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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 LOWJingwei 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 CHOWXun WUJingwei Alex HE

 

Selected Social and Urban Research Projects

Selected Research Project Funding Agency Faculty

Public-Private Mix for Continuity of Care for Older Persons with a focus on Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia

Asia-Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, The World Health Organization Prof. Jingwei Alex HE (Principal Investigator)
Technocrats and Mid-Level Policy Entrepreneurship in China: Explaining Local Policy Innovations in the Social Welfare Arena General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
 
Prof. Jingwei Alex HE (Principal Investigator)
The Dynamics of Policy Experimentation in the Social Policy Sphere: Policy Innovation and Diffusion in China’s Public Hospital Reform General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
 
Prof. Jingwei Alex HE (Principal Investigator)

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)
The Chinese Healthcare Reform in Provincial Perspective: A Comparative Study of Fujian and Shanxi Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council, Hong Kong 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)
How to Increase the Demand for Private Long-term Care Insurance in Hong Kong? Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Policy Innovation and Coordination Office, Hong Kong SAR Government Prof. Jingwei Alex HE (Principal Investigator)
Towards a more inclusive Hong Kong: COVID-19, mental well-being, and mitigation strategies for a multicultural elderly community (2022-Now) Center for Aging Science, HKUST
 

Prof. Naubahar SHARIF

(Principal Investigator)

Influence of and Interplay Between Culture and Chinese Outward FDI into Southeast Asia (2022-Now) IEMS, HKUST; Center for Economic Policy, HKUST

Prof. Naubahar SHARIF

(Principal Investigator)

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

Prof. Naubahar SHARIF

(Principal Investigator)

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

Prof. Pengyu ZHU

(Principal Investigator)

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)

Prof. Pengyu ZHU

(Principal Investigator)

and

Prof. Kira MATUS

(Co-investigator)

The research of influence factors on COVID-19 incidence rate in China based on big data (2021-Now)

Guangdong Natural Science Foundation

Prof. Pengyu ZHU

(Principal Investigator)

Research on Affordable Housing and Urbanizing Villages in Beijing (2019-2020)

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development

Prof. Pengyu ZHU

Research on Residential Segregation of Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. (2018-2020)

University of Hong Kong

Prof. Pengyu ZHU

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

Prof. Xun WU

(Principal Investigator)

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)

Prof. Xun WU

(Co-investigator)

Study on Improvement of Primary Health Care Service Capacity

National Science Foundation of China

Prof. Xun WU

(Co-investigator)