Alex JW He’s
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A Hong Kong based policy scientist
Hong Kong
Joined October 2023
New article just out at Review of Policy Research. Authority Versus Competition: Intergovernmental Interactions and Subnational Policy Adoption in Climate Policy-Review of Policy Research
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
In the face of increasingly complex environmental challenges, subnational governments play a critical role in implementing climate policies. This study investigates how intergovernmental interactio...
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Excited to join!
📣 We are delighted to welcome the new Editorial Board of Policy Design and Practice! 👏 We sincerely thank them for their service. Their expertise will greatly strengthen the journal’s scholarly rigor and expand its reach in the coming years. Welcome All!
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My interview at South China Morning Post. In Northern Metropolis, can tech sector help Hong Kong’s economy remake itself? https://t.co/kkjbBQbsdj via @scmpnews
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The city’s mega development could boost innovation, but experts say reducing reliance on finance and quickly building a university town are key to success.
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Public policy folks looking for a dynamic place to unleash your scholarly potential? HKUST is hiring!
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Newly published: “As I know, there is nothing there for our people”: unmasking mental health literacy and help-seeking attitudes among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong https://t.co/Dnb8qmFL8R
tandfonline.com
Ethnic minorities bear a great burden of mental health problems and have been shown to underutilize mental health services. Mental health literacy – critical for recognizing and addressing these is...
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Newly published: Exploring policy learning modes in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) policy development https://t.co/XDWceZ6vAm
tandfonline.com
Policy learning (PL) is an evolving branch of policy science. Dunlop and Raedelli (2013) proposed a framework for analysing policy learning into four modes: reflexive, epistemic, hierarchical and b...
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Is the public willing to provide personal information for processing by government AI? Get the findings of this new paper here: https://t.co/C1rRfb3HTS
tandfonline.com
The role of government AI relies on the dynamic interaction between public input and AI output, and at the same time brings new privacy concerns. So, is the public willing to provide personal infor...
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Policy design and policy feedback in welfare retrenchment: A survey experiment in China – Policy Studies Journal Blog
psjblog.net
by Alex Jingwei He, Ling Zhu, and Jiwei Qian Beyond conveying information about policy instruments, established government programs shape beliefs and expectations about policy benefits and burdens,…
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New article at International Journal for Equity in Health with excellent colleagues from all the Asian tigers, Japan, and Mainland. Providing financial protection in health for low-income populations: a comparison of health financing designs in East Asia
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com
Background Fighting illness and poverty are intertwined objectives in global development. In recent decades, health financing reforms across many nations have enhanced financial protection for...
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Our editorial team and publisher had a highly productive strategic meeting yesterday. We're incredibly excited about the future of JAPP and can't wait to share our upcoming plans!
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Can’t wait to embark on the next exciting journey.
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025 in Tianjin, also known as Summer Davos, HKUST reaffirmed its commitment to advancing global discussions on health and policy innovation. Prof. Alex HE Jingwei, Acting Director of the HKUST Institute for Public
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My interview at Hong Kong Economic Times. Retirement life, elderly services, health care, and financial planning of Hong Kong seniors in the rest of the Greater Bay Area present both opportunities for the silver economy and challenges for public policy. See my analysis.
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We are doing well!
We are ranked Q1 in both Public Administration and Sociology and Political Science in CiteScore! A big thank you to all contributors, reviewers and readers! Here's to the continued growth of JAPP! 🥳 More details here: https://t.co/AccFu0bd9A
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Want to know how Singapore transformed its primary care system? Join us next Wednesday with Prof M Ramesh from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS.
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"How is generative AI reshaping higher education in Asia? 🌏 Explore challenges, opportunities, and policy insights in 'Riding the tide of generative artificial intelligence in higher education policy: an Asian perspective'
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Newly published: Why did ageing countries fare differently amid COVID-19? A configurational analysis https://t.co/h49bstw8rJ
tandfonline.com
This study explores how five conditions – a delayed public-health response, the risk of healthcare capacity being overwhelmed, trust in government, individualistic cultural orientation, and populat...
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Why did China’s social safety net shrink so dramatically despite Beijing’s firm commitment for strengthening it? In this article published in JSP we used the concept of ‘defensive administration’ and principal agent theory to explain the puzzle. https://t.co/k5VpyzQ7Cu
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Central–local relations, accountability, and defensive administration: unraveling the puzzling shrinkage of China’s urban social safety net
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Can policy entrepreneurs’ roles in policy change be quantitatively explained? What entrepreneurial strategies are more likely to lead to successful policy change? See our new article published in JPP! https://t.co/ysPawTSIkA
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Subnational policy entrepreneurs in action: a systematic quantitative review - Volume 45 Issue 2
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Join us next Monday!
📢 Join the #APOWebinar this March! 🤝Meet our panel! Learn from leading researchers as they share lessons from Hong Kong SAR (China), Seoul (Republic of Korea) and Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala, India) on how to strengthen continuity of care for older persons. Speakers:
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