Dr He Jingwei, Alex’s research interests lie in public policy analysis, health policy and governance and social policy reforms, with particular reference to the Greater China region. He has published extensively in these areas, contributing articles to leading international journals and publishing houses, including Public Administration Review, the China Quarterly, Health Policy and Planning, and Public Administration and Development. Since joining the Institute in August 2011, Dr He has published six papers in high-ranking journals, and has contributed to three book chapters in the field.

 

With a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Dr He currently leads a research project under the Early Career Scheme. The project aims to investigate China’s ongoing national health care reforms from a provincial and comparative perspective by examining the cases of Fujian and Shanxi. The project intends to contribute to the study of health policy and economics by gaining a deeper understanding of the difficulty of implementing health care reforms in a highly decentralised system with huge regional variation, and the actual role played by the provinces in implementing reforms.

 

Dr He chairs the Research and Development Committee of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies and plays a key role in organising the international conference series on social policy and governance innovation. Dr He is a devoted member of the international academic community. He is Secretary of the Asian Society for Institutional Analysis (ASIASIA) and serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Asian Public Policy (JAPP). As a policy scholar, Dr He actively participates in policy advocacy and knowledge diffusion. His articles have been published in prominent newspapers, including South China Morning Post, China Daily, Ming Pao, Hong Kong Economic Journal and Sing Tao Daily.