Dr. Gregory Porumbescu is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University–Newark where he is also the associate director of the Transparency and Governance Center (TGC) and serves as director for the Public Interest Technology and Management Lab within the New Jersey State Policy Lab. Dr. Porumbescu is a public management scholar whose research examines how governments use technology and data to serve the public. He received his Ph.D. from Seoul National University in South Korea. As a public management scholar, his research examines the role of information and communications techhttp://public-interest-technology-management-labnology as a tool for fostering more transparent, accountable, and equitable public organizations. Previously, he served on a working group for Gov. Phil Murphy’s New Jersey AI Task Force, contributing to the state’s recommendations on equitable AI adoption, and was a co-founding principal investigator of the NJSPL. His applied work includes National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research with the City of Newark by utilizing data and digital tools to improve resident services, and he is a Fellow at the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University.

Additionally, Dr. Porumbescu is a research affiliate for the Center for Government Competitiveness at Seoul National University. His research has been funded by the Korean Research Foundation and the National Science Foundation and appeared in outlets such as the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Government Information Quarterly, and Social Science & Medicine. His work draws upon randomized experiments, surveys, and behavioral models applied in government settings, with support from the NSF, NTIA, the Department of Labor, and the State of New Jersey.