Professor Alex Lo
Honorary Professor, Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong
Staff Profile
Professor Lo is currently Professor at York St John University, the United Kingdom. He received his PhD from the Australian National University. After completing his doctoral study and a research position in Vienna, Austria, he was appointed as Lecturer in Environmental Economics at Griffith University, Australia and later Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. Before moving to the UK in 2024, he spent five years in New Zealand, where he was Programme Director of the Master of Climate Change Science and Policy at Victoria University of Wellington and convened a highly subscribed postgraduate module about carbon pricing mechanisms.
From 2019 to 2023, He was Associate Editor of Geographical Research (Wiley), the journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers. Currently, Professor Lo is a Panel Member for the Research Foundation Flanders (Belgium) under the Science and Technology of Constructions and the Built Environment panel (W&T9). He is Editor of Asia Pacific Viewpoint (Wiley) and Adjunct Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
At York St John University, he plays a leadership role as Group Leader of the Global Sustainability Research Programme, and the Unit of Assessment (UoA) Lead of Business Studies and Management (UoA17) for the University’s submissions to upcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the UK.
