Teaching Areas & Research Interests
- International Relations
- Public Policy
- Securitization
- EU-China Relations
- Political Science
Academic & Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of International Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 2023-2025
Research Fellow-Project Coordinator, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University 2022-2023
Part-time Lecturer Hong Kong Baptist University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Metropolitan University 2019-2025
Research Associate Hong Kong Baptist University 2020-2022
Selected Publications
Books
- (forthcoming) Trust, Transparency, and the Covid-19 pandemic: Perspectives from Europe and Asia. Edward Elgar- with Nicole Scicluna, Alistair Cole, and Eric Sautede
Book Chapters
- 2022. Constructing Narratives for City Governance: Transnational Perspectives on Urban Narration. In (eds.) Alistair Cole, Aisling Healy and Christelle Morel-Journal Constructing Urban Narratives for City Governance Transatlantic Perspectives on Urban Narration and Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, ISBN: 9781800374447. with Alistair Cole, Calvin Lai, and Emilie Tran
- 2023. Competing narratives in the EU institutions' securitization discourse: The representation of the European refugee crisis. In (eds.) Rémy Davison, Jessica Quirk and George Nikolaidis Borders, Labour and Mobility. The Jean Monnet Project on Comparative Migration (PROCAM). Monash Print Services, ISBN; 978-0-6455968-2-3.
Journal Articles
- 2025, “From distant ally to perceived threat: the collective securitization of China in NATO”. Asia-Europe Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-025-00737-0 —with Shaohua Yan
- 2025, “Understanding Trust in the Smart City Through Focus Groups in Hong Kong”. Urban Science, 9 (4), 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci9040123 —with Calvin Ming Tsun Lai and Alistair Cole
- 2025. “Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Varied Frameworks of Trust, Transparency, and Governance Capacity. Evidence from four administrations”. Asia-Europe Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-025-00719-2 , —with Alistair Cole
- 2024. “Variations in the intensity of the securitization narratives at the EU level: securitizing the European refugee crisis”. Frontiers in Political Science: 6 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2024.1460531
- 2023. “The Securitization of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Mixes of imbalanced securitizing narratives and measures.” Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations 3 (16) DOI: 10.12688/stomiedintrelat.17723.1—with Krzysztof Sliwinski
- 2023. “Securitizing COVID-19 in an Environment of Low Political Trust. The Case of Hong Kong.” Asian Survey: 1-27 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2023.2081515 —with Alistair Cole
- 2023. “The 'Smart City' between Urban Narrative and Empty Signifier: the case of Hong Kong”. Cogent Social Sciences. DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2231624 —with Alistair Cole, Calvin Lai, and Emilie Tran
- 2023. “The importance of trust and transparency in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence from sixteen EU member states”. Journal of Contemporary European Studies. DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2023.2193733 — with Alistair Cole
- 2023. “The Art of Securitising. Orbán's Handling of the European Refugee Crisis”. Journal of Contemporary European Studies 31 (1): 184-198. DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2021.1963689
- 2023. “Greece's Response to the European Refugee Crisis: A Tale of Two Securitizations”. Mediterranean Politics 28 (1): 49-72. DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2021.1902198
- 2021. “Trust, Transparency and Transnational lessons from Covid-19”. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 14(12): 607. DOI: https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/14/12/607# - with Alistair Cole and Julien Baker.
- 2019. “Securitisation of Migration at the EU level after Paris' Attacks: The Response of the European Public”. Australia and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 11, 2, pp. 41-58. DOI: 10.30722/anzjes.vol11.iss1.15208
- 2018. “EU Refugee Crisis: A Stumbling Block to the Process of European Integration?”. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies 10, 1, pp. 29- 47. DOI: 10.30722/anzjes.vol10.iss1.15189
Selected Professional & Community Services
- Greek Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong- Board of Directors
Further Information
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