Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Rawlance Ndejjo, Nuole Chen, Steven N. Kabwama, Eniola Bamgboye, Marc Bosonkie,…, Lily Tsai, Rhoda Wanyenze. 2024. “Sex and COVID-19 vaccination uptake and intention in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda.” Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, 5, 1356609.

Eniola Adetola Bamgboye, Rawlance Ndejjo, Nuole Chen, Rotimi Felix Afolabi, Steven N Kabwama, Mobolaji M. Salawu, Segun Bello, Ayo Stephen Adebowale, Magbagbeola David Dairo, Lily L Tsai, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, and Olufunmilayo Ibitola Fawole. 2024. “Regional Variation in Covid-19 Vaccinate Uptake and Intention in Nigeria: A Computer Assisted Telephone Survey.” PLOS Global Public Health 4(11): e0002895.

Rawlance Ndejjo, Nuole Chen, Steven N. Kabwama, Alice Namale, Solomon Tsebeni Wafula, Irene Wanyana, Susan Kizito, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, William Sambisa, Lily L. Tsai, Rhoda K. Wanyenze. 2023. “Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and associated factors among adults in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.” BMJ Open, 13(3).

Heather Kappes, Mattie Toma, Rekha Balu, Russell Burnett, Nuole Chen, Rebecca A. Johnson, Jessica Leight, Saad B. Omer, Eleana Safran, Mary Steffel, Kris-Stella Trump, David Yokum, and Pompa Debroy. 2023. “Using Communication to Boost Vaccination: Lessons for Covid-19 Vaccination from Eight Federal Government Direct Communication Evaluation.” Behavioral Science & Policy, 9(1), 11-24.

Nuole Chen, Kris-Stella Trump, Stacy Hall, and Quan Le. 2023. “The Effect of Postcard Reminders on Vaccinations Among the Elderly: A Block-Randomized Experiment.” Behavioural Public Policy, 7(2), 240-265.

Cheng Jin, Chunji Yin, Xiaogang Jin, Yong Min, Yixiao Li, Nuole Chen, and Jiaxuan Huang. 2018. “Group-based rewiring rules of binary opinion competition dynamics.” Scientific Reports, 8(14423).

Other Publications

Nuole Chen. 2025. “Improving Data Utilization - State Department Reform Under the Second Trump Administration.” Stimson Center.

Nat Rabb, Alisa Zomer, and Nuole Chen. 2024. “Can Trustworthy AI Improve Governance and Trust? AI Trends, Biases, & Gaps.” MIT GOV/LAB.

Lily Tsai, Alex Pentland, Alia Braley, Nuole Chen, Jose Ramon Enriquez, and Anka Reuel. 2024. “Generative AI for Pro-Democracy Platforms.” An MIT Exploration of Generative AI. Gabriel

Nuole Chen, Lily Tsai, and Alisa Zomer. 2022. “Academic/Practitioner Partnership Models: MIT Governance Lab.”. EGAP Resources.

Kris-Stella Trump and Nuole Chen. 2020. “Can Reminder Postcards Help People Get Vaccinated?” 3Streams.

Chris Grady and Nuole Chen. 2019. “10 Things to Know about Pre-Analysis Plans.” EGAP Methods Guides.

Nuole Chen, Pompa Debroy, Stacy Hall, and Quan Le. 2019. “Postcards-Increasing Vaccination Rates Among Elderly: U.S. Office Of Evaluation Sciences and LDH Immunization Program.” Louisiana Morbidity Report.

Works in Progress

Governance

“Public Service Delivery and the Virtuous Circle: Evidence from Malawi.” (with Christopher Grady, Boniface Dulani, Mwayi Masumbu, Busta Munthali Chiona, Jake Bowers, and Matthew Winters). Under review.

``Covid-19, Vaccination, and Trust in Africa.’’ (with Lily Tsai, Rawlance Ndejjo, Steven Kabwama, …, Olufunmilayo Fawole, Mala Ali Mapatano, Ibrahima Seck, and Rhoda Wanyenze). Under review.

Decision-making in Foreign Policy

“Decision-making in U.S. National Security Councils: Evidence from the Ford and Nixon Administrations”