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 : CHEN H

List of Research Outputs

CHEN H., The Profit-Driven Welfare State in China: Public Housing in Two Prefecture-Level Districts, 2018.


Researcher : CHUNG MY

List of Research Outputs

CHUNG M.Y., Political Meritocracy and Relational Equality, 2018.


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:Unpacking the Social Dynamics of Philanthropic Behaviors: A Big Data Analysis
Investigator(s):Chan KN, Chan EYM, Lam WF
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2017
Completion Date:10/2018


Project Title:The 11th Annual Conference of the Comparative Agendas Project (CAP); Regime Effects on Government Attention in Agenda Disruptions
Investigator(s):Chan KN
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:07/2018


Project Title:Managing disruptive growth under authoritarianism: An information processing analysis
Investigator(s):Chan KN
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2019


List of Research Outputs

Chan K.N., Lam W.F., Li W. and Tang C.P., Regime Effects on Government Attention in Agenda Disruptions , The 11th annual CAP Conference Amsterdam. 2018.


Researcher : Chan SWD

List of Research Outputs

Chan S.W.D., China’s diplomatic strategies in response to economic disputes in Myanmar, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific. 2018.


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 TYP
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 TYP
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2012


Project Title:25th World Congress of Political Science; The Changing Patterns of Civic Engagement and Governance in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Cheung TYP
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:07/2018




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


Project Title:Post-Modern Warfare and the Ethics of a “Fair Fight”
Investigator(s):Chiu Y
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2016




Researcher : Chow W

Project Title:Midwest Political Science Association Conference; The Trade Politics of Envy and Fairness
Investigator(s):Chow W
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2019
Completion Date:04/2019




Researcher : HUANG J

List of Research Outputs

HUANG J., Goldeb Youth: State, Market, and China's Second-Generation Private Entrepreneurs, 2018.


Researcher : Han E

List of Research Outputs

Han E., Chinese Civil War and Implications for Borderland State Building in Upland Southeast Asia, The China Quarterly. 2019.
Han E., State Building as Neighborhood Effects: Borderland Politics in Upland Southeast Asia, The Pacific Review. 2019.


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


Project Title:International Studies Association (ISA) annual conference; Innovating the Teaching and Study of Critical International Studies at the Periphery
Investigator(s):Hu WR
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2019
Completion Date:03/2019


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


Project Title:International Studies Association (ISA) annual conference; Innovating the Teaching and Study of Critical International Studies at the Periphery
Investigator(s):Hu WR
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2019
Completion Date:03/2019


List of Research Outputs

Hu W.R., Trump’s China Policy And Its Implications For The ‘Cold Peace’ Across The Taiwan Strait, The China Review. 2018, 18:3: 61-88.


Researcher : Kim JE

Project Title:Explaining the role of ownership in building capacity: evidences from foreign aid in the energy sector
Investigator(s):Kim JE
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2017


Project Title:2018 EGPA Conference; Changing the Scope of Technology Research in Public Administration in the Era of Digitalization: Evidence from the Field and Opportunities for the Future
Investigator(s):Kim JE
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2018
Completion Date:09/2018


List of Research Outputs

Kim J.E., Foreign Aid and Technological Capacity: Empirical Evidence from Renewable Energy Aid, In: Stephen P. A. Brown, Michael Jefferson, Energy Policy. 2018, 122: 449-458.
Kim J.E., Sustainable Energy Transition in Developing countries: the role of energy aid donors, In: Professor Frank Jotzo Professor Harald Winkler , Climate Policy. 2019, 19: 1-16.


Researcher : LI Y

List of Research Outputs

LI Y., A Long March for Survival: The Internet, Social Media and Government Accountability in China, 2018.


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:Jockey Club Lab for Cultural Diversity Study
Investigator(s):Lam WF, Lam SF, Lee MSY, Wong PWC
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust - General Award
Start Date:09/2016


Project Title:An Institutional Analysis of Information Processing in Public Policy in China: A Study of Policy Attention and Agenda in Limited Authoritarianism
Investigator(s):Lam WF, Chan KN
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:Community-based Innovations for Sustainable Hong Kong 2030-2050
Investigator(s):Lam WF, Law WWY, Chow WC
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Hongkong Bank Foundation General Award
Start Date:01/2019


List of Research Outputs

Chan K.N., Lam W.F., Li W. and Tang C.P., Regime Effects on Government Attention in Agenda Disruptions , The 11th annual CAP Conference Amsterdam. 2018.


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:The Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference; Governance Crisis, Protracted Transition, and the Rise of Indirect Rule in Hong Kong, 2003-2012
Investigator(s):Lee EWY
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2018




Researcher : Li H

List of Research Outputs

Li H., Leadership succession and the performance of nonprofit organizations: A fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis, In: Mark A. Hager, Arizona State University, Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 2019, 29: 341-361.
Li H., Wen B. and Cooper T...L..., What Makes Neighborhood Associations Effective in Urban Governance? Evidence from Neighborhood Council Boards in Los Angeles., In: Stephanie P. Newbold, Rutgers University, USA Marc Holzer, Rutgers University, USA, American Review of Public Administration. 2019, 49(8): 931-943.


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:Exploring the Motivations, Designs, and Outcomes of Peer to Peer Lending for Social Innovation in Greater China
Investigator(s):Liu HK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2017




Researcher : PREECHARUSH D

List of Research Outputs

PREECHARUSH D., The Politics of Federalization in Myanmar: A Study of Causal Relationships, Negotiation Mechanism, and Historical Evolution, 2018.


Researcher : Quek CK

Project Title:China, Japan, and the Dynamics of De-escalation: Understanding and Managing the Political Costs of Backing Down
Investigator(s):Quek CK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:08/2016


Project Title:Rationalist Causes of War
Investigator(s):Quek CK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2017


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 for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:11/2018


Project Title:American Political Science Association Annual Meeting 2018; Do International Apologies Work? A National Experiment in China
Investigator(s):Quek CK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2018
Completion Date:09/2018


Project Title:Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2017-18
Investigator(s):Quek CK
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:12/2018




Researcher : Richardson CJ

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:China and the Responsibility to Protect: the Case of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Investigator(s):Richardson CJ
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2018


Project Title:Reconciling Status: China, Foreign-Imposed Regime Change and Intervention at the UN Security Council
Investigator(s):Richardson CJ
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2018




Researcher : SONG Y

List of Research Outputs

SONG Y., Linking the Environment and Free Trade Agreements, 2019.


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




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:Special Issues in the Ethics of War: Guerrillas, Warlords, Drones, Mercenaries, Preventive War, and Humanitarian Intervention
Investigator(s):Steinhoff UB
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


List of Research Outputs

Steinhoff U.B., Border Coercion and ‘Democratic Legitimacy’: On Abizadeh’s Argument Against Current Regimes of Border Control, Res Publica. 2019.
Steinhoff U.B., Right Intention: A Reply to Janzen, Purves, and Jenkins, Journal of Military Ethics. 2018, 17: 172-176.


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 : 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 : YAO Y

List of Research Outputs

YAO Y., The Accountability Dilemmas of INGOs in China, 2018.


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: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:The Implementation of “One Country Two Systems” in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Yan X, Chen AHY, Hu WR, Lee EWY, Wong YHM, Zhu J, Tian X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme
Start Date:02/2017


Project Title:Fighting the Gunpowder-less War: A Comparative Study of the Conceptualization and Practice of Cultural Security in China and Saudi Arabia
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2018


Project Title:How Does China Mobilise Support for the Regime Beyond the Boundary Mark: A Resource Mobilisation Perspective
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2018


Project Title:Firms’ ownership type and government-enterprise cooperation under authoritarianism: evidence from public-private partnerships in China
Investigator(s):Yan X
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2019




Researcher : Yee WH

Project Title:25th World Congress of Political Science 2018; Compliance Barriers in the Food Safety Regulatory Reform in Beijing
Investigator(s):Yee WH
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2018
Completion Date:07/2018


Project Title:Improving Frontline Regulatory Enforcement Capacity through Citizen-Generated Data
Investigator(s):Yee WH
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2019


List of Research Outputs

Yee W.H., Wang W. and Cooper T.L., Runner Up for the Marc Holzer Best Article Award, In: Editor-in-Chief: Marc Holzer, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Public Service, Suffolk University Editor: Elaine Yi Lu, City University of New York - John Jay College, The Section on Chinese Public Administration (SCPA) of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) & Chinese Public Administration Review (CPAR). 2018.


Researcher : ZHANG D

List of Research Outputs

ZHANG D., Governing Innovation in China: Institutions, Policies, and Outcomes, 2019.


Researcher : Zhu J

Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Investigator(s):Zhu J
Department:Social Sciences Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:11/2017


Project Title:Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association ; The Logic of Central Inspection in China’s Anticorruption Campaign/Institutionalization of Power Succession in Single-Party Authoritarian Regimes: Experience of the USSR and the PRC
Investigator(s):Zhu J
Department:Politics & Public Administration
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2019


List of Research Outputs

Zhu J. and Wang C., Break the Breaking News: How Government Utilizes Political Rumors to Prepare Public Anticipation in China, The 4th International Conference on Behavioral, Economic, Socio-Cultural Computing (BESC 2017). Poland, 2018.
Zhu J., Central Inspections in China's Anticorruption Enforcement, Seoul National University,复旦大学国务学院“士派”讲座系列,武汉大学“珞珈国家治理讲座系列",中山大学 “新锐讲座系列" . 复旦大学国务学院“士派”讲座系列 武汉大学“珞珈国家治理讲座系列" 中山大学 “新锐讲座系列" , 2019.
Zhu J., Corruption in Reform Era: A Multidisciplinary Review, In: Weiping Wu Mark Frazier, The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China. Sage Publications, 2018.
Zhu J. and Kang S., Do Anticorruption Campaigns Boost Trust in Government? Evidence from China, Urban Governance Innovation and Green Development International Conference 2018.
Zhu J., I know what you mean: Information compensation in an authoritarian country, 上海财经大学比较政治讲座系列, 2019.
Zhu J., ad hoc reviewer, Comparative Politics. 2019.


Researcher : van Gevelt TA

List of Research Outputs

Larcom S., She P.W. and van Gevelt T.A., The UK summer heatwave of 2018 and public concern over energy security, Nature Climate Change. 2019.
van Gevelt T.A., Associate Editor, Energy for Sustainable Development. 2019.
van Gevelt T.A., Indigenous communities, ICT and rural development: Case studies in Tanzania and Sarawak, Malaysia., In: P.B. Anand, S. Fennell, Comim F., The Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies. New York, Oxford University Press, 2018.


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