Index - Lecturer

Name

Jingru Zhang

Title

Lecturer

Education Background

Ph.D. National University of Singapore
B.M. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research

Environmental policy, urban governance, waste management

Personal Website

zhangjingru@cuhk.edu.cn

Office Address

Rm 506 Teaching B

Phone

Teaching Area

Sustainable development

Other

Biography

Jingru Zhang is a lecturer in the Global Studies Program of the School of Humanities and Social Science, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. She received her Ph.D. in public policy from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore after obtaining a bachelor's degree in public administration from the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research interests focus on sustainable development, urban governance, and waste management.

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Awards and honors

Publications

Book Chapters

Zhang, J., & Hartley, K. Muddling through the Garbage: Household Recycling in Newly Developing Asian Cities. In Governing Cities in the 21st Century: Asian Perspectives. Routledge: New York. (in press)
Hartley, K., & Zhang, J. (2018). Measuring Policy Capacity through Governance Indices. In Policy Capacity and Governance (pp. 67-97). Palgrave Macmillan: London.

Conference papers

Zhang, J. & Joo, Y. The Changing Modes of Governance in Policy Reform: Singapore’s Experiences in Municipal Solid Waste Management. HKU-USC-IPPA Conference on Public Policy: Coping with Policy Complexity in the Globalized World. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Jun 10-11, 2016.
Zhang, J., Hu, X., & Tong, Y. 2013. Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asian Megacities: Actors and Institutions. Conference on Energy and Environmental Sustainability Solutions for Megacities. Singapore, May 18, 2015.
Zhang, J., Hu, X., & Tong, Y. 2013. Agent-Based Modelling: A New Instrument for Behavior Analysis in Household Waste Management. Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy System. July 16-19, 2013. Guilin, China.
Hartley, K. & Zhang, J. 2014. Measuring Policy Capacity: A Survey of Indices and Methods. Research Workshop on “Policy Capacity for Innovative Governance”. May 22-23, 2014. Hangzhou, China.

Case Studies

Zhang, J. & Husar, A. (2013). Poverty Reduction Opportunities in Waste Management: The Case of Managua, Nicaragua and Guangzhou, China. United Nations Development Programme(UNDP), Singapore.

Opinion editorials

Biswas, A., & Zhang, J. The challenge of eco-transition. China Daily, Aug 10, 2014. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2014-10/08/content_18703647_2.htm
Biswas, A., & Zhang, J. Waste-to-energy: A burning issue. Shanghai Daily, May 29, 2014. http://www.shanghaidaily.com/opinion/foreign-perspectives/Wastetoenergy-plants-A-burning-issue-in-China/shdaily.shtml

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