Charles Schweik, Associate Professor

Center for Public Policy and Administration/ Natural Resources Conservation
217 Holdsworth Hall   
(413) 545-1824   
cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu
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Education: Ph.D. in Public Policy, Indiana University, 1998; M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1991

Research Interests: environmental policy and management, public information technology and digital government

Charlie Schweik's research focus is on public sector information technology, environmental management and policy, and the intersection of these domains. He is co-Director and founder of the UMass Open Source lab, and his current research projects in Internet-based collaboration or other government-related Web 2.0 initiatives included the Open Research System (ORS); the Urban Ecology Collaborative (A web-based collaboration system for non-industrial private forest owners. See Acorn);, and the City of Boston Carbon Calculator, a collaborative project between the City of Boston, USDA Forest Service, The Urban Ecology Collaborative at Boston College, Davey Inc., and the National Center for Digital Government and the Department of Natural Resources Conservation at UMass

Courses Taught: PUBP&ADM  631 - Information Technology in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors; PUBP&ADM  697B - ST-Geographic Information Systems