The Department of Social Sciences is home to two most-cited scholars worldwide, according to the 2021 Stanford ranking of top 2% most-cited scientists. Professor Jim Chi-yung, Research Chair Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, is the 11th most-cited researcher in the Urban & Regional Planning category. Dr Eddie Cheng Wai-lun, Assistant Professor, is also on the list under the Building and Construction category.
The year 2020 is a dividing line in Hong Kong's development as a special administrative region (SAR) under the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework. In response to political disorder and social unrest, seen as a separatist challenge to national authority, the Chinese central government has imposed a national security law on Hong Kong and later revamped the electoral system to ensure that only 'patriots' administer the city. Amid growing local anxieties about the future and international concerns, Beijing and the optimists expect the 'second transition' to get the SAR out of the political conundrum. Pessimists, however, predict the city's demise. It is critical time to consider the prospect of 'One Country, Two Systems' in the new era: Is it being bogged down in a path of retreat or can it open a new page for rebooting the once vibrant and self-confident metropolis?
Congratulations to Professors Stephen Cheung, Chou Kee-lee and CK Woo of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies for their appearance in Stanford University’s 2020 list of the world’s top 2% of scientists.
Professor Cheung is currently the President and Chair Professor of Public Policy. His research focuses on corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and financial market development. In terms of career-long impact, he ranks 192 out of 10,777 scientists in the field of Finance (self-citations excluded, same as below) with a composite score (c-score) of 3.36.
Professor Chou Kee-lee is currently the Associate Vice President (Research) and Chair Professor of Social Policy. Renowned for his research on Poverty and Geriatrics, he ranks 44 out of 10,025 with a c-score of 3.87 for career-long impact and 32 with a c-score 3.44 for single-year impact.
Professor CK Woo is currently the Adjunct Professor, specializing in Energy Economics and Applied Microeconomics. He ranks 2,200 out of 229,150 with a c-sore of 3.39 in the field of Energy for career-long impact and 3,479 with a c-score of 2.55 for single-year impact.
APS looks forward to seeing its public policy research that leads to positive changes to societies and nations.
*The composite score includes the following six metrics from Scopus: 1) total citations; 2) Hirsch h-index; 3) coauthorship-adjusted Schreiber hm-index; 4) number of citations to papers as single author; 5) number of citations to papers as single or first author; and 6) number of citations to papers as single, first, or last author.
2021 International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN)
Miss Nicole Yanxi Guan, a student of the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Greater China Studies), has won the top prize at the 2021 International Public Policy Case Competition on Sustainable Development. Organized by Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management, it is one of the prominent international academic competitions in the field of public policy.
The competition this year was highly competitive, with 147 students coming from reputable universities across China and the world, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, The London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of Michigan.
Miss Guan formed a team with a student from New York University, and conducted a case study entitled “Sham Shui Po is the New Brooklyn: Could New Cultural Industry and the Original Community Coexist?” Having survived three rounds of intense competition that took place from June to August, Miss Guan’s team was highly praised by the jury and won a cash prize worth US$3,000. The team was mentored by Dr Fox Zhiyong Hu, Associate Professor of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies who provided excellent guidance and support.
