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Research Projects

A selection of ongoing and completed research projects involving IPP faculty, spanning urban development, climate governance, health policy, technology regulation, and more.

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Research cluster / 01

Development and Economic Policy

11 research projects

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu

Project period
1/01/25 → 31/12/29

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu

Project period
1/01/25 → 31/12/27

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu

Project period
21/12/22 → 20/12/23

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Research cluster / 02

Science, Technology and Innovation

5 research projects

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu · Alex Jingwei He

Project period
1/01/23 → 15/12/23

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Faculty
Kira Matus

Project period
1/01/26 → 31/12/28

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Faculty
Kira Matus

Project period
1/01/19 → 31/12/22

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Research cluster / 03

Climate Risks & Environmental Governance

11 research projects

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu

Project period
1/09/26 → 31/05/28

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu

Project period
18/08/25 → 17/08/28

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu · Kira Matus

Project period
1/01/24 → 31/12/28

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Research cluster / 04

Emerging Technology Regulations & Ethics

3 research projects

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu

Project period
1/01/25 → 31/12/27

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Faculty
Stuart Gietel-Basten

Project period
1/01/25 → 31/12/29

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Faculty
Stuart Gietel-Basten

Project period
1/04/19 → 30/09/23

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Research cluster / 05

Biomedical Regulations & Health Policy

11 research projects

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Faculty
Stuart Gietel-Basten

Project period
1/01/25 → 31/12/29

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Faculty
Stuart Gietel-Basten

Project period
1/01/27 → 31/12/27

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Faculty
Stuart Gietel-Basten

Project period
18/12/25 → 31/07/26

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Research cluster / 06

Advanced Methods in Policy Analysis

3 research projects

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu

Project period
1/11/26 → 31/10/27

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Faculty
Stuart Gietel-Basten

Project period
1/07/26 → 30/06/28

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Faculty
Pengyu Zhu

Project period
1/01/21 → 31/12/22

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Research Projects

/ 01Regional Science and Complex Systems: A Five-year Research Plan on Transportation, Land Use, Labor, and Innovation Systems+

/ 02Development strategies for an advanced air mobility network in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area+

/ 03EV charging infrastructure planning based on an integrated model of optimization algorithms and spatial-temporal analysis+

/ 04The Persistence of Behavioral Changes in Post-Pandemic Hong Kong: Implications for Transportation, Housing and Economic Development Policies+

/ 05Strategic Planning for Transforming Hong Kong into a Leading Global Aviation and Innovation Hub+

/ 06Translating Evidence into Practice: A Multi-Stakeholder Study of Workplace Childcare in Hong Kong+

/ 07Riding the Fast Track to Debt Risk? Infrastructure Development and Municipal Finance in China's Subway Approvals+

/ 08Female Entrepreneurship under the Global Economy: Evidence from Vietnam+

/ 09Crafting the Soundscape of the Future: Economic Impacts of Traffic Road Noise+

/ 10The Economic Impacts of Belt and Road Transportation Infrastructure in Africa+

/ 11Political Connection, Fiscal Transfer and Spatial Misallocation: Evidence from China+

/ 01Building a World-Class Innovation District in Northern Metropolis: Policy Innovation, Institutional Design and Capacity Building+

/ 02New regulations, same old story: Analyzing impacts on green innovation in the chemical industry from regulatory overhaul+

/ 03Innovation and Access to Technology for Sustainable Development: The Role of Public Policy Actors+

/ 04Innovation and Access to Technology for Sustainable Development: The Role of Public Policy Actors+

/ 05A Study on Improving the Performance Evaluation of Scientific Research and Strengthening Research Ethics+

/ 01Environment and Conservation Fund Comparative Assessment and Valuation of Ecosystem Services Generated from Recreation and Conservation in Coastal Wetland Habitats+

/ 02Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emission Point Sources From China Space Station+

/ 03Decarbonization solutions for buildings in Hong Kong: development, assessment and deployment+

/ 04Bus Electrification in Hong Kong: Energy Consumption Prediction and Charging Facility Planning+

/ 05Decarbonization solutions for buildings in Hong Kong: development, assessment and deployment+

/ 06Research in effect on energy saving and emission reduction and corresponding strategy optimization method in Guangzhou+

/ 07Designing Functionalised Bio-carbons to Propel a Biorenewable Hydrogen Economy+

/ 08Can we regulate our way to a circular economy? A study of the relationship between extended producer responsibility regulation and sustainable innovation in the textile industry+

/ 09Towards 1.5C Lifestyles: What motivates sustainable consumption choices in Hong Kong?+

/ 10Trans-regional Air Pollution Control in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area: The Interplay between Science and Policy+

/ 11Sea Level Rise and Urban Development+

/ 01Development strategies for an advanced air mobility network in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area+

/ 02Frontier and Human-Centric AI and Robotics Technology for Geriatric Care+

/ 03Virtual Therapist Platform for Negative Emotion Detection, Monitoring and Intervention in Elderly People+

/ 01Frontier and Human-Centric AI and Robotics Technology for Geriatric Care+

/ 02Hong Kong's Population: Past, Present and Future+

/ 03Old and new ways to reduce social isolation: Community activation, social media, digital literacy, and home-based technology to support the Invisible Elderly in Hong Kong+

/ 04Navigation Portal for Caregivers+

/ 05Virtual Therapist Platform for Negative Emotion Detection, Monitoring and Intervention in Elderly People+

/ 06Developing capacity and international co-operation in therapeutic landscape architecture for an ageing population+

/ 07A multilevel analysis of the demography of drug abuse in Hong Kong+

/ 08Struggling with an Ageing Population and Economic Downturn: An Examination of the Policy Feedback Effects in China’s Social Security System+

/ 09Understanding China’s Huge and Complex Health Policy Reform: A Governance Approach+

/ 10Understanding China’s Huge and Complex Health Policy Reform: A Governance Approach+

/ 11Public-Private Mix for Continuity of Care for Older Persons with a Focus on Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia+

/ 01Machine Learning Analysis of Eye-Level Street View Environments to Determine Their Influence on Mental Health and Enhance Urban Planning+

/ 02Determining the Literacy Spectrum from Marks to Mastery: Developing AI-Enhanced OCR Tools for Measuring Historical Functional Literacy and Its Determinants+

/ 03The research of influence factors on COVID-19 incidence rate in China based on big data+