News & Announcements

NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO

The Legacy Of The Lasting Effects Of China's 1-Child Policy

PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN said in a radio news interview that China’s one-child policy may not be the only reason for the nation’s plunge in the birth rate during the 80s and 90s.

VARIOUS MEDIA

The Climate Crisis Advisory Group

PPOL Prof. Ye QI has joined a group of world-leading scientists to launch “The Climate Crisis Advisory Group”, which seeks to scrutinise different governments’ responses to climate and biodiversity crises. The advisory group will also suggest how policymakers can mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

ITEMS, U.S. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

Use of Personal Data in Tackling Covid-19 in East Asia

PPOL Associate Prof. Masaru YARIME published an article about Personal Data in Tackling Covid-19 in East Asia.

VARIOUS MEDIA

China Announces Couples Could Have Three Children

PPOL and SOSC Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN commented on China’s new three-child policy in media interviews, saying while the policy shift removes a clear inconsistency in the concerns over low fertility with restrictions on births at the same time, the policy alone will not be able to address the structural problem of China’s population.

DIVISION OF PUBLIC POLICY

Prof Naubahar SHARIF as the Acting Head of the Division of Public Policy

Prof. Naubahar SHARIF has been appointed as the Acting Head of the Division of Public Policy (PPOL) effective from 1 June 2021.

VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND

The changing nature of innovation policies: moving towards systems transformation approaches

PPOL Associated Professor Masaru YARIME contributed to the OECD-TIP Launch Event "R&D Policies for Better Post-Pandemic Futures: New Approaches and Tools on 20-21 May 2021.

VARIOUS MEDIA

‘Covid Zero’ Havens Find Reopening Harder Than Taming Virus

In an article on the possibility of achieving Covid-Zero, PPOL Senior Lecturer/IEMS Director, Prof. Donald LOW said authorities should impose measures that are harsher and stricter.

CHINADAILY

Window is closing on HK's innovation, technology hopes

An article written by PPOL Prof. Naubahar SHARIF requested the Government have a holistic plan to nurture science, technology and innovation in Hong Kong.

JAPAN TIMES & INTELLASIA

China bets on productivity over population to drive its economy

Media coverages on the SOSC/PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN’s comments on China’s latest census finding.

EURACTIV

China, EU and US cooperation on climate change - is there political will to make real progress?

Professor QI Ye, Director of Institute for Public Policy (IPP) and Professor of Division of Public Policy (PPOL), will speak on China, EU and US cooperation in a climate change forum on 27 May 2021.