Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong

I am a political economist and human geographer based in Hong Kong. I received my PhD from the Australian National University in 2011 and was Lecturer at Griffith University in Australia during 2011-15.

I specialize in the study of public perception of the environment, environmental policy and politics, and the political economy of climate change.

In 2014, I was selected a World Social Science Fellow by the International Social Science Council. I am recipient of the Pete Hay Prize, Li Ka Shing Prize, Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Prizes, and Ada and Arthur Hill Prize. I have published nearly 60 peer-reviewed journal articles.

I am author of ‘Carbon Trading in China’ , published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016.

Expérience

  • 2015–actuel
    Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
  • 2011–2015
    Lecturer, Griffith University
  • 2011–2011
    Teaching and Research Associate, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Éducation

  • 2011 
    Australian National University, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2009 
    University of Hong Kong, Master of Philosophy
  • 2007 
    University of Hong Kong, Master of Science in Environmental Management
  • 2003 
    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Bachelor of Business Administration

Publications

  • 2015
    Public Support for Environmental Organizations in BRIC Countries, The Geographical Journal
  • 2015
    Come rain or shine? Public expectation on local weather changes and differential effects on climate change attitude, Public Understanding of Science
  • 2015
    Community attachment and resident attitude toward old masonry walls and associated trees in urban Hong Kong, Cities 42, p.130-141
  • 2015
    Reason and rhetoric in climate communication, Environmental Politics 24 (1), p.1-16
  • 2015
    Power and Carbon Sovereignty in a Non-Traditional Capitalist State: Discourses of Carbon Trading in China, Global Environmental Politics, 15 (1)
  • 2015
    Carbon finance and the carbon market in China, Nature Climate Change, 5 (1), 15-16
  • 2015
    Challenges to the development of carbon markets in China, Climate Policy
  • 2015
    Political Ambiguity in the Chinese Climate Change Discourses, Environmental Values
  • 2015
    National Income and Environmental Concern: Observations from 35 countries, Public Understanding of Science
  • 2015
    Public discourses of climate change in Hong Kong, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
  • 2015
    Climate for Business: Opportunities for Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development in the Chinese Carbon Market, Sustainable Development
  • 2015
    Social Capital and Community Preparation for Urban Flooding in China, Applied Geography, 64, p.1-11
  • 2015
    National Development and Carbon Trading: The Symbolism of Chinese Climate Capitalism , Eurasian Geography and Economics
  • 2015
    Seismic risk perception in the aftermath of Wenchuan earthquakes in southwestern China, Natural Hazards, 78(3), p. 1979-1996
  • 2015
    The Relationship between Climate Change Concern and National Wealth, Climatic Change, 131(2), p. 335-348.
  • 2015
    What time to adapt? How discretionary time contributes to the value-action gap, Ecological Economics, 116, p.95-107
  • 2015
    Reconceptualizing green infrastructure for climate change adaptation: Barriers to adoption and drivers for uptake by spatial planners, Landscape and Urban Planning, 138, p. 155-163.
  • 2015
    Residents understanding of the role of green infrastructure for climate change adaptation in Hangzhou, China, Landscape and Urban Planning, 138, p. 132-143
  • 2015
    Protest Response and Willingness to Pay for Culturally Significant Urban Trees: Implications for Contingent Valuation Method, Ecological Economics, 114, p.58-66
  • 2015
    Reason and rhetoric in climate communication, Environmental Politics, 24(1), pp.1-16
  • 2014
    Negative income effect on perception of long-term environmental risk, Ecological Economics, 107, p. 51-58
  • 2014
    More or Less Pluralistic? A Typology of the Remedial and Alternative Perspectives on Monetary Valuation of the Environment, Environmental Values, 23(3), pp. 253-274
  • 2014
    The Right to Doubt: Climate Change Scepticism and Asserted Rights to Private Property, Environmental Politics, 23(4), p. 549-569
  • 2014
    Generic Security Concern Influencing Individual Response to Natural Hazards: Evidence from Shanghai, Area, 46(2), p. 194-202
  • 2013
    Carbon trading in a socialist market economy: Can China make a difference?, Ecological Economics, 87, pp. 72-74
  • 2013
    The likelihood of having flood insurance increases with social expectations, Area, 45(1):70-76
  • 2013
    Deliberative Monetary Valuation: In search of a Democratic and Value Plural Approach to Environmental Policy, Journal of Economic Surveys, 27(4):768-789
  • 2013
    Household preference and financial commitment to flood insurance in South East Queensland, Australian Economic Review, 46(2):160–175
  • 2013
    The role of social norms in climate adaptation: Mediating risk perception and flood insurance purchase , Global Environmental Change, 23(5), pp. 827-1358
  • 2013
    Reciprocity as deliberative capacity: Lessons from a citizens deliberation on carbon pricing mechanisms in Australia, Environment and Planning C: Government & Policy, 31(3), pp. 444-459
  • 2013
    Powered by the State or Finance? The Organization of China’s Carbon Markets, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 54(4), pp. 386-408
  • 2013
    Agreeing to pay under value disagreement: Reconceptualising preference transformation in terms of pluralism with evidence from small-group deliberations on climate change, Ecological Economics, 87, pp. 84-94
  • 2012
    Significance of Perceived Social Expectation and Implications to Conservation Education: Turtle Conservation as a Case Study, Environmental Management, 50(5), pp. 900-913
  • 2012
    Citizen attitude and expectation towards greenspace provision in compact urban milieu, Land Use Policy, 29, pp. 577-586.
  • 2012
    The encroachment of value pragmatism on pluralism: The practice of the valuation of urban green space using stated-preference approach, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 36(1), pp. 121-35.
  • 2012
    Carbon Emission Trading in China, Nature Climate Change, 2(11), pp. 765-766.
  • 2012
    How Green is your scheme? Greenhouse gas control the Australian way, Energy Policy, 50, pp. 150-153
  • 2012
    Australia's carbon tax: A sheep in wolf's clothing?, Economic and Labour Relations Review, 23(1), pp. 67-86
  • 2011
    Analysis and democracy: The antecedents of the deliberative approach of ecosystems valuation, Environment and Planning C: Government & Policy. 29 (6), pp. 958 – 974.
  • 2010
    Willingness of residents to pay and motives for conservation of urban green spaces in the compact city of Hong Kong, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 9, pp. 113-120.
  • 2010
    Differential community effects on perception and use of urban greenspaces, Cities. 27 (6), pp. 430-442.
  • 2010
    Active conflict or passive coherence: The political economy of climate change in China, Environmental Politics.19 (6), pp. 1012-1017
  • 2010
    China’s Response to Climate Change, Environmental Science and Technology. 44 (15), pp. 5689-5690.

Bourses et contrats

  • 2015
    Early Career Grant Scheme
    Fonction:
    Principal Investigator
    Source de financement:
    Regional Studies Association (UK)
  • 2014
    New Researcher Grant
    Fonction:
    Principal Investigator
    Source de financement:
    Griffith University
  • 2014
    Australia-China Joint-Action Program
    Fonction:
    Principal Investigator
    Source de financement:
    Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • 2013
    Australia-China Joint-Action Program
    Fonction:
    Principal Investigator
    Source de financement:
    Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • 2013
    GCCRP Seed Funding
    Fonction:
    Principal Investigator
    Source de financement:
    Griffith University
  • 2012
    GCCRP Seed Funding
    Fonction:
    Principal Investigator
    Source de financement:
    Griffith University