POSITION

2022 - present Professor, School of Sociology and Population Studies, Remin University of China

2017 - 2022 Professor, School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University

2011 - 2016 Associate Professor, School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University

2007 - 2010 Instructor, School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Sociology, City University of Hong Kong 2006  

M.Phil. Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) University, Sociology 2001

B.A. Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) University, Sociology 1998

TEACHING

Courses Taught

Chinese courses: “Social Science Research Methods(《社会科学研究方法》)”, “Introduction to Sociology(《社会学概论》)”, “Government Performance Evaluation(《政府绩效评估》)”, “Qualitative Research Methods(《定性研究方法》)”, “Comparative Urbanization(《比较城市化》)”, “Public Organization Theory(《公共组织理论》)”.

English courses: “Research Methods of Social Sciences”, “Government Performance Measurement in China ”.

AWARDS

Teaching Awards

2023 Excellent Tutor Award of the third “Xia Shuzhang Public Administration Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award.(夏书章公共管理博士论文优秀导师奖)

2022 Outstanding Dissertation Tutor of the the 9th National Master Thesis of Public Administration.(全国公共管理硕士优秀学位论文指导教师)

2020 The course “Social Science Research Methods Course” won the first Batch of National First-class Undergraduate Courses(首批国家级一流本科课程) .

2018 Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement Award(国家教学成果奖).

2018 First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award(广东省教学成果奖).

2017 First Prize of Sun Yat-sen University Teaching Achievement Award(中山大学教学成果奖).

2015 Outstanding Teacher in Southern Guangdong(南粤优秀教师).

2014 The English course “Research Methods of Social Sciences” won the first place in Sun Yat-sen University's Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation(中山大学本科评教全校第一).

2015 Outstanding Student Tutor of Sun Yat-sen University(中山大学优秀学生导师).

2015 Guiding students to participate in the 14th “Challenge Cup” AVIC National College Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition(第十四届“挑战杯”中航工业全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛) and won the national special prize and the “Excellent Tutor” award.

2015 Guiding students to participate in the “Challenge Cup” Guangdong College Students Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition(广东大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛), two of which won the special prizes of the social group and the management group respectively, and one won the first prize of the management group.

2015 Shiyu Lu(one of the graduate student supervised) won the “Guangdong Province Outstanding Master’s Thesis” Award(广东省优秀硕士论文).

2013 Guiding students to participate in the "Challenge Cup" National College Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition(“挑战杯”全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛) and winning the Guangdong Provincial Special Prize as well as the National Third Prize.

Research Awards

2020 The research report “Research on the Functional Mechanism of Civil Affairs in Major Public Emergencies(民政在重大突发公共事件下的作用机制研究)” won the second prize in the 2020 Policy Theoretical Research for National Civil Affairs(2020年全国民政政策理论研究),Ministry of Civil Affairs(民政部).

2019 The research report “Research on the Construction of Urban and Rural Community Governance Systems in the New Era(新时代城乡社区治理体系建设研究)” won the first prize in the 2019 Policy Theoretical Research for National Civil Affairs(2019年全国民政政策理论研究),Ministry of Civil Affairs(民政部).

2018 The research report “Research on Civil Affairs and Social Governance with Chinese Characteristics - Taking Guangzhou Community Governance Model of Co-construction, Co-governance and Sharing as an Example(民政与中国特色社会治理研究----以共建共治共享的广州社区治理模式为例)” won the second prize in the 2018 Policy Theoretical Research for National Civil Affairs(2018年全国民政政策理论研究),Ministry of Civil Affairs(民政部).

ADMINISTRATION POSITION

Assistant Dean, School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2018 - 2022

Head, Department of Public Administration, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2018 - 2020

Director, Center for MPA Program, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2018 - 2020

Associate Head, Department of Public Administration, Sun Yat-Sen University, 2011 - 2018

Director, Center for Chinese Government and Political Data, 2016 - 2022

Director, Center for Chinese Government and Political Cases, 2009 - 2011

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Member, Editorial board of  Journal of Public Administration , 2008 -

Member, Editorial board of  Urban Affair Review , 2020 - 2022

Member of American Political Science Association, 2017 - 2018

Member of Association for Asian Studies, 2014 - 2015

Member of Guangdong Public Administration Society

Member of Urban Management for Chinese Society for Urban Studies

Expert of the 4th Guangzhou Government Decision-Making Board

Member of /the Research Committee on Social Stratification of International Sociological Association(RC28), 2004 - 2005

Anonymous Reviewer for  Social Science in China, Sociological Studies, Management World, Urban Affair Review, Chinese Journal of Sociology  and  Journal of Public Administration  ，  etc .

ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Research Interest

Grassroots Governance, Urban Studies, Political sociology, Sociology of organization，and Research Methods

Publication

Books

2023 Nabo Chen et. al.,  Towards Good Governance at the County Level—Evidence from Shunde  (in Chinese,《走向县域善治--顺德经验》),Shanghai: Orient Publishing Center.

2022 Nabo Chen et. al.,  Assessment Report of China Urban Social Governance  (in Chinese,《中国市域社会治理评估报告》),Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.

2021 Nabo Chen et. al.,  County Governance in China—Dianbai Case  (in Chinese,《城市化进程中的县域治理个案--基于电白的调研》),Shanghai: Orient Publishing Center.

2016 Nabo Chen,  Public Management Research Methods-Pratical Guide to Research in Chinese Government and Politics  (in Chinese,《公共管理研究方法详解----中国政府与政治研究实践指南》),Shanghai: Gezhi Publishing House.

2015 Nabo Chen,  State, Market and Life Chances in Contemporary Rural Chinese Society: Evidence from Guangdong,  Springer.

2015 Nabo Chen,  Urban wealth - Political Economy of space  (Chinese translated works, 《都市财富——空间的政治经济学》),Shanghai: Gezhi Publishing House.

2010 Nabo Chen,  The End of A Village—The 60 Years of Transformation of Nanjing Village (in Chinese, 《乡村的终结：南景村六十年的变迁历程》),Guangzhou: Guangdong People’s Publishing House

2010 Nabo Chen, State, Market and Peasants’Life Chances: Evidence from Rural Guangdong (in Chinese, 《国家，市场与农民生活机遇：来自广东农村的经验对比》),Beijing: Central Compilation and Translation Press

Articles

2023 Wei Li and Nabo Chen.“Discussion on the Elimination of Grassroot Government burden from the Organizational Resilience Perspective”(in Chinese, “论组织韧性视角下基层政府治理负荷的消解”) Jiang-huai Tribune (江淮论坛) (04): 115-121.

2023 Cheng Zhang and Nabo Chen.“Scrimping and saving:How does a County government carry out fiscal governance? --Organizational Structure and Process Observations of Revenues and Expenditures in District A”( in Chinese, “‘穷人当家’：县域政府如何开展财政治理？——对A区财政收支的组织过程研究”) China Studies (中国研究)29:64-84.

2022 Weimin Huang and Nabo Chen .“A Literature review on the Functional Paradox of Leading Small Groups—Based on the Perspective of ‘Structure’ and ‘Process’”(in Chinese, “领导小组功能悖论研究述评——基于‘结构’与‘过程’视角”) Chinese Public Policy Review  (中国公共政策评论) 22 (02): 210-231.

2022 Nabo Chen et. al. “Mode Performance Strategy and Effect in Central and Regional System Technology Governance: Empirical Research of ‘Security Governance Index’ Project in Region A”(in Chinese, “条块结构中的技术治理模式、行为策略与治理效果——基于A区‘平安治理指数’项目的分析”) Journal of Nanjing University (Philosophy,Humanities and Social Sciences) (南京大学学报 哲学·人文科学·社会科学)59 (05): 72-84.

2022 Jiali Chen and Nabo Chen. “ the Production of Government Indicators: Types and Process a Case Study of the Production of Planning Indicators for the Civil Affairs in Province A”(in Chinese, “政府指标的生产：类型与过程——以A省民政规划指标编制为例”)  Journal of Central China Normal University(Humanities and Social Sciences)( 华中师范大学学报 人文社会科学版)61 (05): 49-64.

2022 Yan Xu and Nabo Chen. “How can Cooperative Governance be Possible: A Case Study of Garbage Management in City A”(in Chinese, “合作治理如何可能?——基于A市的垃圾治理案例”) Open Times (开放时代)(05): 125-139.

2022 Cheng Zhang and Nabo Chen. “What do Leaders Pay Attention to and Why? A Study of Attention Allocation about Political Decision-making Based on Cross Province Evidence” (in Chinese, “‘领导重视什么及为何?’:省级党政决策的注意力分配研究——基于2010—2017年省委机关报的省级领导批示”).  Public Administration and Policy Review (公共管理与政策评论), 11(04): 85-102.

2022 Nabo Chen et. al. “the ‘Control Right’ Distribution and Action Logic in Government Performance Evaluation” (in Chinese, “政府绩效评估中的‘控制权’分配与行动逻辑”)  Science Research Management (科研管理), 43 (05): 191-199.

2022 Nabo Chen et. al. “Why Does the Bureaucracy Fail to Reduce the Redundancy：a Research on the Production of Redundant Documents in Grassroot Government--Based on the Case of Two-level Government in District A”(in Chinese, “文件精简何以失败：基层政府文件的冗余性生产及其机制研究——基于A区区镇两级政府的案例研究”) Chinese Public Administration (中国行政管理)(02): 17-27.

2021 Nabo Chen and Suifeng Wang. “Planning and Governance: An Investigation to China’s Five Year Plan From Relational Contract Perspective--A Case Study of Provincial Civil Affairs Plan Formulation” (in Chinese, “规划与善治：关系契约视角下的五年规划——以A省民政发展规划制定为例”) Academic Research (学术研究) (11): 66-74.

2021 Nabo Chen et. al. “Bringing Hierarchy Back in Technology Governance: Case Study of Precision Intelligent Control and Hierarchical Variation of Digital Governance in Zhejiang”（in Chinese, “把层级带回技术治理——基于‘精密智控’实践的数字治理与行政层级差异研究”) Journal of Nanjing University Philosophy,Humanities and Social Sciences( 南京大学学报·哲学·人文科学·社会科学),58 (05): 45-53.

2021  Nabo Chen and Weiming Huang.“Incomplete Bianzhi and Effective Governance:Local Government Staffing Strategy and It’s Effect on Grassroots Governance of China--a Case Study of District A”(in Chinese“不完全编制与有效治理：基层治理中的政府雇员及其作用——基于A区的调查”) Social Science Research (社会科学研究)(02): 24-38.

2020 Nabo Chen and Wei Li.“Bring Management Back to the Study of Local Government: Task，Resource and a Comparative Study of Implementing the Grid Management Policy by Sub-District Offices”(in Chinese“把’管理’带回政治——任务、资源与街道办网格化政策推行的案例比较”) Sociological Studies (社会学研究).35 (04): 194-217.

2019 Nabo Chen and Jian Yu. Ｈow are Traditional Rural Societies Organize？--Ｂaced on the Case Study of Nanjing Village during the Land Reform Cooperative Movement(in Chinese“传统乡村社会是如何被组织起来的?——基于土地改革和合作化运动时期的南景村个案分析”) Public Administration and Policy Review (公共管理与政策评论)8 (05): 70-81.

2018 Yongshen Liu and Nabo Chen.“Fragmented Urban Society and Innovation of Local Governance: A Case Study of Urban Law Enforcement in A City”(in Chinese“碎片化的城市社会与地方治理创新——以A市城管综合执法为例”) The Journal of Shanghai Administration Institute (上海行政学院学报)19 (04): 39-48.

2017 Nabo Chen and Rong Cai.“Shidian as a Chinese Style of Governance: A Case Study on the Policy Experiment of ‘Pay as You Throw’”(in Chinese“‘试点’何以失败?——A市生活垃圾“计量收费”政策试行过程研究”) Sociological Studies (社会学研究)32(02):174-198.

2016 Nabo Chen and Yongshen Liu.“Ｇgovernance Reform of Higher Education Sector--Ａ Case Study on ＫUniversity”(in Chinese“政策执行视角下的高校法人治理实践——以K大学为例”)  Chinese Public Policy Review (中国公共政策评论)10(01):167-183.

2015 Xiaowei Zang and Nabo Chen.How Do Rural Elites Reproduce Privileges in Post-1978 China? Local corporatism, informal bargaining and opportunistic parasitism.  Journal of Contemporary China 24(94): 628-643.

2015 Nabo Chen et. al.“Legitimacy Loading: A New Explanation for the Political Campaign in China--18 Years of “Creating a National Sanitary City”in a Chinese City” (in Chinese“合法性承载：对运动式治理及其转变的新解释——以A市18年创卫历程为例”) Journal of Public Administration (公共行政评论)8 (02):22-46.

2015 Nabo Chen.“the Frontier Application of Public Administration Research Methods and Its Learning in China”(in Chinese“公共行政学研究方法应用前沿及其中国借鉴”) Journal of Public Administration (公共行政评论)8 (04): 69-77.

2013 Nabo Chen and Shiyu Lu.“Tacit Agreement Based on Changing Field--The Discretion of Street-Level Bureaucracy in China Context” (in Chinese“场域转换中的默契互动——中国‘城管’的自由裁量行为及其逻辑”) Management World (管理世界)(10): 62-80.

2013 Nabo Chen et. al.“A Research on the Goal and Strategy of Chinese Public Service Unit Reform (in Chinese“公共服务供给视角下的中国事业单位改革目标与路径研究——基于国际公共服务绩效的数据包络分析”) Journal of China National School of Administration (国家行政学院学报)(05): 38-43.

2013 Nabo Chen and Dongya Huang.“Social Transformation and State Building: A literature Review and New Research Directions”(in Chinese“社会转型与国家建设：已有文献及新的研究方向”) Social Sciences of Beijing (北京社会科学) (04): 74-80.

2010 Yan Xu and Nabo Chen.“The Application of Structural Equation Model in the Index Developing of Public Sector Performance Measuremen--A Case on the Customer Satisfaction Research of a State-Owned Company(in Chinese“结构方程模型在公共部门绩效评估指标确定中的作用——以某国有通讯企业满意度研究为例”) Public Management Research (公共管理研究)9(00):130-141.

2010 Nabo Chen and Yawei Lu. “To Build a Delicacy Supervision Model on Chinese Public Service Units ”(in Chines,“中国事业单位精细化监管模式构建”) Chinese Public Administration (中国行政管理)(09): 113-117.

2009 Nabo Chen and Xiaowei Zang.“Bourdieu and Chinese Sociology” Sociologica 3(1): 0-0.

2009 Nabo Chen.“State, Market and Life Chances—Evidence from Rural Guangdong, (in Chinese,“国家、市场与农民生活机遇：广东三镇的经验对比)” Sociological Studies (社会学研究)24(06): 37-64.

2008 Nabo Chen.“An Introduction to Comparative Historical Analysis (in Chinese,历史比较分析的复兴) Journal of Public Administration (公共行政评论)(03): 55-71.

2006 Nabo Chen.“A Review of the Fifteen Years of Literature on Market Transition Debate (in Chinese,“市场转型论争15年文献述评”) Sociological Studies (社会学研究)24 (06):37-64.

2006 Nabo Chen.“Agency Theory and Its Application in the Studies of China’s Politics”(in Chinese,“代理理论与中国政治研究述评”) Fudan Political Reviews (复旦政治学评论)(00):244-264.

Book Chapter

2023 Nabo Chen and Xueguang Zhou.“The internal organization of local government in China”. Pp.66-84 in  Handbook on Local Governance in China: Structures, Variations, and Innovations ,edited by Ceren Ergnc and David S.G. Goodman. Glos: Edward Elgar.

2008 Nabo Chen.“The 30 Years of Social Stratification and Mobilization in Rural Guangdong Since 1978 Economic Reform(in Chinese,“改革开放30年广东农村社会分层,与社会流动”). Pp. 60-82 in  The Great Social Transformation: The 30 Years of Social Transformation of Guangdong Province (社会巨变——广东社会发展30年), edited by Ning Wang. Guangzhou: Guangdong People’s publishing House.

2002 Nabo Chen.“Urbanism (in Chinese,“城市性理论). Pp. 62-80 in  Urban Sociology (城市社会学),edited by He Cai andYingxiang Zhang .Guangzhou: Sun Yat-Sen University Press.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2018 National Social Science Major Project: Research on County Social Governance Capacity Building in the New Era(国家社科重大项目：新时代县域社会治理能力建设研究).

2018 Guangdong Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science Project: Research on the Reform of Public Welfare Institutions(广东省社会科学规划特别委托项目：公益类事业单位改革研究).

2013 General Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Planning of Ministry of Education, China: Agenda Setting,Implementation and Results of State’s Policy—A Case Study on the Policy of the Circulation of User Rights of Farmland(教育部人文社会科学规划一般项目：一个红头文件的全国之旅：政策制定、实施及其效果----以农地承包经营权流转政策为例).