Academic Staff

Professor WONG Wai Ho, Wilson

Associate Professor

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Public Administration
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University, USA
Master of Public Administration
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University, USA
Bachelor of Social Sciences
Major: Government and Public Administration Minor: Sociology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

 

FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND ACADEMIC HONORS

  • CUHK-CASBS Stanford University Partner Fellowship (2022-23)
  • Reviewers of major journals of my research areas including Government Information Quarterly (GIQ), Public Administration, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Policy Studies Journal, Governance, Public Administration Review, The China Journal
  • Finalist and Waiting List, Research Fellow Scheme (RFS), Research Grant Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, 2020
  • Data Science Curriculum for Public Service Competition Finalist, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA),
  • Leader and Coach, MPUP Team, Top Three in Asia, NASPAA-Batten Policy Simulation Competition, Sejong, South Korea (2019)
  • Exemplary Teaching Award, Social Science Faculty, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009)
  • Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University (2006-07)
  • Brookings Institution Visiting Fellowship (2002-03)
  • University Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, Syracuse University (1997-98)
  • Graduate School Research Competition Award, Syracuse University (1997-98)
  • Roscoe Martin Award for Dissertation Research, Maxwell School (1997-98)
  • Graduate School Scholarship, Syracuse University (1994 – 1997)

RESEARCH THEME AND AREAS

Thematic Research: integrating public policy and management with a technological focus and a comparative perspective
Main Areas: Data Governance and AI, Social Data Science, Science and Technology Policy, Comparative Public Policy, Public Management and Innovation

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

  • Lead Area Editor, Data & Policy (Cambridge University Press)
  • Regional Editor, Asian Journal of Political Science
  • Editorial Board Member, International Review of Administrative Sciences Vice Chairman, Expert Panel, The Greater Bay Area 5G Industry Alliance
  • Member, Departmental Advisory Committee, Department of Asian and Policy Studies, Education University of Hong Kong
  • Chairman, Advisory Board, MA in International Affairs Programme, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
  • Member, Advisory Committee, School of Humanities and Social Science, Hang Seng University, Hong Kong
  • Member, Advisory Peer Group, Public Administration Programme, Open University of Hong Kong

RESEARCH GRANTS (As Principal Investigator (PI))

Research Grant (under review)

  • Principal Investigator, “Internet Memes and Social Movement in the Era of Connective Action and Social Media: The Case of Anti-Extradition Bill Movement in Hong Kong”, GRF grant, research project under review by RGC. Project  reference: 14618521 (amount of funding applied: HK$922,200 (about US$: 118,000))

Research Grant (under Preparation)

 

  • Global Food Security, Climate Change and Resilience: An International Perspective (Phase II of CUHK–University of Exeter Joint Centre for Environmental Sustainability & Resilience (ENSURE) project)
  • RGC Germany / Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2021/22 (collaborated with Professor Simon Hegelich, School of Governance, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany on the project: “Tackling the Global Pandemic of COVID-19 with Data-Driven Technology: A Comparative Study of Contact Tracing App”)

Research Grants (Received / Completed)

 United Nations (UN), Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), Google

  • Principal Investigator, “AI and the Future of Work: A Policy Framework for Job Disruption”, AI for Social Good Research Grant Award, UN-ESCAP-APRU-Google Collaboration 2019 (amount of funding: US$10,000, April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020)

 

Hong Kong Research Grant Council (RGC) Competitive GRF Grant

  • Principal Investigator, “Social Media and Political Participation of the Youth in Hong Kong”, GRF grant, research project funded by the RGC. Project reference: CUHK14615917 (amount of funding: HK$748,676 (about US$: 96,000) Jan 1, 2018 – June 30, 2020)
  • Principal Investigator, “E-Participation in Hong Kong: The Internet and the Transformation of Public Governance”, GRF grant, research project funded by the RGC. Project reference: CUHK452713 (amount of funding: HK$473,000 (about US$ 60,000), Jan 1, 2014 – June 30, 2016)
  • Principal Investigator, “Public Space, Social Capital and Urban Governance: An Empirical Study”, GRF grant, research project funded by the RGC. Project reference: CUHK452713 (amount of funding: HK$656,000 (about US$ 84,000), Aug 1, 2013 – Jan 31, 2016)
  • Principal Investigator, “From E-Government to E-Governance – A Study of the Impact of E-Government in Hong Kong”, research project funded by the RGC. Project reference: CUHK4705/06H / 2120277 (amount of funding: HK$361,460 (about US$ 46,000), Aug 30, 2006 – Feb 28, 2009).
  • Principal Investigator, “Global Information Technology Pressure and Government Accountability: A Study of Bureaucratic Response to E-Government in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Countries of Major Regions”, research project funded by the RGC. Project reference: CUHK4223/02H / 2120180 (amount of funding: HK$398,008 (about US$51,000) Sept 1, 2002 – Aug 31, 2004).

Central Policy Unit (CPU), Hong Kong SAR Government

  • Co-PI, “The Pattern of Urban Life in Hong Kong: A District Level Community Study of Sham Shui Po”, research project funded by the Central Policy Unit, HKSAR Government, reference: SS09526 (amount of funding: HK$1,170,062 (about US$150,000), April 1, 2010 – September 30, 2011).

Bauhinia Foundation, Hong Kong

  • Principal Investigator, “A Study of E-Governance in Hong Kong”, research project funded by the Bauhinia Foundation. Project reference: SS07986 / 7000996 (amount of funding: HK$486,508 (about US$62,000), Feb 22, 2008 – Aug 30, 2008).

 

South China Programme Research Grant

  • Principal Investigator, “Budgeting for Governance: Evaluating the Impact of Political Changes and Economic Transformation on the Fiscal Decisions of Hong Kong.” Project reference: 6903878 (amount of funding: HK$103,212 (about US$13,000), Oct 1, 2014 to Sept 30, 2015).

 

Direct Grant (Internal Grants of CUHK, A Selected List)

  • Principal Investigator, “Public Value Management in the Era of Digital Governance: The Case of Hong Kong in a Comparative Perspective”, Direct Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Project reference: SS18616 (Amount of funding: HK$79,000 (about US$10,000), June 1, 2019 – May 31, 2020)
  • Principal Investigator, “State Autonomy and Asian Public Administration: Role of Bureaucracy and the Divergence in Economic Performance”, Direct Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Project reference: SS15986 (Amount of funding: HK$40,000 (about US$5,100), 1/1/2016 – 31/12/2016)
  • Principal Investigator, “The China-Hong Kong Linkage: Comparing the Government Performance of Hong Kong, Macau and China”, Direct Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Project reference: 2020690 (Amount of funding: HK$50,000 (about US$6,400), 1/11/2000 – 31/8/2001)

 

TEACHING AND OTHER GRANTS (A Selected List)

  • Principal Investigator, “E-mentors Hub for Data Science and Policy Studies Students”, Special Funding Scheme to Enhance Student Engagement and Address Student Learning Needs, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Project reference: 4170737 (Amount of funding: HK$190,505.55 (about US$24,400), Oct 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021)
  • Co-Investigator, “An E-learning Space of Data Science for Public Policy”, Courseware Development Grant Scheme 2019-22 (Round 1), The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Project reference: 4170779 (Amount of funding: HK$95,600 (about US$12,200), Dec 4, 2020 – Nov 30, 2021)
  • Head of Host Unit (DSPS), Distinguished Visiting Professor Scheme for hosting Professor Bridget Hutter of LSE for teaching and joint interdisciplinary research in CUHK (including Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Social Science, Faculty of Medicine), Project reference: DSPS/20-21/3 (Amount of funding: HK$994,560 (about US$127,000), November 2019 – Dec 2022)

Publication

1.

Please also refer to:
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8109-5846 and “Google Scholar Wilson Wong” page

2.

Journal Articles
Published or In Press

  • “Reconciling the Competing Perspectives of Big Data: A Typology of Big Data Approaches”, Special Issue of Disruptive Technologies, Journal of Economic Policy Reform (JEPR) (accepted for publication)
  • “When State Fails, Bureaucrats and Civil Society Step Up: Analysing Policy Capacity under Political Nexus Triads in the Policy Responses of Hong Kong to COVID-19”, Journal of Asian Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1894314
  • “State or Civil Society – What Matters in Fighting COVID-19? A Comparative Analysis of Hong Kong and Singapore.” (with Alfred Wu) Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2021.1978819
  • “Digital Governance as Institutional Adaption and Development: Social Media Strategies between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.” (with May Chu) The China Review (2020) 20(3): 43-69.
  • “Advocacy Coalitions, Policy Stability and Changes in China: The Case of Birth Control Policy, 1980–2015″ (with Li Wei), Policy Studies Journal (2019) 48(3): 645-671.
  • “Twenty Years of Hong Kong and Macao under Chinese Rule: Their Absorption under “One Country, Two Systems” (with Hanyu Xiao) Public Money and Management (2018) 38 (6): 411-418. (Lead Article)
  • “Social Movement and Youth Participation in Hong Kong: Importance of Co-Evolution between Government and Youth.” (with Gary Tang) Journal of Youth Studies (2017) 20(2): 96-112.
  • “Political Marketing in Macao: A Solution to the Legitimacy Gap for a Hybrid Regime?” (with Ying Ho Kwong), Asian Survey (2017) 57(4): 764-789.
  • “Rebel with a Cause: Structural Problems underlying the Umbrella Movement of Hong Kong and the Role of the Youth” (with May Chu), Asian Education and Developmental Studies (2017) 6(4), 343-353. Wilson Wong Page 4
  • “The Search for a Model of Public Administration Reform in Hong Kong: Weberian Bureaucracy, New Public Management or Something Else?” Public Administration and Development, 2013, 33 (4), 297-310.
  • “The Ombudsman in Hong Kong: Role and Challenges under the Transformation of Governance in the Post-1997 Era” (with Raymond Yuen), Asia Pacific Law Review, 2009, 17 (1), 115-134.
  • “Institutional Root of the Chinese Budget Crisis: Fiscal Decline and Unbalanced Central-Local Relationship.” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management 19: 1, Spring 2007: 14-127.
  • “Effective Regulations with Little Effect? The Antecedents of the Perceptions of Environmental Officials on Enforcement Effectiveness in China” (with Carlos Wing-Hung Lo and Gerald E. Fryxell), Environmental Management 38 (2006), No. 3: 388-410
  • “Does E-Government Promote Accountability? A Comparative Analysis of Website Openness and Government Accountability in Fourteen Countries” (with Eric Welch), (2004) Governance 17, No. 2: 275-297.
  • “The Second Term of Hong Kong Chief Executive C.H. Tung: The Dual Problems of Performance and Capacity” (2003) Brookings Northeast Asia Survey 2002-03, Vol. 3, pp. 47-60.
  • “Did How We Learn Affect What We Learn? – Methodological Bias, Multimethod Research and the Case of Economic Development” (2002) Social Science Journal 39, No. 2: pp. 247-264.
  • “Global Information Technology Pressure and Government Accountability: The Mediating Effect of the Domestic Context on Website Openness” (with Eric Welch) (2001) Journal of Public Administration Theory and Research 11, No. 4: pp. 509-538.
  • “Effects of Global Pressures on Public Bureaucracy: Modeling a New Theoretical Framework.” (with Eric Welch) (September 2001) Administration & Society 33, No. 4: pp. 371-402. (Lead Article)
  • “Market-Based Reforms in Government: Towards a Social Sub-Contract?” (with Lloyd Blanchard and Charles Hinnant) (1998) Administration & Society 30, No. 5: 483-512. (Lead Article) Wilson Wong Page 5
  • “Building State and Local Government Analytic Capacity: Using Regional Models for Economic Analysis of Public Policy.” (with William Duncombe) (Fall 1998) State and Local Government Review 30, No. 3: 165-180.
  • “Public Administration in a Global Context: Bridging the Gaps of Theory and Practice between Western and Non-Western Nations.” (with Eric Welch) (Jan/Feb 1998) Public Administration Review (PAR), Vol. 58, No. 1: 40-50.
  • “Federal Line-Item Veto: Comments and Reflections.” (March/April 1998) Public Administration Review (PAR). Vol. 58, No. 2: 185-186.
  • “Managing for Excellence without Market: How a Public Organization Transform itself into a Customer-Driven Organization.” Maxwell Review 2. (1995)

Under Review or Preparation

  • “Trust-enabled Data Technology in Smart City: The Case of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Application in Hong Kong”, Special Issue “Trust and the Smart City: Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area in International focus” in China Perspectives (under second round of review)
  • “The Critical Role of Social Acceptance of Publics in Smart City Data-Driven Innovation:
  • The Case of Smart Lamp Post Project in Hong Kong”, Data & Policy (under revision for the second round of review)
  • “From Pure Administrative State to Chinese-Style Political State: Civil Service Reforms and Shifting Images of Power between Politicians and Bureaucrats in Hong Kong”, (under revision for the second round of review in Governance)
  • “Data to Tackle Global Issues and Dynamic Societal Threats: A Landscape Review” (with Elenore Fournier-Tombs and Lauren Maffeo), Data & Policy (under review)
  • “Speaking Truth to Citizens in Combatting Pandemics: Administrative Capacity, Accountability, and Freedom of Information in the Cases of Hong Kong and China”, (paper under preparation for submission to Public Management Review)
  • “Would COVID-19 Give Rise to Digital Authoritarianism: A Comparative Country Case Study” (with Chris Hinnant) (paper under preparation for or the submission to Perspective on Politics)
  • “Internet Memes and Social Movement in the Era of Connective Action and Personalization of Politics: The Case of Anti-Extradition Bill Protest in Hong Kong”, (with Francis Lee and Gary Tang) (under preparation for the submission to Information, Communication & Society)

3.

Books

 In English

  • Handbook of Asian Public Administration. UK: Edward Elgar (co-edited with Shamsul Haque and Kilkon Ko) (in press)
  • Co-editor, Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Entering the Second Decade. (2013), 2nd Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (co-edited with Lam Wai-man, Percy Lui)
  • Co-editor, Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Governance in the Post-1997 Era. (2007) Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (co-edited with Lam Wai-man, Percy Lui, and Ian Holliday)

In Chinese

  • Food Hegemony (2017) (黃偉豪, 吳曉鋒. (2017) 食物霸權──吃什麼,真的由你決定. 花千樹出版有限公司)
  • The Micro-perspective of Elections in Hong Kong. (2010) (黃偉豪, 譚國雄, 李家翹.(2010)  選舉:香港議會選舉微觀.  香港:香港社區導者學會)
  • The Governing of Hong Kong and Its Problems (2003). Hong Kong: Ming Pao Press. ( 偉豪. (2003) 香港特區的管治和失誤. 明報出版社)
  • The New Political and Economic Thoughts in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Hong Kong: Ming Pao Press. (with Kin-Man Chan, Charles Leung, and Chun-Wah  Liu)(黃偉豪 、陳健民、梁嘉銳 、廖振華. (2002) 特區政經新思維明報出版社)

Books-In-Progress

  • Contemporary Hong Kong Politics. 3rd ed. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (co-edited with Lam Wai-man, Percy Lui) (commissioned by HKU Press; chapters from authors to be submitted in May 2021)
  • Budgeting for Governance: Public Budgeting in Hong Kong under Political Changes and Economic Transformation, Springer (co-authored with Raymond Yuen) (contract signed with publisher, expected completion date: Sept 2022)
  • The Myth of a Universal Model for Public Management: Public Management Reform in Hong Kong, Routledge (contract signed with publisher, expected completion date: Dec 2022)

4.

Book Chapters

  • “Youth Participation and Social Media: How Does Social Media Transform Youth and Their Participation?” In Eric Welch, ed. (2021), Handbook of E-government Research, MA: Edward Elgar, pp. 129-147.
  • “Politicization of the Civil Service under C.Y. Leung: Unprecedented Control.” (Lead Chapter) (with Raymond Yuen) In Joseph Cheng, ed. (2020), Evaluation of the C.Y. Leung Administration, Hong Kong: City University Press, pp. 31-60.
  • “Comparative Public Policy.” In Ali Farazmand, ed. (2018), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. NY: Springer.
  • “Public Managers Must Also be Leaders: The Hollowing-Out of Leadership and Public Management Reform in Hong Kong.” In Evan Merman and Shamsul M. Haque, eds. (2015), Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance. UK: Emerald, pp. 261-285.
  • “The Civil Service.” In Wilson Wong, Wai-Man Lam, and Percy Lui, eds., (2013) Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Entering the Second Decade. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 75-96.
  • “Economic Policy.” In Wilson Wong, Wai-Man Lam, and Percy Lui, eds., (2013) Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Entering the Second Decade. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 181-204. (with Raymond Yuen)
  • “Corruption and Accountability in a Globalized World: A Comparative Study of Japan, Hong Kong, and China.” In Stephen Osborne and Amanda Ball, eds., (2010) Social Accounting and Public Management: Accountability for the Public Good. UK: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management Series, pp. 287-300.
  • “E-government in Hong Kong: Factors of its Success and the Challenges Ahead” In Seang-Tae Kim ed., (forthcoming) Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
  • “The Days after the End of the Asian Miracle: The Budget Crisis of Hong Kong” In Sing Ming ed., (2008) Politics and Government in Hong Kong, UK, London: London: Routledge, pp.136-161.
  • “The Civil Service.” In Wilson Wong, Wai-Man Lam, Percy Lui, and Ian Holliday, eds, (2007) Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Governance in the Post-1997 Era. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 75-96.
  • “Economic Policy.” In Lam Wai-man, Percy Lui, Wilson Wong and Ian Holliday (eds.) Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Governance in the Post-1997 Era. (2007). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 181-204. (with Sabrina Luk)
  • “What Drives Global E-government? An Exploratory Assessment of Existing E- government Performance Measures.” (with Eric Welch and M. Jae Moon) In George Boyne, Kenneth Meier, Laurence O’Toole, and Richard Walker, eds., Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management (2006) UK: Cambridge University Press, pp: 275-94.
  • “Democracy and the Development of Welfare State: A Comparative Perspective and Lessons for Hong Kong” in Ten Questions on Democracy (in Chinese) (2005) Hong Kong: Infolink, pp. 89-102.
  • “Education Reform, Globalization and Economic Development” (in Chinese) in Fanny Cheung ed., (2001) Education Reform and Hong Kong: New Century and New Challenges, 63-66. Hong Kong: Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • “The Impact of Globalization on Public Administration” (in Chinese) in Chow Sung Ming ed., (2000) The New Thinking of the 21st Century, 32-38. Hong Kong: Ming Pao Press.

5.

Policy Papers and Research Reports (A Selected List)

 Artificial Intelligence for Social Good, a research report by Association for Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), (2020). (Contribution in Chapter 8 (Final Chapter): AI and the Future of Work: A Policy Framework for Transforming Job Disruption into Social Good for All, pp. 244-275)

Country Report on Hong Kong Civil Service. (with Raymond Yuen) The State of Public Bureaucracy in East Asia Project. South Korea: Korea University (funded by Korea Research Foundation), 2019.

A Study of E-governance in Hong Kong (with Lam Wai Man). (2008) A study commissioned by the Bauhinia Foundation Research Center, Hong Kong.

Referendum: Global Experience and Implications for Hong Kong (with Kin-Man Chan, Kenneth Chan, Robert Chung) (2005) Public Opinion Program, University of Hong Kong (available at “http://hkupop.hku.hk)

“From a British-Style Administrative State to a Chinese-Style Political State: Civil Service Reforms in Hong Kong after the Transfer of Sovereignty.” Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) Working Paper, August 2003, Brookings Institution (accessible on-line at http://www.brookings.edu/fp/cnaps/papers/wong2003.htm).

“Final Report – Research Project on Family Status Ordinance, Equal Opportunities Commission”, The Hong Kong Government. 2000 (together with a team of researchers from the Social Science Faculty, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Member of three surveys on the “Right of Abode Issue”, conducted by the Social Science Faculty, CUHK, during the summer of 99. The surveys are telephone interviews administrated by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK, using a random sample of Hong Kong, on the behalf of the Social Science Faculty. All survey findings are released to the public through press conferences.

 

6.

Book Review

 Book review on Beatty, Bob. (2003) “Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong: Evaluating Political Elite Beliefs.” London: Prager. Democratization Vol. 12, No. 1, Feb 2005: 135-136.

 

7.

CONFERENCES ORANIZED

Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Youth Studies and Public Policy, jointly organized by Master of Public Policy (MPUP) Programme, Department of Government and Public Administration, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 29-30, 2015 at the Chinese University of Hong

  • Member, Planning Committee, Public Management Research Conference (PMRC) 2022, hosted by School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University (ASU) in June 2022, Phoenix, USA.
  • Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Global Regulatory Governance: Unpacking the Complexity of Regulatory Governance in a Globalizing World, co-hosted by the Department of Government and Public Administration and The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, sponsored by the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR), July 4- 6, 2019, Hong
  • Member, Organizing Committee, 20th Annual Conference of International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM), Collaborative, Globalized and Interdisciplinary: Moving the Public Management Debate Forward, jointly hosted by City University of Hong Kong and The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, April 13-15, 2016, Hong Kong.

8.

INVITED KEYNOTE SPEECH AND LECTURE (A Selected List)

  • Speaker, International AI Cooperation and Governance Forum, co-hosted by Tsinghua University and UNDP, December 19, 2020, Beijing,
  • Speaker and Esteem Guest, Artificial Intelligence for Social Good – Virtual Summit, co-organized by The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), and Google, Nov 26, 2020.
  • Keynote Speaker, “The Challenges of Decentralization in the Asian Context: Lessons from Research and Implications for Practice”, International Seminar on The Identity and Strategic Development of Sejong City, organized by Korean Association of Policy Science, Sejoing, South Korea, Sept 22, 2016.

9.

Journal Articles

Published or In Press

  • “Reconciling the Competing Perspectives of Big Data: A Typology of Big Data Approaches”, Special Issue of Disruptive Technologies, Journal of Economic Policy Reform (JEPR) (accepted for publication)
  • “When State Fails, Bureaucrats and Civil Society Step Up: Analysing Policy Capacity under Political Nexus Triads in the Policy Responses of Hong Kong to COVID-19”, Journal of Asian Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1894314
  • “State or Civil Society – What Matters in Fighting COVID-19? A Comparative Analysis of Hong Kong and Singapore.” (with Alfred Wu) Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2021.1978819
  • “Digital Governance as Institutional Adaption and Development: Social Media Strategies between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.” (with May Chu) The China Review (2020) 20(3): 43-69.
  • “Advocacy Coalitions, Policy Stability and Changes in China: The Case of Birth Control Policy, 1980–2015″ (with Li Wei), Policy Studies Journal (2019) 48(3): 645-671.
  • “Twenty Years of Hong Kong and Macao under Chinese Rule: Their Absorption under “One Country, Two Systems” (with Hanyu Xiao) Public Money and Management (2018) 38 (6): 411-418. (Lead Article)
  • “Social Movement and Youth Participation in Hong Kong: Importance of Co-Evolution between Government and Youth.” (with Gary Tang) Journal of Youth Studies (2017) 20(2): 96-112.
  • “Political Marketing in Macao: A Solution to the Legitimacy Gap for a Hybrid Regime?” (with Ying Ho Kwong), Asian Survey (2017) 57(4): 764-789.
  • “Rebel with a Cause: Structural Problems underlying the Umbrella Movement of Hong Kong and the Role of the Youth” (with May Chu), Asian Education and Developmental Studies (2017) 6(4), 343-353. Wilson Wong Page 4
  • “The Search for a Model of Public Administration Reform in Hong Kong: Weberian Bureaucracy, New Public Management or Something Else?” Public Administration and Development, 2013, 33 (4), 297-310.
  • “The Ombudsman in Hong Kong: Role and Challenges under the Transformation of Governance in the Post-1997 Era” (with Raymond Yuen), Asia Pacific Law Review, 2009, 17 (1), 115-134.
  • “Institutional Root of the Chinese Budget Crisis: Fiscal Decline and Unbalanced Central-Local Relationship.” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management 19: 1, Spring 2007: 14-127.
  • “Effective Regulations with Little Effect? The Antecedents of the Perceptions of Environmental Officials on Enforcement Effectiveness in China” (with Carlos Wing-Hung Lo and Gerald E. Fryxell), Environmental Management 38 (2006), No. 3: 388-410
  • “Does E-Government Promote Accountability? A Comparative Analysis of Website Openness and Government Accountability in Fourteen Countries” (with Eric Welch), (2004) Governance 17, No. 2: 275-297.
  • “The Second Term of Hong Kong Chief Executive C.H. Tung: The Dual Problems of Performance and Capacity” (2003) Brookings Northeast Asia Survey 2002-03, Vol. 3, pp. 47-60.
  • “Did How We Learn Affect What We Learn? – Methodological Bias, Multimethod Research and the Case of Economic Development” (2002) Social Science Journal 39, No. 2: pp. 247-264.
  • “Global Information Technology Pressure and Government Accountability: The Mediating Effect of the Domestic Context on Website Openness” (with Eric Welch) (2001) Journal of Public Administration Theory and Research 11, No. 4: pp. 509-538.
  • “Effects of Global Pressures on Public Bureaucracy: Modeling a New Theoretical Framework.” (with Eric Welch) (September 2001) Administration & Society 33, No. 4: pp. 371-402. (Lead Article)
  • “Market-Based Reforms in Government: Towards a Social Sub-Contract?” (with Lloyd Blanchard and Charles Hinnant) (1998) Administration & Society 30, No. 5: 483-512. (Lead Article) Wilson Wong Page 5
  • “Building State and Local Government Analytic Capacity: Using Regional Models for Economic Analysis of Public Policy.” (with William Duncombe) (Fall 1998) State and Local Government Review 30, No. 3: 165-180.
  • “Public Administration in a Global Context: Bridging the Gaps of Theory and Practice between Western and Non-Western Nations.” (with Eric Welch) (Jan/Feb 1998) Public Administration Review (PAR), Vol. 58, No. 1: 40-50.
  • “Federal Line-Item Veto: Comments and Reflections.” (March/April 1998) Public Administration Review (PAR). Vol. 58, No. 2: 185-186.
  • “Managing for Excellence without Market: How a Public Organization Transform itself into a Customer-Driven Organization.” Maxwell Review 2. (1995)

Under Review or Preparation

  • “Trust-enabled Data Technology in Smart City: The Case of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Application in Hong Kong”, Special Issue “Trust and the Smart City: Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area in International focus” in China Perspectives (under second round of review)
  • “The Critical Role of Social Acceptance of Publics in Smart City Data-Driven Innovation:
  • The Case of Smart Lamp Post Project in Hong Kong”, Data & Policy (under revision for the second round of review)
  • “From Pure Administrative State to Chinese-Style Political State: Civil Service Reforms and Shifting Images of Power between Politicians and Bureaucrats in Hong Kong”, (under revision for the second round of review in Governance)
  • “Data to Tackle Global Issues and Dynamic Societal Threats: A Landscape Review” (with Elenore Fournier-Tombs and Lauren Maffeo), Data & Policy (under review)
  • “Speaking Truth to Citizens in Combatting Pandemics: Administrative Capacity, Accountability, and Freedom of Information in the Cases of Hong Kong and China”, (paper under preparation for submission to Public Management Review)
  • “Would COVID-19 Give Rise to Digital Authoritarianism: A Comparative Country Case Study” (with Chris Hinnant) (paper under preparation for or the submission to Perspective on Politics)
  • “Internet Memes and Social Movement in the Era of Connective Action and Personalization of Politics: The Case of Anti-Extradition Bill Protest in Hong Kong”, (with Francis Lee and Gary Tang) (under preparation for the submission to Information, Communication & Society)

 

Books

 In English

  • Handbook of Asian Public Administration. UK: Edward Elgar (co-edited with Shamsul Haque and Kilkon Ko) (in press)
  • Co-editor, Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Entering the Second Decade. (2013), 2nd Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (co-edited with Lam Wai-man, Percy Lui)
  • Co-editor, Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Governance in the Post-1997 Era. (2007) Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (co-edited with Lam Wai-man, Percy Lui, and Ian Holliday)

In Chinese

  • Food Hegemony (2017) (黃偉豪, 吳曉鋒. (2017) 食物霸權──吃什麼,真的由你決定. 花千樹出版有限公司)
  • The Micro-perspective of Elections in Hong Kong. (2010) (黃偉豪, 譚國雄, 李家翹.(2010)  選舉:香港議會選舉微觀.  香港:香港社區導者學會)
  • The Governing of Hong Kong and Its Problems (2003). Hong Kong: Ming Pao Press. ( 偉豪. (2003) 香港特區的管治和失誤. 明報出版社)
  • The New Political and Economic Thoughts in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Hong Kong: Ming Pao Press. (with Kin-Man Chan, Charles Leung, and Chun-Wah  Liu)(黃偉豪 、陳健民、梁嘉銳 、廖振華. (2002) 特區政經新思維明報出版社)

 

Books-In-Progress

  • Contemporary Hong Kong Politics. 3rd ed. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (co-edited with Lam Wai-man, Percy Lui) (commissioned by HKU Press; chapters from authors to be submitted in May 2021)
  • Budgeting for Governance: Public Budgeting in Hong Kong under Political Changes and Economic Transformation, Springer (co-authored with Raymond Yuen) (contract signed with publisher, expected completion date: Sept 2022)
  • The Myth of a Universal Model for Public Management: Public Management Reform in Hong Kong, Routledge (contract signed with publisher, expected completion date: Dec 2022)

 

Book Chapters

  • “Youth Participation and Social Media: How Does Social Media Transform Youth and Their Participation?” In Eric Welch, ed. (2021), Handbook of E-government Research, MA: Edward Elgar, pp. 129-147.
  • “Politicization of the Civil Service under C.Y. Leung: Unprecedented Control.” (Lead Chapter) (with Raymond Yuen) In Joseph Cheng, ed. (2020), Evaluation of the C.Y. Leung Administration, Hong Kong: City University Press, pp. 31-60.
  • “Comparative Public Policy.” In Ali Farazmand, ed. (2018), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. NY: Springer.
  • “Public Managers Must Also be Leaders: The Hollowing-Out of Leadership and Public Management Reform in Hong Kong.” In Evan Merman and Shamsul M. Haque, eds. (2015), Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance. UK: Emerald, pp. 261-285.
  • “The Civil Service.” In Wilson Wong, Wai-Man Lam, and Percy Lui, eds., (2013) Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Entering the Second Decade. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 75-96.
  • “Economic Policy.” In Wilson Wong, Wai-Man Lam, and Percy Lui, eds., (2013) Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Entering the Second Decade. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 181-204. (with Raymond Yuen)
  • “Corruption and Accountability in a Globalized World: A Comparative Study of Japan, Hong Kong, and China.” In Stephen Osborne and Amanda Ball, eds., (2010) Social Accounting and Public Management: Accountability for the Public Good. UK: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management Series, pp. 287-300.
  • “E-government in Hong Kong: Factors of its Success and the Challenges Ahead” In Seang-Tae Kim ed., (forthcoming) Digital Governance in Municipalities Worldwide. Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press.
  • “The Days after the End of the Asian Miracle: The Budget Crisis of Hong Kong” In Sing Ming ed., (2008) Politics and Government in Hong Kong, UK, London: London: Routledge, pp.136-161.
  • “The Civil Service.” In Wilson Wong, Wai-Man Lam, Percy Lui, and Ian Holliday, eds, (2007) Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Governance in the Post-1997 Era. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 75-96.
  • “Economic Policy.” In Lam Wai-man, Percy Lui, Wilson Wong and Ian Holliday (eds.) Contemporary Hong Kong Politics: Governance in the Post-1997 Era. (2007). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp. 181-204. (with Sabrina Luk)
  • “What Drives Global E-government? An Exploratory Assessment of Existing E- government Performance Measures.” (with Eric Welch and M. Jae Moon) In George Boyne, Kenneth Meier, Laurence O’Toole, and Richard Walker, eds., Public Service Performance: Perspectives on Measurement and Management (2006) UK: Cambridge University Press, pp: 275-94.
  • “Democracy and the Development of Welfare State: A Comparative Perspective and Lessons for Hong Kong” in Ten Questions on Democracy (in Chinese) (2005) Hong Kong: Infolink, pp. 89-102.
  • “Education Reform, Globalization and Economic Development” (in Chinese) in Fanny Cheung ed., (2001) Education Reform and Hong Kong: New Century and New Challenges, 63-66. Hong Kong: Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • “The Impact of Globalization on Public Administration” (in Chinese) in Chow Sung Ming ed., (2000) The New Thinking of the 21st Century, 32-38. Hong Kong: Ming Pao Press.

 

Policy Papers and Research Reports (A Selected List)

 Artificial Intelligence for Social Good, a research report by Association for Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), (2020). (Contribution in Chapter 8 (Final Chapter): AI and the Future of Work: A Policy Framework for Transforming Job Disruption into Social Good for All, pp. 244-275)

Country Report on Hong Kong Civil Service. (with Raymond Yuen) The State of Public Bureaucracy in East Asia Project. South Korea: Korea University (funded by Korea Research Foundation), 2019.

A Study of E-governance in Hong Kong (with Lam Wai Man). (2008) A study commissioned by the Bauhinia Foundation Research Center, Hong Kong.

Referendum: Global Experience and Implications for Hong Kong (with Kin-Man Chan, Kenneth Chan, Robert Chung) (2005) Public Opinion Program, University of Hong Kong (available at “http://hkupop.hku.hk)

“From a British-Style Administrative State to a Chinese-Style Political State: Civil Service Reforms in Hong Kong after the Transfer of Sovereignty.” Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) Working Paper, August 2003, Brookings Institution (accessible on-line at http://www.brookings.edu/fp/cnaps/papers/wong2003.htm).

“Final Report – Research Project on Family Status Ordinance, Equal Opportunities Commission”, The Hong Kong Government. 2000 (together with a team of researchers from the Social Science Faculty, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Member of three surveys on the “Right of Abode Issue”, conducted by the Social Science Faculty, CUHK, during the summer of 99. The surveys are telephone interviews administrated by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK, using a random sample of Hong Kong, on the behalf of the Social Science Faculty. All survey findings are released to the public through press conferences.

Book Review

 Book review on Beatty, Bob. (2003) “Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong: Evaluating Political Elite Beliefs.” London: Prager. Democratization Vol. 12, No. 1, Feb 2005: 135-136.

 

CONFERENCES ORANIZED

 

 Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Youth Studies and Public Policy, jointly organized by Master of Public Policy (MPUP) Programme, Department of Government and Public Administration, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 29-30, 2015 at the Chinese University of Hong

  • Member, Planning Committee, Public Management Research Conference (PMRC) 2022, hosted by School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University (ASU) in June 2022, Phoenix, USA.
  • Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Global Regulatory Governance: Unpacking the Complexity of Regulatory Governance in a Globalizing World, co-hosted by the Department of Government and Public Administration and The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, sponsored by the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR), July 4- 6, 2019, Hong
  • Member, Organizing Committee, 20th Annual Conference of International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM), Collaborative, Globalized and Interdisciplinary: Moving the Public Management Debate Forward, jointly hosted by City University of Hong Kong and The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, April 13-15, 2016, Hong

INVITED KEYNOTE SPEECH AND LECTURE (A Selected List)

 

  • Speaker, International AI Cooperation and Governance Forum, co-hosted by Tsinghua University and UNDP, December 19, 2020, Beijing,
  • Speaker and Esteem Guest, Artificial Intelligence for Social Good – Virtual Summit, co-organized by The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), and Google, Nov 26, 2020.
  • Keynote Speaker, “The Challenges of Decentralization in the Asian Context: Lessons from Research and Implications for Practice”, International Seminar on The Identity and Strategic Development of Sejong City, organized by Korean Association of Policy Science, Sejoing, South Korea, Sept 22,

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS (LAST FIVE YEARS)

 

  • “Trust-enabled Data Technology in the Smart City”, Trust and the Smart City Final Project Conference, Department of Government and International Studies, Baptist University, Hong Kong, April 29, 2022.
  • “Trust-Enabled Data Technology in Sustainable Smart City: The Case of COVID-19 Contact Tracing App in Hong Kong”, Panel T13P01: Policy Measures and Institutional Arrangements to Govern Data-Driven Innovation for Sustainability, International Conference on Public Policy (ICCP), Barcelona, Spain, July 6-8, 2021.
  • “State or Civil Society – What Matters in Fighting COVID-19? A Comparative Analysis of Hong Kong and Singapore” (with Alfred Wu), Society for Hong Kong Studies Annual Meeting, Hong Kong, June 25-26, 2021.
  • “Speaking Truth to Citizens in Combatting Pandemics: Administrative Capacity, Accountability, and Freedom of Information”, The Asia Pacific Public Policy Network (AP-PPN) Annual Conference, Hong Kong, March 4, 2021.
  • “Data Strategies for Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Data-Driven Policy Make a Difference between Success and Failure among Countries and Regions”, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Research Conference, November 12, 2020 (Zoom Virtual Conference).
  • “The Critical Role of Social Acceptance of Publics in Smart City Data-Driven Innovation: The Case of Smart Lamp Post Project in Hong Kong”, Special Track on Data Governance for Innovation for Sustainable Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges in  Public Policy and Institutional Design, Data for Policy Conference 2020, London, Sept 17, 2020 (Zoom online presentation)
  • “Regulation of Big Data: How Regulation Orientation and Information Reciprocity Shapes Big Data Approaches” (with Chris Hinnant), Workshop on Addressing Policy Challenges of Novel Technologies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Aug 30-31, 2019.
  • “Public Branding of Universities and Performance-Driven Reforms in Asia: How Ranking Transform Accountability in the University Sector”, IIAS-Lien Conference 2019, International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) and Nanyang Centre for Public Administration (NCPA), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, June 18- 21, 2019.
  • “Public Accountability Challenges under the Era of Big Data: Balancing Competing Demands in Advancing Public Service”, Fred Riggs Symposium, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, Section on International & Comparative Administration (SICA), Washington, D.C., USA, March 8, 2019.
  • “Diffusion of Governance from China to Hong Kong: Shifting from “One Country, Two Systems” to ‘One Country, One System’?” Workshop on “Center-Periphery Relations in Asia: A Cutting-Edge Debate, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Jan 31-Feb 1, 2019.
  • “Tales of Big Data in Two Cities: Identifying Meditating Factors of Big Data Initiatives in the Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore”, (with Chris Hinnant) Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Research Conference, Chicago, USA, Nov 10, 2018
  • “Social Inquiry and Knowledge Development in the Era of Big Data: Implications for Theory and Research in Public Administration”, International Symposium on Frontier of Public Administration Theories and Best Practices, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 25-26, 2018.
  • “Big Data in Public Policy – a Gift or a Curse? Contrasting Perspectives from Citizens, Government and Market”, (with May Chu and Chris Hinnant) The 3rd Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network (APPPN) Conference, School of Public Policy and  Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, March 30 – April 1, 2018
  • “Where You See Determines What You Believe: Linking Youth Satisfaction and Trust in Government with the Use of Social Media”, (with Anthony Fung) Association for Public Policy Analysis  and  Management  (APPAM)  Annual  Research  Conference,   Chicago, USA, Nov 4, 2017.
  • “Balancing Autonomy and Dependence: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations of the Two Special Administrative Regions in China – Hong Kong and Macao”, International Workshop on Intergovernmental Relations, co-organized by Center for Greater China Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong and Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, March 25-26, 2017.
  • “Role of the Public Service and Innovation and Technology: Social Media, Youth and Governance in Hong Kong”, Fred Riggs Symposium, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, Section on International & Comparative Administration (SICA), Atlanta, USA, March 17, 2017.