Social and Urban Policy
Urban and Social
Well-grounded urban and social policies related to housing, transportation, employment, health care, and income distribution, etc., are essential for the long-run development of society and the living standard of residents. Contemporary urban and social policy research requires cutting edge statistical methodologies as well as science and technology understanding.
Faculty members of subclusters (in alphabetic order of last names)
Big Data and Urban Planning: Pengyu ZHU
Sustainable Transportation: Anthony Bing-leung CHEUNG, Pengyu ZHU
Housing and Land Use Policy: Anthony Bing-leung CHEUNG, Donald How Tian LOW, Pengyu ZHU
Population, Aging, and Family Policy: Stuart GIETEL BASTEN, Anthony Bing-leung CHEUNG, Donald How Tian LOW, Jingwei Alex HE
Poverty and inequality: Anthony Bing-leung CHEUNG, Donald How Tian LOW, Pauline NG, James WONG
Urban Planning: Yatang LIN, Gerald R. PATCHELL, Masaru YARIME, Pengyu ZHU
Health Policy: King Lau CHOW, Xun WU, Jingwei Alex HE
Selected Social and Urban Research Projects
| Selected Research Project | Funding Agency | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
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Post-Conflict Reconstruction of the Health Sector in the Postwar Philippines, 1946-1953 (2026-Now) |
The Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong | Dr. Nicolo LUDOVICE (Principal Investigator) |
| Regional Science and Complex Systems: A Five-year Research Plan on Transportation, Land Use, Labor, and Innovation Systems (2024-Now) | RGC – Research Fellow Scheme |
Dr. Nicolo LUDOVICE (Principal Investigator) |
| Enhancing the implementation of “One University, Two Campuses" and mutual recognition of academic qualifications: A mixed-methods study (2025-Now) | Chief Executive's Policy Unit – Public Policy Research Funding Scheme |
Prof. Pengyu Zhu (Principal Investigator) |
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Public Attitudes towards Social Policy in Urban China: Sub-national Variation, Local Welfare Regimes and Implications for Policy Reforms |
General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong |
Prof. Jingwei Alex HE (Principal Investigator) |
| Local Government Innovation under Political Recentralization in Contemporary China: A Two-stage Sequential Study | General Research Fund (GRF, external competitive), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR (Ref. 16600324) | Prof. Jingwei Alex HE (Principal Investigator) |
| Integration of Health Services for Older Persons in the Urban Context: An Analysis of Practices in Select Countries in the Asia-Pacific Region | Asia-Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, The World Health Organization |
Prof. Jingwei Alex HE (Principal Investigator) |
| Delayed retirement and mass feedback in China (2025-Now) | Tsinghua University | Prof. Jingwei Alex HE (Principal Investigator) |
| Understanding China’s Huge and Complex Health Policy Reform: A Governance Approach | Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme |
(Principal Investigator) |
| Struggling with an Ageing Population and Economic Downturn: An Examination of the Policy Feedback Effects in China’s Social Security System | General Research Fund (GRF, external competitive), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Preparing and Deploying Ethnic Minority Lay Leaders to Promote Mental Well-Being Among Hong Kong’s Major Ethnic Minority Communities (2022-Now) |
The HKSAR administered Mental Health Initiatives Funding |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Strategic Planning for Transforming Hong Kong into a Leading Global Aviation and Innovation Hub (2022-Now) |
Airport Authority Hong Kong, Hong Kong Aviation Industry Association, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation |
(Principal Investigator) |
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The Persistence of Behavioral Changes in Post-Pandemic Hong Kong: Implications for Transportation, Housing and Economic Development Policies (2022-Now) |
The Policy Innovation and Coordination Office (PICO) |
(Principal Investigator) and (Co-investigator) |
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The research of influence factors on COVID-19 incidence rate in China based on big data (2021-Now) |
Guangdong Natural Science Foundation |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Research on Affordable Housing and Urbanizing Villages in Beijing (2019-2020) |
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development |
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Research on Residential Segregation of Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. (2018-2020) |
University of Hong Kong |
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A Comparative Study of the Science and Technology Funding Systems and Project Management in Hong Kong and Mainland (2019) |
Department of Resource Allocation and Management, Ministry of Science and Technology, China |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Strategies for Enhancing Walkability in Hong Kong via Smart Policies (2018-2021) |
Strategic Public Policy Research Fund (SPPR), The Policy Innovation and Coordination Office (PICO) |
(Co-investigator) |
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Study on Improvement of Primary Health Care Service Capacity |
National Science Foundation of China |
(Co-investigator) |