Weiyu Zhang's research focuses on civic engagement and Information and Communication Technologies, with an emphasis on Asia. She is Director of the Civic Tech Lab (www.civictechlab.org), and has led on multi-nation projects on youth engagement, online deliberation, and civic tech in Asia. Her current interest is to develop and examine civic tech applications to facilitate citizen deliberation on science topics such as climate change, gene-editing, and artificial intelligence.
Fields of expertise: Communication and information/ICTs, Education, Participation, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation