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DR. MEILI NIU
Dr. Meili Niu, Visiting Associate Professor
Visiting Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
OFFICE: BS 4084
PHONE: 317-274-0942
E-MAIL: nium@iupui.edu
Dr. Niu is visiting scholar of IUPUI (August 2008-July 2009). She got her PhD in public administration from University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Niu is currently an associate professor of the School of Government, Sun Yat-Sen University, China. Her research interest focuses on public budgeting and financial management. Dr. Niu has done numerous consulting projects for the Chinese governments and has assisted a number of Chinese local governments in implementing budgetary and legislative reforms.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2005
- M.A., Economics, 2001, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics (China)
- B.A., Economics, 1998, Dongbei University of Finance & Economics (China)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Research fellow, the Center for Public Administration Research, Sun Yat-sen University, China
- Adjunct associate professor of Political Science, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
- Visiting researcher, Institute for Research on Social Issues, IUPUI
- Editorial board of Journal of Public Administration (Chinese)
MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- Public budgeting and financial management
- Comparative public administration
INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Niu, Meili. (forthcoming). Zero-based Budgeting in China's Local Governments: A Multiple Case Study. Beijing: The Central Compilation and Translation Press.
Ma, Jun & Meili Niu. (forthcoming). Restructuring China's Budgeting Systems: From the Perspective of Budget Power. Beijing: Development Press of China.
Ma, Jun, Meili Niu, Kinglun Ngok, & Hualin Mu. (2008) Handbook of Public Budgeting. Beijing: Development Press of China.
Niu, Meili. (2008). Host the Symposium on Research Methodology in Public Administration. Journal of Public Administration, Issue 3.
Niu, Meili. (2008). Budgeting democracy and citizenships. Book Review of Class, Tax, and Power. Journal of Public Administration. 1, pp.183-190.
Ma, Jun, & Meili Niu (2007). Restructuring China's budgeting systems: Power and Relations, China Development Observations, 1, pp.13-16.
Niu, Meili. (2007). Participation on budgeting: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Huazhong Normal University (Volume of Humanities and Social Sciences), 1, pp.14-20.
Niu, Meili, & John. R. Bartle (2006). Comments On "Assessing China's 1994 Fiscal Reforms: An Intermediate Report". Journal of J Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, 18(4): 477-479.
Niu, Meili. (2006). Book Review: Restoring fiscal sanity: How to balance the budget. Public Budgeting & Finance, 26(4): 92-94.
Niu, Meili, Alfred Ho, & Jun Ma (2006). Performance-based budgeting in China: A case study of Guangdong, in the Role of Administration in Building a Harmonious Society, edited by Raza Ahmad. Manila, Philippines: The Asian Development Bank, pp.410-433.
Liu, Jie, & Meili Niu (2006). Forecasting of budget quota, Public Administration Research, December, pp. 44-59.
Meili Niu & Jun Ma (2006). Budgetary reform in New Zealand. Wuhan University Journal (Volume of Philosophy & Social Sciences), 6, pp.802-810.
Niu, Meili. (2006). Qualitative research in public administration, Journal of Sun Yat-sen University (Volume of Social Sciences), 3, pp.76-79.
Li, Xudong, & Meili Niu (2006). Application of performance-based budgeting in China, Public Finance, 1, pp. 80-81.
Ma, Jun, & Meili Niu (2006). Modernizing public budgeting and financial management in China, in Public Financial Management, edited by Howard A. Frank. Taylor & Francis, pp. 691-736.
COURSES TAUGHT
- Offered at IUPUI:
SPEA V450 / V550 / POLS Y333 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs: Chinese Politics and Policies - Offered at Sun Yat-sen University:
Public Budgeting, Research Methodology, Public Economy, Women in Public Administration