Associate Professor
Programme Director of Global and China Studies
yikang@hkbu.edu.hk | |
Office | AAB 1114 |
Tel | 34115658 |
I earned a BA degree in Philosophy from Fudan University, an MPhil degree in Government and International Studies from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), and MA, MPhil, and PhD degrees from Yale University. I joined Hong Kong Baptist University in August 2011.
My research examines civil society, the state-society relationship, grassroots organizing, and local governance, with a focus on contemporary China. I am the author of Disaster Management in China in a Changing Era (2015, Springer). I was awarded the Early Career Award for 2014/15 by the Hong Kong University Grants Committee.
I served as the coordinator of the Government and International Studies Programme at HKBU from 2018 to 2020. I am currently serving as the Director of the Global and China Studies Programme at HKBU.
Civil society
NGO
Local governance in China
Comparative politics
Foundations of Political Science (undergraduate)
Public Policy and Governance (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Hong Kong and the World (General Education)
Advanced China Studies (postgraduate)
Globalization and WTO (postgraduate)
Public Administration (postgraduate)
Research Methods for Public Administration Practitioners (postgraduate)
Fieldwork Learning and China Public Administration (postgraduate)
Introduction to China Studies (undergraduate)
World Order Issues (undergraduate)
Comparative Public Administration (undergraduate)