School of Social & Political Sciences

Dr Hua Wang

  • Lecturer (Political & International Studies)

Biography

I joined the School of Soical and Political Sciences in September 2018. I received my PhD in Politics from the University of Glasgow in 2017, an MSc and BA in Public Administration from Nankai University in China. I was a scholar in residence at Duke Kunshan University in 2025.  

My main research and teaching interests are business lobbying, state-society relations and the policy processes in authoritarian settings. My current research focuses on the politics of elder care planning and provision in urban and rural China. 

Research interests

Research groups

Publications

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Jump to: 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2020 | 2013
Number of items: 6.

2026

Langer, Ana Ines ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-544X, Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 and Duckett, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350 (2026) Social media and policy change: the Chinese government’s strategic policy responsiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Political Studies, 74(2), pp. 862-884. (doi: 10.1177/00323217251345776)

2025

Alexander, David A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4798-0638, Brown, Scott A.W., Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 and Lundberg, Thomas Carl ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-790X (2025) An early-career lecturer and mentor walk into a lecture theatre . . . repeatedly: developmental benefits of collaborative lecturing in political science. Politics, 45(4), pp. 665-683. (doi: 10.1177/02633957241310240)

2024

Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 and Duckett, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350 (2024) Local lobbying in single-party authoritarian systems: Do institutions matter? Review of Policy Research, 41(6), pp. 921-940. (doi: 10.1111/ropr.12582)

2020

Snape, Holly ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7208-3496, Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325, Duckett, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350 and Li, Yingru ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2652-0023 (2020) Coronavirus: Beijing outbreak shows China’s plan for preventing a second wave. Conversation, June 25.

Duckett, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350, Snape, Holly, Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 and Li, Yingru ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2652-0023 (2020) China’s new coronavirus recovery strategy explained. Conversation, May 23.

2013

Duckett, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350 and Wang, H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 (2013) Extending political participation in China: new opportunities for citizens in the policy process. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 6(3), pp. 263-276. (doi: 10.1080/17516234.2013.850221)

This list was generated on Sat Oct 10 01:18:40 2026 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 6.

Articles

Langer, Ana Ines ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-544X, Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 and Duckett, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350 (2026) Social media and policy change: the Chinese government’s strategic policy responsiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Political Studies, 74(2), pp. 862-884. (doi: 10.1177/00323217251345776)

Alexander, David A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4798-0638, Brown, Scott A.W., Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 and Lundberg, Thomas Carl ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-790X (2025) An early-career lecturer and mentor walk into a lecture theatre . . . repeatedly: developmental benefits of collaborative lecturing in political science. Politics, 45(4), pp. 665-683. (doi: 10.1177/02633957241310240)

Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 and Duckett, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350 (2024) Local lobbying in single-party authoritarian systems: Do institutions matter? Review of Policy Research, 41(6), pp. 921-940. (doi: 10.1111/ropr.12582)

Snape, Holly ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7208-3496, Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325, Duckett, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350 and Li, Yingru ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2652-0023 (2020) Coronavirus: Beijing outbreak shows China’s plan for preventing a second wave. Conversation, June 25.

Duckett, Jane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350, Snape, Holly, Wang, Hua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 and Li, Yingru ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2652-0023 (2020) China’s new coronavirus recovery strategy explained. Conversation, May 23.

Duckett, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-5350 and Wang, H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-2325 (2013) Extending political participation in China: new opportunities for citizens in the policy process. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 6(3), pp. 263-276. (doi: 10.1080/17516234.2013.850221)

This list was generated on Sat Oct 10 01:18:40 2026 BST.

Grants

  •  The UCCL travel grants: £1630, 2019-2020

Teaching

Postgraduate Taught and Research

  • Qualitative methods

Pre-Honours

  • 1A: Introduction to Politics
  • 2B: Comparative Politics in a Globalising World

Honours:

  • Chinese Politics (Convenor)

Postgraduate:

  • Communist Regimes (Co-convening)
  • China and the Global South (Co-teaching)

Additional information

  • Management team member of Scottish Centre for China Research
  • College of Social Science EDI committee member
  • A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and hold the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PgCAP)

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