The Department of Public and International Affairs  The Department of Public and International Affairs

PIA Newsletter

The Department of Public and International Affairs was awarded HK$9.2M, including HK$4.3M for seven research projects as part of the 2023/24 General Research Fund (GRF) announced by the Research Grants Council (RGC) as well as HK$4.9M from three external competitive research projects (ECF/ARC/ITF). The RGC GRF exercise is widely recognised as a competitive research funding scheme supporting research projects conducted by UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong. PIA is one of the leading public affairs and international relations departments in Asia with a strong research environment.

We congratulate our awarded Principal Investigators: Professor Yanto CHANDRA, Professor Liang DONG, Professor Renaud EGRETEAU, Professor Diego FOSSATI, Professor Bert GEORGE, Professor Alfred HO, Professor Sungmoon KIM, Professor Daniel LYNCH, Professor Nicolai PETROVSKY and Professor Jun WANG on their remarkable accomplishments, and look forward to their publications and contributions to society.
 

RGC – General Research Fund (GRF)
Principal Investigator Project Title Grant Awarded
Professor Yanto CHANDRA Understanding the Governance of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations as a Novel Organizational Form in the Blockchain Economy $      500,737
Professor Renaud EGRETEAU Legislators as Foreign Policy Actors during
Democratisation. Insights from Myanmar (2011-2021)
$      459,000
Professor Bert GEORGE The effect of red tape on emotions: A comparative replication study $      568,000
Professor Sungmoon KIM Reconstructing a Confucian Kingdom: The Political and Legal Philosophy of Chŏng Yagyong $      481,000
Professor Daniel LYNCH The Breakdown in Sino-US Relations, 2003-2023: Explaining PRC Dissatisfaction with the Power Transition Using STMs $   1,119,421
Professor Nicolai PETROVSKY An Experimental Test of the Satisfaction Mirror between Frontline Public Servants and Citizens $      230,000
Professor Jun WANG The geo-economic state space through transnational incubators: The politics of infrastructure $      958,000
 
Other Competitive Grants
Principal Investigator Project Title Grant Awarded Fund
Professor Liang DONG Developing a Low-carbon Smart-waste System for Carbon MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification): Community Demonstration and Strengthen the Public Participation $          731,200 Environmental and Conservation Fund
Professor Diego FOSSATI
(Partner Investigator)
Political Representation in Indonesia $       3,633,547 Australian Research Council
Professor Alfred HO The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Public Administration Analytics Contests 2023 $          552,356 Innovation and Technology Fund