HKUST PPOL Spring 2026

ONGOING PROJECTS Leading Faculty Funding Agency RGC - General Research Fund the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong Project Can We Regulate Our way to a Circular Economy? A Study of the Relationship between Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation and Sustainable Innovation in the Textile Industry (2025 - Now) Towards 1.5C Lifestyles: What motivates sustainable consumption choices in Hong Kong? (2022 - Now) Post-Con ict Reconstruction of the Health Sector in the Postwar Philippines, 1946-1953 (2026-Now) RGC – Research Fellow Scheme Chief Executive’s Policy Unit – Public Policy Research Funding Scheme Regional Science and Complex Systems: A Five-year Research Plan on Transportation, Land Use, Labor, and Innovation Systems (2024 - Now) Bus Electrification in Hong Kong: Energy Consumption Prediction and Charging Facility Planning (2024 - Now) Enhancing the implementation of “One University, Two Campuses” and mutual recognition of academic qualifications: A mixed-methods study (2025 - Now) Prof. Kira Matus Dr. Nicolo LUDOVICE Prof. Pengyu Zhu RGC - General Research Fund Tsinghua University Asia Paci c Observatory on Health Systems and Policy, World Health Organization Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme Local Government Innovation under Political Recentralization in Contemporary China: A Two-stage Sequential Study (2024 - Now) Delayed retirement and mass feedback in China (2025 - Now) Use of digital health technologies and data to enhance health system outcomes (2025 - Now) Understanding China’s Huge and Complex Health Policy Reform: A Governance Approach Prof. Alex Jingwei He 9

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