Dr. LAW Winnie
Dr Winnie Law is the Executive Director and Principal Lecturer at the Centre for Civil Society and Governance, The University of Hong Kong. Dr Law specialises in rural revitalisation, social innovation, community planning, and corporate sustainability. Her research integrates sustainability theories into practice through civic engagement, impact assessments and education for sustainability. Dr Law spearheaded landmark action research initiatives, including the rural revitalisation initiatives at Lai Chi Wo, setting local and regional benchmarks for socio-ecological conservation and establishing business cases for long-term sustainability.
Dr Law served on top government bodies in Hong Kong, including the Advisory Council for the Environment and she has been active in the non-profit sector, leading long-term green advocacy as Vice Chair of The Conservancy Association and as Board of Trustee for International College Hong Kong.
Beyond Hong Kong, Dr Law was commissioned as a planning and social monitoring expert by the European Union and the UNDP for international urban development projects and is an official representative at the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Higher Education Network for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage.
| 2000-2003 | The University of Hong Kong |
| PhD (Sustainable Urban Regeneration and Social Impact Assessment) | |
| 1999 | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| MPlan (Merit) | |
| 1995-1998 | University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| BPlan (1st Honour) |
Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK
Professional Member, Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals
Certified Member, Environmental Management Association of Hong Kong
| Current | Vice Chair and Director, The Conservancy Association |
| Current | Member, Customer Consultative Group, CLP |
| 2021-2023 | Trustee, Board of Trustees of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund |
| 2021-2023 | Member, Assessment Panel of Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living, HKSAR Government |
| 2020-2022 | Member, City Innovation & Technology Challenge Advisory Committee, HKSAR Government |
| 2019-2023 | Member, Advisory Council on the Environment, HKSAR Government |
| 2018-2020 | Member, Environment and Conservation Fund Committee, HKSAR Government |
| 2016-2020 | Member, Agricultural Products Scholarship Fund Advisory Committee, HKSAR Government |
| 2014-2020 | Member, Steering Committee on Restored Landfill Revitalisation Funding Scheme, HKSAR Government |
| 2013-2019 | Member, Environmental Campaign Committee, HKSAR Government (Chair, Environmental Education and Community Action Projects Vetting Sub-committee) |
Rural Sustainability Programme: APAC Initiative for Regional Impact
Forest Village: Mui Tsz Lam Kop Tong Sustainable Village Programme
Partnership for Sustainability Leadership in Business
Community Well-Being and Wholeness: the case of “Airside” at the Kai Tak Development Area
Chu V.H.Y., Law W.W.Y., Williams J.M. (2022). Advocacy coalitions in rural revitalisation: the roles of policy brokers and policy learning, Environmental Science and Policy, 136: 9-18.
Lam W.F., Law W.W.Y., Leung, D. and Fok, K. (2022). Diagnostic Study for SME Sustainability Survey, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, Hong Kong.
Williams J.M., Chu V.H.Y., Lam W.F. and Law W.W.Y. (2021). Revitalising Rural Communities, SpringerBriefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development, Singapore: Springer.
Law, W.W.Y., Yiu, S.I.S. & Chick, H.L. (2018). Vivifying Lai Chi Wo: Sustainable Lai Chi Wo Programme Four Year Review and Outlook. Hong Kong: Policy for Sustainability Lab
Fok, K.W.K. & LAW, W.W.Y. (2018), “City re-imaged: Multi-stakeholder study on branding Hong Kong as a city of greenery,” Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 206, pp. 1039-1051.
Xu, Q., Chen, J., Peart, M. R., Ng, C. N., Hau, B. C. H., and Law, W. W. Y. (2018), “Exploration of severities of rainfall and runoff extremes in ungauged catchments: a case study of Lai Chi Wo in Hong Kong, China Science of the Total Environment,” Science of the Total Environment.
Law, W. W. Y., Chow, W. C., Leung, T. H. D., et al (2019), “Public Engagement on Long-term Decarbonisation Strategy”, Public Engagement Document, commissioned by Council for Sustainable Development, 2018.
Chan, K.N., Kim, E.J., Lam, W.F., Law, W.W.Y. and Zhao, Z. (2017), “The Politics of Information Processing in Environmental Policymaking: Evidence from Hong Kong”, conference paper presented at 2017 Environmental Politics and Governance Conference, June 21-24, 2017, Indiana University, Bloomington, US.
“Environmental Strategy and Measure for Transformation of Development Mode in Eastern China,” Special Policy Study Report for China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, December 2012.