Academic Staff

Hongshen Zhu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Government and International Affairs, Lingnan University. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science and M.A. in Economics from Duke University. He was postdoctoral fellows at the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania and East Asian Center of University of Virginia. His research focuses on authoritarian politics, comparative political economy, and Chinese bureaucracy and governance. He is interested in using high-frequency and geo-located data to analyze political decision-making. He published in peer-reviewed journals including Studies in Comparative International Development, Chinese Political Science Review, Issues and Studies, etc. His work has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Economist, and other outlets.