Kuo-Tai Cheng

Bio

Kuo-Tai Cheng professor holds a Ph.D. in Policy Management from the University of Manchester, UK, specializing in public policy management, ESG (environmental, social, and governance), resilient cities, privatization of public enterprises, regulatory governance, organizational behavior (OB), and human resource management (HR). With extensive industry and academic experience, the professor has consulted for over ten technology companies and SMEs, focusing on ESG and carbon governance.
 

In terms of academic experience, the professor currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Environmental and Cultural Resources and Sustainability Director of the College of Education at National Tsing Hua University. Additionally, they are the Director of the ESDxESG USR Promotion Center. Previously, they held roles such as Deputy Director of the Extension Education Center, Head of the Global Development Division’s General Affairs Section, and Secretary-General of Zhushong Community College. The professor has been committed to advancing sustainable development education and public governance through their role as a faculty member at National Tsing Hua University.
 

Regarding awards and recognitions, the professor has received numerous honors, including the Flexible Salary and Incentive Grant for Special Talent Recruitment and Retention at NTHU (2017-2023) and the Outstanding Research Award from the NTHU Talent Development Fund (2022). They were also twice awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award (2008-2009 and 2016-2017), conducting research at Indiana University Bloomington and the University of Florida. Additionally, the professor serves as an Advisor to the Centre for Innovation Management and Enterprise (CIME) at the University of East London, a Member of the Hsinchu City Environmental Education Fund Management Committee, and ESG consultant for various institutions.
 

With extensive experience as an industry and policy consultant, the professor has held roles such as ESG Consultant for the Industrial Technology Research Institute, Distinguished Researcher at the Institute of Materials and Chemical Engineering, and Net-Zero Consultant. They have provided professional consultation on sustainable development strategies, carbon governance, and policy analysis for government agencies and corporations. The professor has also been invited to deliver lectures on ESG policy analysis, net-zero strategies, logical thinking, policy execution, and evaluation for both government institutions and corporate training programs.

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In terms of course planning, the professor teaches a wide range of topics at the undergraduate, master’s, in-service, and extension education levels, including sustainable development education and legal literacy, public policy, public governance, environmental policy and society, sustainable development policy analysis, and environmental governance and civic society. For the ESG domain, they offer specialized courses such as corporate sustainable development, ESG reporting practices, the relationship between SDGs and ESG, and ESG frameworks like GRI, TCFD, and SASB, aiming to promote sustainable business operations and governance practices.
 

• Selected Publications
  1. Ren-Jie Zhang, Hsing-Wei Tai, Zheng-Xu Cao, Kuo-Tai Cheng, Chia-Chen Wei (2024, Nov). Innovation ecosystem based on low-carbon technology: Value cocreation mechanism and differential game analysis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123852. (SSCI, 4/403, Business, 0.99%).
  
  2. Lin Liu, Hsing-Wei Tai, Kuo-Tai Cheng, Chia-Chen Wei (2024, Oct). Consolidating Building Greening: Integrating Mobile Modular Vertical Greening Systems into Prefabricated Building. JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.110983. (SCIE, 9/181, Engineering, Civil, 4.97%).
  
  3. Chun-Fa Cheng, Kuo-Tai Cheng*, Kirk Chang, Hsing-Wei Tai (2024, Jun). Resilience Governance and Acceptance of Climate Change Policy in Taiwan Special Municipalities. Sage Open, 14 (3), https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241284011. (SSCI, 58/263, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, 22.05%). 
  
  4. Ren-Jie Zhang, Hsing-Wei Tai, Zheng-Xu Cao, Chia-Chen Wei, Kuo-Tai Cheng (2024, May). Green innovation ecosystem evolution: Diffusion of positive green innovation game strategies on complex networks. Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, 9(3): 100500. (SSCI, 2/401 management, 0.49%).
  
  5. Kuo-Tai Cheng, Kirk Chang, Hsing-Wei Tai, (2022, Nov). AI boosts performance but affects employees' emotion. Information Resources Management Journal, 35(1): 1-18. (EI). 
  
  6. Kuo-Tai Cheng, Kirk Chang (2022, Sep). The Efficacy of Stress Coping Strategies in Taiwan’s Public Utilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Utilities Policy, Vol. 79, December 2022, 101431. (SSCI, 73/127, Environmental studies). Yin Shu-Tien Educational Foundation: NTHU-YS-A-2022002. 
  
  7. Lin Liu, Hsing-Wei Tai, Kuo-Tai Cheng, Chia-Chen Wei, Chang-Yen Lee, YenHung Chen, (2022, Aug). The Multi-Dimensional Interaction Effect of Culture, Leadership Style, and Organizational Commitment on Employee Involvement within Engineering Enterprises: Empirical Study in Taiwan. Sustainability, Q2(3.889), Volume 14, Issue 16, 9963. (SSCI, 57/127, Environmental Sciences).
  
  8. RenJie Zhang, Hsing-Wei Tai, KuoTai Cheng, YuTing Zhu, JunJie Hou, (2022, Jun). Carbon Emission Efficiency Network Formation Mechanism and Spatial Correlation Complexity Analysis: Taking the Yangtze River Economic Belt as an Example. Science of the Total Environment, STOTEN, (Q1:10.753), 841 (2022) 156719. (SCIE, 26/279, Environmental sciences, 9.31%). 
  
  9. Ren-Jie Zhang, Hsing-Wei Tai, Kuo-Tai Cheng, Hui-Zhong Dong, Wen-Hui Liu, Jun-Jie Hou (2022, Feb). Carbon Emission Efficiency Network: Evolutionary Game and Sensitivity Analysis Between Differentiated Efficiency Groups and Local Governments. Sustainability, (Q2:3.889), 2022, 14, 2191. (SSCI, 57/127 environmental sciences).
  
  10. Chang, K., Carrim, N.M.H., Gupta, M., Cheng, K., Sandland, S.. Digitalisation of Personnel Recruitment and Selection. HRM 5.0: Unpacking the Digitalisation of Human Resource Management (ISBN: 978-3-031-58911-9). Switzerland: Springer Nature. Jun, 2024: pp. 87-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031- 58912-6_5 . 
  
  11. Chang, K., Cheng, K.*, & Sandland, S.. A Critical Review of Artificial Intelligence in People Management. HRM 5.0: Unpacking the Digitalisation of Human Resource Management. Switzerland: Springer Nature. Jun, 2024: pp. 35- 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58912-6_3 .
  
  12. Cheng, Kuo-Tai. Autonomy and Governance Mechanisms of Regulation in Taiwan’s Communications Regulator. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change . New York, USA: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Mar, 2024: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87624-1_307-1.
  
  13. Kuo-Tai Cheng. Autonomy and Governance Mechanisms of Regulation in Taiwan’s Communications Regulator. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Oct, 2023: Chapter 307-1. 5. Kuo-Tai Cheng & Kirk Chang. Enhancing Employee Engagement for Small and Medium Enterprises in Taiwan. Research Anthology on Small Business
  
  14.Kirk Chang, Kuo-Tai Cheng (2024, Jul). AI-empowered employee recruitment: insights from a consultant project. 2024 International Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic. 
  
  15. 鄭國泰 (2023, Dec). A Study of the Attitude Toward Utilizing the Technology of Smart City at Six Special Municipalities in Taiwan . 第十四屆「數位典藏與數位 人文國際研討會」, 2023/12/1~3, 國立成功大學. 
  
  16. Kuo-Tai Cheng (2022, Apr). Stress Coping Strategies, Burnout, and Turnover of the Street-Level Ambulance Employee on Covid19 Duty, . 2022 Annual American Society of Public Administration, ASPA,, March 18-22 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.