liu, Helen K. “Reinventing the Invasive Alien Species Prevention System through Network Governance,“ accepted into the 2020 Public Management Research Conference (PMRC). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. (June 23-26, 2020).
• Liu, Helen K., MuhChyun Tang, Kuang-Hua Chen. “Public Decision Making: Connecting Artificial Intelligence and Crowds,” presented in the theme: Intelligent Government in the Intelligent Information Society, 21st Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, South Korea, June 15-19, 2020 (virtual conference).
• Liu, Helen K. “Nonprofit Education in Taiwan.” In the Panel of the Development of Nonprofit Education Programs in East Asia: Recent trends and projections for future growth, presented at the 48th Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Actions (ARNOVA). San Diego, California, USA. (Nov. 21-23, 2019).
• Liu, Helen K. “Ownership Forms and Public Policy in Taiwan.” Paper presented at the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) Regional Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. July 15-16, 2019. 
• Liu, Helen K. “Big Data Development and Regulation for Social Policies in Taiwan.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Global Regulatory Governance, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. July 4-6, 2019.
• Liu, H. Varieties of Public Engagements for Public Policy in Taiwan: In Search of the Core Values. Paper presented at the Workshop on Public Participation and the Policy Process in Asia, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. June 25-26, 2019.
• Liu, Helen K. “What are the DNA of Taiwanese Nonprofits?” Paper presented at the ARNOVA-Asia. Taichung, Taiwan June 5-6, 2019.
• Liu, Helen K. “Homophily and Competition Within Networks: Implications for Community Long-term Care Implementation.” Paper presented at the ARNOVA, Austin, TX, USA, Nov. 15-17, 2018.
• Wang, Wen-Jiun and Liu, Helen K. “Disaster Response Networks and Perceived Performance.”  Paper presented at the ARNOVA, Austin, TX, USA, Nov. 15-17, 2018.
• Liu, Helen K. “Public Engagement and GIS Adoption: Crowdsourcing for Planning in the City.” Paper presented at the Greater China - Australia Dialogue Workshop, Shanghai Jiao Tong University on 27-29 September, 2018.
• Liu, Helen K. “Platforms for Open Innovation: Comparisons in Adoptions in the Public, Private, and Nonprofit Sector.” Paper presented at the 25th IPSA World Congress, Brisbane, Australia, July 21-25, 2018
• Liu, Helen K. “Exploring the Motivations and Adoption of Open Innovation for Social Enterprises in Hong Kong” Paper presented at the ARNOVA-Asia. Hong Kong. June 27-28, 2018.
• Liu, Helen K. “Developing Open Innovation: Exploring Social Innovation Design in Hong Kong.” Paper presented at the Digital Social Innovation Track at the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Grand Wailea, Maui, U.S. (8–11 January, 2017)
• Liu, Helen K. and C. Chen. “The roles of community-based nonprofits in the context of collaborative governance in Hong Kong and Taiwan.” Paper presented at the ARNOVA Asia, Beijing, China. June 2017 and ARNOVA, MI, USA, Nov. 2017.
• Liu, Helen K. Strengthening local communities through crowdsourcing: An Evaluation of My Google Map and Service Coordination. Paper presented at the ARNOVA, MI, USA, Nov. 2017.
• Liu, Helen K. “Conceptualizing crowdsourcing for public policies.” Paper presented at the IPPA, Singapore, June 2017.
• Liu, Helen K. “Crowdsourcing as public policy tools.” Paper presented at the IIAS Study Group on Coproduction of Public Services, Washington, DC, June, 2017.
• Liu, Helen K. “Crowdsourcing Design: A Synthesis of Literatures across Disciplines.” Paper presented at the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, U.S. (4–7 January, 2017)
• Liu, Helen K. “Implementing Public-Private Partnership for Food Assistance Policy in Taiwan: Challenges and Alternatives.” Paper presented at the HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy (IPPA). Hong Kong, China (10–11 June, 2016).
• Liu, Helen K. “An Analysis of the Social Process in Ideas Generation for Public Policies.” Paper presented at the 17th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o). Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China (8–10 June, 2016).
• Liu, Helen K. “Engaging the Crowds for Innovation in the Public Sector.” Paper presented at the 20th International Research Society for Public Management Conference (IRSPM). Hong Kong, China (13–15 April, 2016).
• Liu, Helen K. “Exploring the Political and Social Dynamics of Implementing Social Service Integration in Hong Kong.” Paper presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Actions (ARNOVA). Chicago, Ill., U.S. (18–21 November, 2015); the 9th ISTR Asia Pacific Regional Conference. Tokyo, Japan (26–28 August, 2015).
• Liu, Kai-lin and Liu, Helen K. 2015. “Information Asymmetry in Peer-to-Peer Lending Platform: Differences between For-Profit and Nonprofit Ownership—Case Study of Kiva and Prosper.” Paper presented at the 9th ISTR Asia Pacific Regional Conference. Tokyo, Japan (26–28 August, 2015).