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