DEPT OF POLITICS & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION



Researcher : Burns JP

Project Title:Policy coordination in three Chinese cities: Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei
Investigator(s):Burns JP, Lam WF
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2006


Project Title:Contemporary China
Investigator(s):Burns JP, Yeh AGO
Department:Social Sciences Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme
Start Date:11/2013




Researcher : Chan JCW

Project Title:Social organizations and civic engagement: a typological study of organizational altruism and collaboration
Investigator(s):Chan JCW
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2002


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Investigator(s):Chan JCW
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:02/2016




Researcher : Chan KN

Project Title:Organizing Opposition and Regime Support on Social Media: Evidence from the Hong Kong 2014 Protest
Investigator(s):Chan KN
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2016


Project Title:HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy; Explaining Policy Changes in Authoritarian Regime: Modeling Provincial Environmental Policy Making in China/Structuring Collaboration in State-centered Policy Processes: Evidence from Waste Management in Beijing
Investigator(s):Chan KN
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2016
Completion Date:06/2016


List of Research Outputs

Chan K.N., Characterizing Punctuated Equilibrium in Comparative Analysis, Asian Political Methodology Meeting. 2016.
Chan K.N., Guo J. and Wang X., Structuring Collaboration in State-centered Policy Processes: Evidence from Waste Management in Beijing, HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy. 2016.
Correia R.B., Chan K.N. and Rocha L.M., Polarization in the US Congress, The 8th Annual Conference of the Comparative Agendas Project (CAP). 2016.
Zhao S. and Chan K.N., Explaining Policy Changes in Authoritarian Regime: Modeling Provincial Environmental Policy Making in China, HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy. 2016.


Researcher : Cheung PTY

Project Title:2000 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Implementing the 1994 Fiscal Reform in China's Provinces
Investigator(s):Cheung PTY
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2000


Project Title:American Political Science Association 2012 Annual Meeting Toward collaborative governance? An analysis of the emerging intergovernmental coordination in south China
Investigator(s):Cheung PTY
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2012


Project Title:The Politics of the Policy Process in Implementing the Industrial Planning Policy in the Pearl River Delta
Investigator(s):Cheung PTY
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Governing Cross-boundary Cooperation in South China: Politics, Policy and Intergovernmental Relations
Investigator(s):Cheung PTY
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


List of Research Outputs

Cheung P.T.Y., Toward Collaborative Governance Between Hong Kong And Mainland China, Urban Studies. USA, Sage, 2015, Vol. 52, No. 10: 1915-1933.


Researcher : Chiu Y

Project Title:Combat Contractualism: A Liberal Theory of Warfare
Investigator(s):Chiu Y
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


List of Research Outputs

Chiu Y., Issues driving the US Presidential Election 2016, U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong and U.S. League of Women Voters (Hong Kong Chapter), Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong. 2016.
Chiu Y., Roundtable: International Political Theory., Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.. 2016.


Researcher : FAN W

List of Research Outputs

FAN W., Growing out of the Budget: The Political Economy of Sub-Provincial Finance in China, The University of Hong Kong. 2015.


Researcher : Hu RW

Project Title:Internatioal Studies Association (ISA) 55th annual convention; Big Power Rivalry and Source of Strategic Distrust: the Case of Sino-U.S. Relations in East Asia
Investigator(s):Hu WR
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2014


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Hu WR

Project Title:Internatioal Studies Association (ISA) 55th annual convention; Big Power Rivalry and Source of Strategic Distrust: the Case of Sino-U.S. Relations in East Asia
Investigator(s):Hu WR
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2014


List of Research Outputs

Hu W.R., Assessing the ‘New Model of Major Power Relations’ between China and the United States, A Handbook of US-China Relations. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2016, 222-242.
Hu W.R., China and the United States: Towards a New Model of Major Power Relations?, East Asian Policy. Singapore, NUS Press, 2015, 7 (4): 14-23.
Hu W.R., Does regional international society exist in East Asia? A Response to Yongjin Zhang, Global Discourse. Abingdon, Oxford, UK, Taylor & Francis, 2015, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2015: 374-378.
Hu W.R., The Chinese Response to the US Rebalancing Strategy: Sino-US Relations and Washington’s Pivot to Asia, In: Davaid. W.F. Huang, Asia Pacific Countries and the US Rebalancing Strategy. New York, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, 69-84.
Hu W.R., The Rise of China and Chinese IR Theories: Practice and Theory-Building, Constructing a Chinese School of International Relations: Ongoing Debate and Critical Assessment. Oxon, UK, Routledge, 2016, 68-80.
Hu W.R., Xi Jinping ‘Big Power Diplomacy’ and China’s Central National Security Commission (CNSC) , Journal Of Contemporary China. 2016, 25 (98): 163-177.


Researcher : Kim I

List of Research Outputs

Kim I., Refining the Prize: Chinese oil refineries and its energy security, The Pacific Review. 2016, 29: 361-386.
Kim I., What is the future of Asia?, The Summer Institute: Asia as the Global Future 2016 . 2016.
Kim I. and Lee J., Wrong Lessons Learned: Comparing the Effectiveness of Sanctions in Iran and North Korea , International Studies Association: Asia-Pacific . 2016.


Researcher : Lam WF

Project Title:Institutional Nesting and Robustness in Common-Pool Resource Management: A Comparative Study of Irrigation Institutions in Nepal and Taiwan
Investigator(s):Lam WF
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2010


Project Title:A comparative analysis of network effectiveness for community-based long term elderly care (CLEC) in China
Investigator(s):Lam WF
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2014
Completion Date:05/2016




Researcher : Lam WM

Project Title:50th Annual Convention of ISA Sustaining Cosmopolitanism: The Role of International Organizations in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Lam WM
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:02/2009


Project Title:Collective Demobilization: The Politics of Blame Attribution in State Enterprise Reform
Investigator(s):Lam WM
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Investigator(s):Lam WM
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:12/2011




Researcher : Lee EWY

Project Title:Capacity Assessment of Civil Society Sectors in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Lee EWY, Chan EYM, Lam WF, Liu HK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Public Policy Research
Start Date:10/2012
Completion Date:12/2015


Project Title:Social Movement Dynamics in Hong Kong: The Case of a Hybrid Regime
Investigator(s):Lee EWY
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2016


Project Title:12th International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research ; Social Movement in a Hybrid Regime: The Case of Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Lee EWY
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2016


List of Research Outputs

Lee E.W.Y. and RESTREPO CADAVID J.M., Institutional Embeddedness and the Scaling-up of Collaboration and Social Innovation: The Case of a Hong Kong-based International NGO, Policy and Politics. 2015, 43: 459-471.


Researcher : Liu HK

Project Title:Explaining collaborative service, network structure, and clients' outcomes of public services providers in Hong Kong, Taipei, and Beijing
Investigator(s):Liu HK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Explaining collaborative service, network structure, and clients outcomes of public services providers in Hong Kong and Taipei
Investigator(s):Liu HK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2012


Project Title:The Dynamic Landscape of Nonprofit Organization & Voluntary Action: Innovation, Inspiration, and Creativity Across Boundaries; Exploring the Social Dynamics of Implementing Social Service Integration in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Liu HK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2015




Researcher : PAO SY

List of Research Outputs

PAO S.Y., Global Injustice, Collective Responsibility, and Individual Action, 2016.


Researcher : Quek CK

Project Title:What if China Backs Down? The Effects of Nationalism, Rhetoric and Mediation on the Domestic Costs of Backing Down in an International Crisis
Investigator(s):Quek CK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2014


Project Title:American Political Science Association Annual Meeting 2015; Realism, Idealism, and American Public Opinion on Nuclear Disarmament
Investigator(s):Quek CK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2015
Completion Date:09/2015


Project Title:How to Deescalate: How China Retreats in International Crises
Investigator(s):Quek CK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2016


List of Research Outputs

Quek C.K. and Sances M.W., Closeness Counts: Increasing Precision and Reducing Errors in Mass Election Predictions, Political Analysis. Oxford University Press, 2015, 23: 518-533.
Quek C.K., Nuclear Proliferation and the Use of Nuclear Options: Experimental Tests, Political Research Quarterly. Sage, 2016, 69: 195-206.
Quek C.K., Rationalist Experiments on War, Political Science Research and Methods. Cambridge University Press, 2015, 1-20.


Researcher : RESTREPO CADAVID JM

List of Research Outputs

Lee E.W.Y. and RESTREPO CADAVID J.M., Institutional Embeddedness and the Scaling-up of Collaboration and Social Innovation: The Case of a Hong Kong-based International NGO, Policy and Politics. 2015, 43: 459-471.


Researcher : Richardson CJ

Project Title:Global South Leadership and Great Power Legitimacy: India in the UN Peacekeeping Regime
Investigator(s):Richardson CJ
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2014


Project Title:Rethinking the Role of Regional Organisations for Chinas Stance on UN Intervention'
Investigator(s):Richardson CJ
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2015


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association (ISA); Global South Solidarity? Regional Organisations and China's Position on Intervention at the UN Security Council in the Libyan and Syrian Civil Wars?
Investigator(s):Richardson CJ
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2016




Researcher : SCHLENZIG NCT

List of Research Outputs

SCHLENZIG N.C.T., China and Its Neighbours in Mainland Southeast Asia: Statehood, Engagement and Development, The University of Hong Kong. 2015.


Researcher : Sajed A

Project Title:"Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations. The Politics of Transgression”
Investigator(s):Sajed A
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2011




Researcher : Sohn IJ

Project Title:International Studies Association (ISA) annual conference ; 1. China’s Use of Anti-dumping Measures in a Comparative Perspective, 2002-2010/2. Groping for stone to cross the river": China's approach toward RMB internationalization
Investigator(s):Sohn IJ
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2013


Project Title:Fairness in Global Governance: A Comparative Perspective on China’s Use of Antidumping Measures
Investigator(s):Sohn IJ
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:09/2015
Completion Date:11/2015


Project Title:CEEISA-ISA 2016 Joint International Conference ; China's Hedging Strategy: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Evolving International Monetary Order
Investigator(s):Sohn IJ
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2016
Completion Date:06/2016




Researcher : Steinhoff UB

Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Investigator(s):Steinhoff UB
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:12/2014


Project Title:Just War Theory and the Ethics of Violence: Foundations and Applications
Investigator(s):Steinhoff UB
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2016


List of Research Outputs

Steinhoff U.B., Book review in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Matthew H. Kramer, Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Inquiry. 2015.
Steinhoff U.B., Justifying Defense Against Non-Responsible Threats and Justified Aggressors: the Liability vs. the Rights-Infringement Account, Philosophia. 2016, 44: 247-265.
Steinhoff U.B., McMahan, defensa simmétrica, y la igualdad moral de los combatientes, Deus Mortalis: Journal of Political Philosophy (original spanish title: Deus Mortalis: Cuaderno de Filosofía Política). 2015, 11: 309-330.
Steinhoff U.B., Renzo's Attempt to Ground State Legitimacy on a Right to Self-Defence, and the Uselessness of Political Obligation, Ratio Juris. 2016, 29: 122-135.
Steinhoff U.B., Self-Defense as Claim Right, Liberty, and Act-Specific Agent-Relative Prerogative, Law and Philosophy. 2016, 35: 193-209.
Steinhoff U.B., Stephen Kershnar, Gratitude Toward Veterans: Why Americans Should Not Be Very Grateful to Veterans, The Journal of Value Inquiry. 2016, 50: 479-481.
Steinhoff U.B., The Liability of Justified Attackers, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 2016.
Steinhoff U.B., What Is Self-Defense?, Public Affairs Quarterly. 2015, 29: 385-402.


Researcher : Tang JTH

Project Title:International Studies Association Annual Convention, 2008 From Traditional to Non-Traditional Security: Energy in China's International Relations
Investigator(s):Tang JTH
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2008




Researcher : WONG HLN

List of Research Outputs

WONG H.L.N., The Management Strategies of Advocacy-oriented Social Service Nonprofit Organizations in Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong. 2015.


Researcher : Wang KQ

Project Title:World Congress of Political Science Constructivism, Socialization and Hegemony: Postwar Japan's China Policy and the United States
Investigator(s):Wang QK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2000


Project Title:2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Integration into the World Economy and China's New Reforms: Explaining The Sino-US Agreement on China's Accession to WTO
Investigator(s):Wang QK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2002


Project Title:The prospect of a Sino-Japanese free trade area
Investigator(s):Wang QK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for New Staff
Start Date:10/2002




Researcher : Wang QK

Project Title:World Congress of Political Science Constructivism, Socialization and Hegemony: Postwar Japan's China Policy and the United States
Investigator(s):Wang QK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2000


Project Title:2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Integration into the World Economy and China's New Reforms: Explaining The Sino-US Agreement on China's Accession to WTO
Investigator(s):Wang QK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2002


Project Title:The prospect of a Sino-Japanese free trade area
Investigator(s):Wang QK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for New Staff
Start Date:10/2002




Researcher : Wang X

Project Title:Public Service Motivation in China: Policy as a Moderator for the Link between Motivation and Performance
Investigator(s):Wang X, Lam WF
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2015
Completion Date:05/2016


List of Research Outputs

Chan K.N., Guo J. and Wang X., Structuring Collaboration in State-centered Policy Processes: Evidence from Waste Management in Beijing, HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy. 2016.


Researcher : YIP WFA

List of Research Outputs

YIP W.F.A., Party Institutionalization of Opposition Political Parties in Hong Kong as a Hybrid Regime, The University of Hong Kong. 2016.


Researcher : Yan X

Project Title:Reforming Authoritarianism: Pathways of Local Political Reform in Post-Deng China
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Incentive Award for RGC GRF Fundable But Not Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Institutional Innovation under Authoritarianism: Pathways of Local Government Reform in Post-Deng China
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Authoritarian Political Control over University Students in Post-Deng China
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2013


Project Title:The Quest for Stability: Policing Popular Protest in the People’s Republic of China
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2014


Project Title:Housing Welfare under Authoritarianism: The Low Rent Housing Program in the Municipality of Chongqing
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2015


Project Title:Party State vs. University Students: A Comparative Study of Political Control in Institutions of Higher Education in Mainland China
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:08/2015




Researcher : Yee WH

Project Title:Regulatory Enforcement and Compliance: A Study of China’s Food Safety Regulation
Investigator(s):Yee WH
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2016


List of Research Outputs

Muiris M., Painter M. and Yee W.H., Managing for Legitimacy: Agency Governance in Its “Deep” Constitutional Context, Public Administration Review. 2016, 76: 496-506.
Yee W.H., Tang S.Y. and Lo C.W.H., Regulatory Compliance when the Rule of Law Is Weak: Evidence from China’s Environmental Reform, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Oxford, 2016, 95-112.
Yee W.H., Tang S.Y. and Lo C.W.H., Regulatory Compliance when the Rule of Law Is Weak: Evidence from China’s Environmental Reform, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 2016, 26: muu025.


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