Social Resilience and Public Law Lab

Co-Directors

• Prof Edmund CHENG, Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs
• Prof Guobin ZHU, Professor, School of Law

Objectives

The lab aims to contribute to the comparative and inter-disciplinary scholarship of social resilience public law with a special focus on crisis response and recovery. It shall explore the theme from both domestic, international and comparative perspectives. Its objectives include:

1. Investigate the societal reaction and governmental response against the background of polarization, conflict and uncertainty unfolding in different parts of the world;
2. Examine the role of regulations and law in combatting emergencies and how the rule of law can be strengthened to provide guidance for social resilience and effective governance; and
3. Adopt an international and comparative approach and an interdisciplinary methodology to produce evidence-based research to inform policy responses and law-based solutions to societal challenges.

Members

• Prof Peter CHAN, Associate Professor, School of Law
• Prof Diego FOSSATI, Assistant Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs
• Prof Claudia KIM, Assistant Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs
• Prof Tetsuro KOBAYASHI, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication
• Prof Dongshu LIU, Assistant Professor, Department of Public and International Affairs
• Prof Jamie MCKEOWN, Assistant Professor, Department of English
• Prof Chris SHEN, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication
• Prof Lik Hang TSUI, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and History