Yixin Liu
Asst Professor
Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
Department: Public Affairs
Areas of expertise: collaborative governance, environmental policy, local government, citizen participation
Email Address: yixin.liu@baruch.cuny.edu
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Yixin Liu's research examines cross-sector collaborative governance in environmental policy implementation—specifically, why and how people collaborate and whether it works. He employs causal methods using both observational and experimental data to address these questions. In 2024, he received the first-place Paul Volcker Junior Scholar Research Award from the American Political Science Association.
His work has been published in leading public management and policy journals, including the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, and Public Management Review, Public Administration, among others.
Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics & International Affairs at Northern Arizona University (2024-2025) and as a postdoctoral fellow at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (2022-2024).
Education
Ph.D., Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University
M.P.P., Public Policy Analysis, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | PAF | 9120 | Pub/Non Prof Mgt I |
| Fall 2025 | PAF | 1250H | Hon Citzshp & Paf |
Journal Articles
(2025). Reward exploitation or exploration? The effects of local government sustainability strategies and performance information on citizen evaluation. Public Management Review,
(2025). A "watershed" moment for collaboration: The impacts of legislation and network governance on environmental outcomes. Public Administration Review,
(2024). Public trust and collaborative governance: An instrumental variable approach. Public Management Review,
(2024). All hands on deck: The role of collaborative platforms and lead organizations in achieving environmental goals. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,
(2024). Partisan collaboration in policy adoption: An experimental study with local government officials. Policy Studies Journal,
(2023). How and when democratic values matter: Challenging the effectiveness-centric framework in program evaluation. Public Performance & Management Review,
(2023). The effectiveness of network administrative organizations in governing interjurisdictional natural resources. Public Administration,
(2023). De-stereotyping public performance evaluation. International Public Management Journal,
(2021). Does mislabeling COVID-19 elicit the perception of threat and reduce blame?. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 4(2).
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Volcker Junior Scholar Research Award | American Political Science Association | 2024-08-31 |