Yuan (Daniel) Cheng is an associate professor, McKnight presidential fellow, and associate dean for research in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Cheng's research focuses on a range of theoretical and managerial questions at the nexus of governance, government-nonprofit relationships, co-production, and the distributional and performance implications of cross-sector collaboration. He is particularly interested in how government agencies, nonprofits, and citizens interact in joint public service provision, and the performance implications of alternative service provision mechanisms.
In close collaboration with governmental and community organizations, Cheng is embarking on new research directions to examine the implementation of evidence-based practices in government, the policy impacts of academic research, and how to design more inclusive public sector grant-making programs.
