Awards

2026

Winner of The Jenei Award, awarded for “a remarkable and commendable contribution to an innovative or under researched field in public management” (named after Gyogy Jenei) by Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis and IRSPM 2026. Shared with Simon Teasdale (QUB) 🌟 Award

Stanford 2% Scientist (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021), for two categories: Public Administration and Political Science and Business and Management 🗂️️ 2025 Data

2024

Winner of Best Conference Proceeding Paper, The Annual Academy of Management Meeting 2024 “Finetuning Artificial Intelligence for Entrepreneurial Pitching Effectiveness” Awarded by The Academy of Management, Technology and Innovation Management Division. Shared with Stratos Ramoglou (Bristol) and Shang Liang (EduUHK)

2022

Winner of The Kooiman Best Paper Award 2021 recognizing his contribution to public management research. Shared with Liang Shang (EduUHK) & Michael Roy (Stirling) 🌟 Award

Winner of Best Conference Proceeding Paper, The Annual Academy of Management Meeting 2022 The Mechanisms of Performance in Social Entrepreneurship: Assemblage, Market Building, Issue Selling Awarded by the Academy of Management 2022, Entrepreneurship Division. Shared with Long Wang (CityUHK)

2021

Winner of Best Paper Award International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) 2020, Sheffield, United Kingdom. “Understanding Healthcare Social Enterprises: A New Public Governance Perspective.” Shared with Shang Liang (EduHK) and Michael Roy (Stirling) Published in Journal of Social Policy 🌟 Award

Winner of Editors’ Choice Award 2021, 2021管理觀念與應用研討會編輯特選獎, 國立台灣大學管理學院，國立中山大學管理學院. Awarded by National Taiwan University and National Sun Yat Sen University (Taiwan). Shared with Shu-Jung Yang (York)

2017

Winner of Teaching Innovation Award 2017, awarded by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS), City University of Hong Kong. ✨ Award

2016

Winner of  Teaching Excellence 2015 Award, a university-wide contest, awarded by the President of City University of Hong Kong. ✨ Award

 Finalist of UGC Teaching Excellence Award 2016, a nominee representing City University of Hong Kong at the UGC level selection.