Smart Governance is an essence for the development of smart city that stressing on the public-private collaboration for city management through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This course introduces the concept, main theories, and updated studies of smart governance, as well as integrate a course project with several assignments to offer practical skills training. After the first introductory lecture on smart governance, the course covers four key topics of SG: 1) major theories of governance in political science and public administration; 2) the practice of using IOT technologies to design and implement solutions for smart and sustainable governance in the context of China and beyond; 3) experimental social science techniques including survey experiment, field experiment, quasi-experiment (e.g., PSM, DID, RDD, IV), and natural experiment.

CILO-1: Interpret the on-going progress of smart governance as a practical discipline, recognizing its functions, strategies, and particular techniques. CILO-2: Analyze issues related to E-governance from the perspectives of different stakeholders involved in private and public organizations that applying E-governance. CILO-3: Formulate a research topic and research question. CILO-4: Identify the pros and cons of various methodological approaches to studying Internet use.