The Division of Public Policy (PPOL) is pleased to announce that Miss Chunyan Ran, PhD student in the Division, has been awarded the Outstanding Paper Award at the 9th Young Scholars Forum of the Journal of Public Administration (《公共行政评论》), a leading academic platform in the field of public administration in China.
Her award-winning paper, titled “Exploring Varieties of Bureaucratic Formalism under the Pressure of Political Re-centralization: A Comparative Analysis in China,” draws from her dissertation research. The paper offers a rigorous and insightful comparative analysis of how bureaucratic practices adapt and respond under the structural pressures of political re-centralization in contemporary China.
This recognition reflects the high calibre of doctoral research at PPOL and underscores Chunyan’s scholarly potential in the field of public administration and political institutions.
We warmly congratulate Chunyan on this significant academic achievement.