Research Interests

Biography

Stuart Gietel-Basten is a Professor of Social Science and Public Policy. He is the Director of the university’s Center for Aging Science; and is Associate Dean (Research) of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Prior to joining HKUST in 2017, he was an Associate Professor of Social Policy at the University of Oxford. He received his PhD in historical demography from the University of Cambridge in 2008.

Stuart’s research covers the interplay between changing population dynamics and public/social policy. His research is especially focussed on (a) fertility transition; (b) conceptual approaches to ageing; (c) population policy. He is the co-ordinator of the GGS-Asia project, which seeks to run the Generations and Gender Survey in Asian settings – including Hong Kong.

In addition to a number of articles in leading journals in demography and related disciplines, he has written two books on population - Why Demography Matters (with Danny Dorling, Polity Press 2018) and The “Population Problem” in Pacific Asia (Oxford University Press 2019 ) - and co-edited a third – Family Demography in Asia (with Minja-Kim Choe and John Casterline, Elgar 2019).

Selected Publications

• Gietel-basten, S.A. (2019), The "Population Problem" in Pacific Asia, UK, Oxford University Press

• Gietel-basten, S.A. ; Mau, Vladimir; Sanderson, Warren; Scherbov, Sergei; Shulgin, Sergei (2020) Ageing in Russia: a Regional Appraisal, Journal of Population Ageing, v. 13 2020, p. 63-80

• Gietel-basten, S.A. ; Saucedo, Silvia; Scherbov, Sergei (2020) Prospective measures of aging for Central and South America, PLoS ONE, v. 15, (7), July 2020, article number e0236280

• Cruz, Christian Joy Pattawi PPOL; Ganly, Rachel; Li, Zilin; Gietel-basten, S.A. (2020) Exploring the Young Demographic Profile of COVID-19 Cases in Hong Kong: Evidence From Migration and Travel History Data, PLoS ONE, v. 15, (6), June 2020, p. 1-13

• Gietel-basten, S.A. ; Mau, Vladimir A.; Scherbov, Sergei; Shulgin, Sergey G. (2020) The Gender Gap in Reaching “Old Age” in the Russian Federation: A Regional Approach, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 2020

• J. Abel, Guy; Gietel-basten, S.A. (2020) International remittance flows and the economic and social consequences of COVID-19, Environment and Planning A, 2020

• Scherbov, Sergei; Gietel-basten, S.A. (2020) Measuring Inequalities of Development at the Sub-National Level: From the Human Development Index to the Human Life Indicator, PLoS ONE, v. 15, (4), April 2020, article number e0232014

• Gietel-basten, S.A. ; Scherbov, S. (2019) Exploring the ‘True Value’ of Replacement Rate Fertility, Population Research and Policy Review, November 2019

• Gietel-basten, S.A. ; Scherbov, Sergei (2019) Better Way to Measure Ageing in Oceania That Takes Life Expectancy Into Account, Australasian Journal on Ageing, June 2019

• Chen, Mengni; Gietel-basten, S.A. ; Yip, Paul S.F. (2019) Targeting and Mistargeting of Family Policies in High-Income Pacific Asian Societies: A Review of Financial Incentives, Population Research and Policy Review, 2019

• Gietel-basten, S.A. ; Han, Xuehui; Cheng, Yuan (2019) Assessing the Impact of the “one-child Policy” in China: A Synthetic Control Approach, PLoS ONE, v. 14, (11), November 2019, article number e0220170

• Liu, Tong ; Gietel-basten, S.A. (2019) The Demography of Drug Abuse in Hong Kong, China Journal of Social Work, v. 12, (3), September 2019, p. 254-272

• Gietel-basten, S.A. ; Verropoulou, Georgia (2019) Maternity migration and the recent normalization of the sex ratio at birth in Hong Kong, Population Studies, March 2019

• Dorling, D. and Gietel-Basten, S.A. (2017*) Why Demography Matters Cambridge: Polity

• Wang, F., Cai, Y, Shen, K. and Gietel-Basten, S.A. (2017*) Numbers, Politics, and Legacies of China’s One-Child Policy. Demography

• Ding, X., Billari, F. and Gietel-Basten, S.A. (2017*) Economic development, income inequality, health infrastructure and health among Chinese midlife and older adults. International Journal of Public Health

• Gietel-Basten, S.A. (2016) Why Brexit? The toxic mix of immigration and austerity. Population and Development Review 42(4): 673-680 Gietel-Basten, S.A. (2016) Theory and population forecasting. Asian Population Studies 12(1):1-3

• Scherbov,S., Sanderson, W. and Basten, S.A. (2016) Better way to measure ageing in East Asia that takes life expectancy into account. Australasian Journal of Ageing 35(2):139-42

• Basten, S.A. and Verropoulou, G. (2015) A re-interpretation of the ‘two-child norm’ in post-transitional demographic systems: Fertility intentions in Taiwan.PLOSOne , 10(8):e0135105

• Basten, S.A. and Jiang, Q. (2015) Fertility in China: An uncertain future. Population Studies 69(s1): s07-s105

• Coleman, D.A. and Basten, S.A. (2015) The demographic marginalization of the West: A less apocalyptic view. Population Studies 69(s1): s107-s118

• Coleman, D.A., Basten, S.A. and Billari, F. (2015) Population: The long view. Population Studies 69(s1): s1-s9

• Basten, S.A. and Jiang, Q. (2014) China’s family planning policies: Recent reforms and future challenges. Studies in Family Planning 45(4):493-509

• Basten, S.A., and Crespo Cuaresma, J. (2014). ‘Modelling the macroeconomic impact of future trajectories of educational development in Least Developed Countries. International Journal of Educational Development 36(2014): 44-50