Welcome,

I'm Robin Guohuibin Li

Ph.D. Candidate

AI, Facial Recognition Technology (FRT), & Cybersecurity
Technology Trust, Privacy, & Equity

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Published

  • Howell, A., Li, R. G., Bagchi-sen, S. & Lobo, J. (2023). Disentangling Agglomeration Economies from Selection under Policy Distortions in China, Regional Studies, in press, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2281437.
  • Howell, A., Li, R. G., Feldman, M., & Qian, H. (2022). Agglomeration, Recombinant Innovation and the Role of Market Reforms in a Transitioning China. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2022.2122456.

R&R

  • Li, R. G. Insights into Implications of the Urban Use of Facial Recognition Technology: A Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Urban Technology.
  • Li, R. G. Institutional Trustworthiness on Public Attitudes toward Facial Recognition Technology: Evidence from U.S. Policing. Government Information Quarterly.

Under Review

  • Li, R. G., Caldarulo, M. & Feeney, M. K. A Tale of Three Worlds: Reconciling Artificial Intelligence Research, Practice, and Policy.

Working in Progress 

  • Li, R. G. & Kim, Y. What to be patched for? AI-enabled Surveillance Policies and Privacy in the U.S.
  • Caldarulo, M & Li, R. G. Relational and Institutional Elements Shaping Cyber-Threats at the Local Level.
  • Li, R. G. Policy Diffusion across Multilevel Governments with Administrative-Centralization: Evidence from Open Government Data (OGD) in China.
Book Chapters & Conferences

Invited Book Chapter

  • Li, R. G. (2021). Electronic Workplace Surveillance in Context: Privacy, Motivation, and Performance. In E. W. Welch (Ed.), Research Handbook on E-Government (1st ed., pp. 196–208). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786437259.00019

Conference Presentations (*presenter)

  • Li, R. G.* (2024). The Effects of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) on Public Trust in Digital Public Services.
    • Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2024;
    • American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, April 2024.
  • Li, R. G.* (2024). Intersectionality in Institutional Trustworthiness toward Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) in U.S. Policing, the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 2024.
  • Li, R. G.* (2023)., What is in It for Us? Institutional Trustworthiness and Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) in U.S. Policing.
    • American Political Science Association (APSA), Step. 2023;
    • Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (ATLC), Atlanta, May 2023;
    • Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2023;
    • American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, Zoom, March 2023.
  • Li, R. G.*, Howell, A. & Liu, C., (2022)., Does Emission Trading System (ETS) Affect Firms’ Innovation? Evidence from China’s Regional Carbon ETS Pilot Program, Public Management Research Conference (PMRC) Pre-Conference Workshop on Methods Innovation, Phoenix, May 2022.
  • Li, R. G.* (2021). Update on A Comparative Look on Country Governance and Culture: Digital Public Surveillance and Data Policy, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Student Research Online Seminars, Zoom, June 2021.

Selected Research Projects

  • Government Responsible Use of AI Technologies
    • Supervisor: Dr. Karen Mossberger, CTDS, ASU
    • Responsible for web-scraping program development
 
  • Moving Towards Automation Data Collection and Tool Development
    • Supervisor: Dr. Eric Welch, CSTEPS, ASU
    • Responsible for literature review 
 
  • Exploration of China’s Carbon Emission Trading System (ETS)
    • Supervisor: Dr. Anthony Howell, CTDS, ASU
    • Responsible for literature review, exploratory data analysis, structuring project reports, disseminating research outputs
 
  • Creating Non-profit Competition Metrix for New Research
    • Supervisor: Dr. Jesse Lecy & Dr. Anthony Howell, CTDS, ASU
    • Responsible for data cleaning, wrangling, and analysis, structuring project report, disseminating research outputs
 
Contact

Robin Guohuibin Li

School of Public Affairs
Arizona State University
411 N. Central Ave., Suite 401
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Email: robin.g.li@asu.edu