Seunghwan Myeong is Professor of Public Administration at Inha University, Republic of Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Social Science from Syracuse University in 1996. His research focuses on digital government, smart governance, public-sector AI transformation, citizen trust, and policy decision making. He serves on the Public AX Subcommittee of the National AI Strategy Committee and directs Inha University’s Smart Governance Policy Research Institute. He previously served as President of the Korean Association for Policy Studies and the Korean Association for Policy Analysis and Evaluation. His publications include journal articles, books, and book chapters on technology and public governance. In 2026, he was included in the Stanford–Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists list for single-year citation impact and recognized by ScholarGPS as a 0.05% Highly Ranked Scholar, ranked 14th worldwide in the Smart City specialty for the prior five years.