News & Events
2022-03-14
PPOL Acting Head Prof Naubahar SHARIF had an opinion to provide complete information and be certain of the anti-pandemic actions in Hong Kong. Read more
2022-03-14
PPOL Senior Lecturer/ IEMS Director Prof. Donald LOW commented on Hong Kong’s zero-Covid policy. Read more
2022-02-17
An article written by PPOL Senior Lecturer/ IEMS Director Prof. Donald LOWabout estimated the 3 most likely scenarios of how the COVID Pandemic in Hong Kong ends. Read more
2022-01-14
COVID-19 is not only the most savage health crisis in a century, but also poses a devastating threat to the global economy. Recently, mass vaccination programs are launched successfully in several countries, and they have tended to adopt “co-existence" rather than “zero-tolerance” as an exit strategy. On 15 January 2022, Prof. Anthony CHEUNG, Prof. Hong FUNG, and Prof. Xun WU offered policy suggestions by comparing performances of anti-COVID strategies between Hong Kong and the rest of the world. Read more
2021-11-20
2020 is a watershed of Hong Kong SAR’s development under “One Country, Two Systems”. Reacting to political disorder and social unrest, the Chinese central government promulgated a national security law and a new electoral system in Hong Kong to guarantee that the city is governed by ‘patriots’. On 6 November 2021, instead of being purely optimistic or pessimistic, Prof. Anthony B. L. CHEUNG, Prof. Tai-lok LUI, and Dr. Kin-chung HO, provided objective analysis of political challenges facing Hong Kong as well as pragmatic solutions. Read more
2021-09-27
PPOL Associate Head Professor Kira Matus and Associate Professor Masaru YARIME have contributed to the Policy Brief "SusTech Solutions: Enabling New Technologies to Drive Sustainable Development" for Task Force 4 Digital Transformation of the Think20 (T20), which aims to provide research-based policy recommendations to the G20 leaders. Read more
2021-08-24
NSFC awards are among the most prestigious research awards in China, and the Young Scientist Fund is awarded to junior researchers under 35(male)/40 (female). Click for details. Read more
2021-08-18
PPOL Associate Professor Masaru YARIME explained a project on energy saving in buildings to tackle climate change in HKUST Sustainable Smart Campus as a Living Lab providing a platform for learning, experimenting, and demonstrating innovation to address sustainability challenges. Read more
2021-08-11
An article by SOSC/PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN on the incentives of China’s three-child policy. Read more
2021-08-08
PPOL Professor Masaru Yarime has been nominated as the Specialty Chief Editor for the Governance and Cities section of the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. Read more