Department of Accountancy

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WU Benjamin 胡彬

Benjamin
Assistant Professor of Teaching

GradDipEd(Melbourne); MSc (Accounting, CityU HK); MTax (Melbourne); PhD (RMIT)

Department of Accountancy

 

Phone: (852) 2616-8183

Email:  [email protected]

Research Interests:

  • Institutional Entrepreneurship and ESG

  • Emission Trading Regulation and Environmental Innovation

  • Aviation Environmental Management

  • Sustainable Aviation Fuel Development
  • CORSIA and Carbon Markets

 

Teaching Interests:

  • Business Laws and Taxation

  • Corporate ESG and Disclosure

  • Financial Accounting

  • Corporate Governance & Business Ethics
  • Generative AI and Legal Professional Education

 

Fellows / Members of Professional Bodies / Academic Associations:
  • Hong Kong Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition, Member
  • Journal of Asia Public Policy,  Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Air Transport Research Society, Fellow

  • Certified Practicing Accountants, Australia, Full Member

  • Tax Institute of Australia, Australia, Fellow

 

Refereed Journal Articles:

  • WU, B., L.M. Cong, M Williams & S Lee. (2024). Institutional Entrepreneurship and Carbon Reduction Practices – Evidence from South Korea Aviation Industry. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 136, 104394.

  • B Wu, R Simmons. “China’s Market–based Environmental Reforms: From Inception to International Cooperation and Integration”, Environmental and Planning Law Journal, Vol.34, Iss.5, 2017, 446-458. 

  • B Wu & R Simmons. “China and Australia’s Responses to Environmental Challenge: A Comparative Analysis – Environmental Tax Reform”, Bulletin for International Taxation, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, Vol. 68 No. 6/7, 365-375.

     

Refereed Conference Papers:
  • K.K. Choy & B. Wu, "Nurture AI-Savvy Professionals: AI Literacy for Aspiring Legal and Business Leaders", 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, 22 July in AIED 2025, Palermo, Italy.
  • B. Wu, M.H. Chua & M.P. Williams, "The corporate motivation and policy incentives: a case study on building Hong Kong as a global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) hub", 4 July at 28th Air Transport Research Society World Conference, Hong Kong.

  • B. Wu, “The Enabling Roles and Temporal Conditions in relation to the Organized Collective of Institutional Entrepreneurship in the Aviation Industry: Two Case Studies on Legacy Airlines in the Northeast Asia Region”, 25th Air Transport Research Society World Conference, Accepted 13 March, to be presented August 2022 at University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. 

  • B. Wu, L.M. Cong, M. P. Williams, “A Balancing Act of Institutional Entrepreneurs Between Politics and Economic Development: A Case Study of Emission Trading Scheme and CORSIA Efforts by Korean Aviation Industry”, 24th Air Transport Research Society World Conference, 28 August 2021 at UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

  • B. Wu, M. Williams, K. Tsui, “The case study of environmental governance in airline industry”, AFAANZ ESG for Sustainability Colloquium Proceeding, Oct 2019, Victoria University, Australia.

  • B Wu & R Simmons, “A Comparative Analysis of the Environmental Tax Reforms of China and Australia”, 26th Australasian Tax Teachers Association Conference Proceeding, Griffith University, Australia, 2014.

  • B Wu, “Making the tough call: reducing the carbon footprints in the midst of global financial austerity: a comparative study of Australian carbon market mechanism and its Chinese counterpart”, National Graduate Law Conference Proceeding, Australian National University, Australia, 2012.