Our New Faculty Members 2011

Division of Humanities

Billy Kee-long SO PhD, Australian National University Head and Chair Professor Research Interests: Chinese legal history, Chinese business history (esp. corporate history, corporate law and corporate governance); institutional economic history of late imperial and Republican China, historical GIS (Beijing and Shanghai); Chinese urban history; global history of Identity; history of Song China.

Pedro FARIA GOMES MMus (Master of Music), Royal College of Music Adjunct Assistant Professor and Composer-in-Residence (September 2011) Mr Faria Gomes will receive his DMus (Doctor of Music) degree from the Royal College of Music in 2013 and will join the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Humanities, in September 2011. Research Interests: Music Composition; Music Analysis; Harmony in Contemporary Music

Division of Social Science

Albert PARK PhD, Stanford University Chair Professor (September 2011) Prof. Park received his PhD from Stanford University in 1996. He is now Professor in the Economy of China, Department of Economics and School for Interdisciplinary Area Studies in University of Oxford and will join the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Social Science in September 2011. Research Interests: Economic development; transition, labor, applied microeconomics; Chinese Economy.

Jane ZHANG PhD, U.C. Berkeley Assistant Professor (September 2011) Ms Zhang will receive her PhD from U.C. Berkeley in 2011 and will join the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Social Science in September 2011. Research Interests: Economics of China; economics of education; economics of gender; competition

ZHAO Jimin PhD, Stanford University Associate Professor (September 2011) Prof. Zhao received her PhD from Stanford University. She is now Senior Research Fellow and Director of China Environment and Energy Programme, Environment Change Institute, University of Oxford. She will join the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Social Science in September 2011. Research Interests: Environmental policy; energy policy and technology development; international environmental governance; sustainable transportation development, with a focus on China.