A team of students of the Master of Public Policy and Governance (MPPG) Programme of the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) won the first prize in the Eighth National Universities Mock Mayor Competition in November 2018. Organized by the Chinese Academy of Management and the Central University of Finance and Economics, this event is one of the most reputable academic competitions for Chinese students in the field of public policy and administration. Competing on a team basis, contestants are expected to identify a critical public policy problem in real-world setting, undertake solid policy analysis, and formulate innovative solutions.
Consisting of both local and mainland students, this EdUHK team focused on elderly care and public housing, two of the thorniest social policy issues in Hong Kong, and designed an integrated policy package that seeks to encourage intergenerational social solidarity in rapidly ageing Hong Kong. Their innovative policy solution and high-quality policy analysis were generously appreciated by the referees’ panel that comprised of senior public sector leaders in China.
A team of students of the Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM) and Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Greater China Studies (BGCS) programme won the first prize in the Ninth National Universities Mock Mayor Competition in November 2019. Organized by the Chinese Academy of Management and the Central University of Finance and Economics, this event is one of the most reputable academic competitions for Chinese students in the field of public policy and administration. The contestants are expected to identify a critical public policy problem in a real-world setting, undertake solid policy analysis, and formulate innovative solutions.
Consisting of both local and mainland students, this EdUHK team focused on elderly re-employment under the aging society. As the coach of the award-winning team, Dr Alex He Jingwei, Associate Head of the Department (Research and Development), provided intensive training and mentorship throughout the entire course of the competition. Gigi Szeto, Year 4student from the BGCS programme said her academic research skills had been enhanced enormously.
Twenty-five international scholars participated in an authors’ workshop on The Future of Policy Sciences. Organized by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS), the two-day workshop held between November 14 and 15 provided international participants the opportunity to engage with local scholars and explore the future of policy sciences both as an intellectual enterprise but also as a pedagogical set of activities focused on teaching and training policy professionals.
Attracting a leading cohort of internationally recognised policy scholars, including the General Secretary of the International Public Policy Association, Professor Philippe Zittoun from the University of Lyon, France, the workshop explored several themes including big data in public policy making, contrasting geographies of policy science, the future of policy schools, the evolving role of the policy scientist, and future challenges for public policy teaching and research.
The papers presented at the workshop will appear in 2020 in several special issues in leading international policy journals. The organisers of the workshop also hope to institutionalise the event via an annual rotating ‘policy dialogue series’ to be hosted by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies, EdUHK, Hong Kong, the Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Twenty-five international scholars participated in an authors’ workshop on The Future of Policy Sciences. Organized by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS), the two-day workshop held between November 14 and 15 provided international participants the opportunity to engage with local scholars and explore the future of policy sciences both as an intellectual enterprise but also as a pedagogical set of activities focused on teaching and training policy professionals.
Attracting a leading cohort of internationally recognised policy scholars, including the General Secretary of the International Public Policy Association, Professor Philippe Zittoun from the University of Lyon, France, the workshop explored several themes including big data in public policy making, contrasting geographies of policy science, the future of policy schools, the evolving role of the policy scientist, and future challenges for public policy teaching and research.
The papers presented at the workshop will appear in 2020 in several special issues in leading international policy journals. The organisers of the workshop also hope to institutionalise the event via an annual rotating ‘policy dialogue series’ to be hosted by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies, EdUHK, Hong Kong, the Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.
MPPG students goes on their field visit to Singapore
Minna 陳蕙心
2018/19學年社會科學教育榮譽學士（大中華地區研究）三年級學生
Jessica 章詩倩@商務印書館漢語世界出版社
2018/19年 社會科學教育榮譽學士（大中華地區研究）三年級學生