Student Volunteer Scheme
The Department of Government and International Affairs warmly welcomes Lingnan University students—from any academic background—to enhance their knowledge and gain hands-on experience by participating in faculty-led research projects affiliated with the Governance and Bureaucracy Lab and the China in the World Initiative.
Current Faculty-Led Projects Seeking Student Research Helpers:
1. Prof. Zhang Baohui, China in the World Initiative: | |
Project Title: | "China’s Nuclear Expansion and its Impact on Sino-US Relations" |
Project Description: | This study examines China’s rise and responses by middle and small powers, focusing on why bipolarity leads to cold war scenarios, specifically in Soviet-US and China-US relations. |
Potential Student Tasks: | Literature reviews and collecting/interpreting evidence. |
2. Prof. Leo, Chi Kwok, Governance and Bureaucracy Lab: | |
Project Title: | "Corporate Power in the 21st Century" |
Project Description: | This project critically examines corporate power by investigating how contemporary firms leverage evolving digital infrastructures and legal frameworks to exert influence beyond traditional employment structures. The study addresses recent shifts in corporate power that impact users and workers, particularly within the platform economy, aiming to expand political theories of the firm by analyzing less visible forms of corporate power with broad social implications. |
Potential Student Tasks: | Case summaries and compiling datasets. |
3. Prof. Terry, Shen Yang, Governance and Bureaucracy Lab: | |
Project Title: | "Institutional Trust in Hong Kong" |
Project Description: | This project aims to assess and explain institutional trust in Hong Kong through statistical analysis of survey data and qualitative interviews, examining citizens' trust in main government institutions. |
Potential Student Tasks: | Conducting qualitative interviews and practicing statistical analyses on existing survey data. |
4. Prof. Hongshen Zhu, Governance and Bureaucracy Lab: | |
Project Title: | "Political Economy of Energy Transition" |
Project Description: | This project examines China's massive expansion of solar and wind energy capacities and the ahead-of-schedule completion of renewable targets, exploring the political incentives behind this buildup. |
Potential Student Tasks: | Data cleaning, data collection, and merging datasets. |
If you are interested in working with the faculty on any of the projects listed above, please directly contact the Principal Investigator (PI) associated with the project to inquire about available volunteer positions and application procedures. Final selection and the scope of student involvement are at the discretion of the PI.