Alex JW He’s
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A Hong Kong based policy scientist
Hong Kong
Joined October 2023
RT @JAPP_Editors: Our editorial team and publisher had a highly productive strategic meeting yesterday. We're incredibly excited about the….
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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:.
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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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RT @JAPP_Editors: "How is generative AI reshaping higher education in Asia? 🌏 Explore challenges, opportunities, and policy insights in 'Ri….
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RT @JAPP_Editors: Newly published: Why did ageing countries fare differently amid COVID-19? A configurational analysis. .
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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.
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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!.
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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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RT @JAPP_Editors: Are Taiwan private universities ready for a tsunami in the era of under-enrolment? .
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In the 1980s, a significant growth of Taiwan’s private higher education (PHE) paralleled the political transition, social movement, as well as economic development. This paper discusses typology, s...
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RT @JAPP_Editors: Newly published: Various roads lead to Roman: inter-governmental governance modes and regional environmental improvement….
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Scholars have paid increasing attention to regional environmental governance. However, it is puzzling under what conditions regional environmental improvement can be effective. In this study, we pr...
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RT @JAPP_Editors: Humanitarian engagement with Myanmar in the wake of the 2021 coup by #IanHolliday.
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RT @JAPP_Editors: Alistair Cook and colleagues discuss reforming disaster policy in Southeast Asia in this article:. Have a read!. https://t….
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RT @JAPP_Editors: An insightful perspective into: Mothers, social media and agenda-setting for high-stakes student assessment policy in She….
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This study explores how and why mothers used social media to promote education policy agenda-setting in China, which discourages civic engagement and adopts strict media regulation. Data were drawn...
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RT @JAPP_Editors: A new perspective on inter-governmental governance modes and regional environmental improvement in Chinese air-pollution….
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Scholars have paid increasing attention to regional environmental governance. However, it is puzzling under what conditions regional environmental improvement can be effective. In this study, we pr...
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RT @JAPP_Editors: Design-driven innovation in the public sector: insights from case studies of initiatives in Taiwan. Have a read here: .h….
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Contemporary public sectors face inefficiency, poor service quality, and limited innovation capacity. Existing solutions often lack flexibility, overlook organizational and human factors, and fail ...
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We’ve prepared this Sophia’s talk for our public policy students in Hong Kong. Two female ministers from South Korea and Hong Kong will tell you the real-world policymaking as well as opportunities and challenges for female academics in cabinet positions. Sign up!
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