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 2015, I was awarded the Pete Hay Prize by the the Australian Political Studies Association. In 2014, I was selected a World Social Science Fellow by the International Social Science Council. I am also recipient of the Li Ka Shing Prize, Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Prizes, and Ada and Arthur Hill Prize from the University of Hong Kong.
I am author of ‘Carbon Trading in China’ , published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016.
China's plan to increase coal power by 20% is not the climate disaster it seems
Nov 27, 2016 21:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
China recently announced a 20% increase in coal power capacity by 2020. Does the new target contradict its pledge to peak carbon emissions well before 2030 under the Paris Agreement? China ratified the Paris Agreement...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well