Wenhong

Wen Hong, born in 1981, is a Professor at the School of Public Administration, South China University of Technology (SCUT) and a doctoral supervisor. He was selected for the Young Talent Program under a national-level talent program (2021) and serves as the Chief Expert for Major Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China and Major Research Projects of the Ministry of Education. He currently serves as Executive Deputy Dean of the Graduate School, South China University of Technology, Vice President of the China Society for Social Governance, and a Member of the Expert Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and as Vice Chairperson of the Belt and Road Emergency Management Education Alliance.

Also, he serves as Deputy Director of the Innovation and Development Center for Ideological and Political Work in Higher Education Institutions (South China University of Technology) under the Ministry of Education; Director of the SCUT Center for Social Governance; Executive Director of the Guangdong Center for Social Governance; Director of the Guangzhou Center for Urban Risk Governance and Emergency Management; a Council Member of the Chinese Public Administration Society (CPAS), Chinese Association of Political Science (CAPS), and China Society of Emergency Management (CSEM); a Member of the Guangdong Provincial Degree Committee; Vice Chairperson of the Guangdong Association of Academic Degrees and Graduate Education (GDAADGE); a Consulting Expert on Social Development and Construction to the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress; a Member of the Guangdong Emergency Management Expert Committee; a Decision-making Consulting Expert to the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government; and an Expert on Social Stability Risk Assessment for Major Decisions in Guangzhou, among other appointments.

He has led more than 50 research projects, including Major Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China, Major Research Projects in the Social Sciences under the Ministry of Education, and annual projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has published over 100 academic papers in SSCI/SCI/CSSCI journals, including Social Sciences in China (English Edition), Journal of Political Science, Chinese Public Administration Review, Information Processing & Management, and theInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, among others. More than ten of his articles have been reprinted in full by Xinhua Digest, Chinese Social Sciences Digest, and Renmin University of China’s Reprint Series (Fuyin). He has also published a series of theoretical articles in major official media outlets such as People’s Daily and Guangming Daily, as well as on leading online platforms including People.cn, Guangming Online, Qiushi Online, and Xuexi Qiangguo.

He has received a total of 13 provincial- and national-level awards, including the Second Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award in Higher Education (Undergraduate Level), the First Prize of Guangdong Teaching Achievement Awards, the Third Prize of the 9th Outstanding Scientific Research Achievements Award (Humanities and Social Sciences) of Higher Education Institutions issued by the Ministry of Education (ranked 6th out of 8), and the First, Second, and Third Prizes of the Guangdong Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences. He currently serves as Associate Editor of Urban Observation, as a member of the editorial boards of journals including E-Government, Risk, Disaster and Crisis Research, Social Policy Research, and the Journal of South China University of Technology, as an academic advisor to Lingnan Journal and Public Governance Research, and as an anonymous peer reviewer for more than 40 SSCI/CSSCI journals, including Risk Analysis, Journal of Political Science, Chinese Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Management, and Journal of Public Administration Review. Several of his policy advisory reports have received attention from senior leaders at the central-government level.