{"id":7579,"date":"2026-01-14T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/?page_id=7579"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:25:19","slug":"professor-alex-lo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/slgppeople\/professor-alex-lo\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Alex Lo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7579\" class=\"elementor elementor-7579\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cce5f4 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3cce5f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c303df6\" data-id=\"c303df6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616f773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"616f773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professor Alex Lo<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9d883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb9d883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honorary Professor, Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67213dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67213dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fe722d\" data-id=\"4fe722d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127a7c7 mi-big-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"127a7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Staff Profile<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c51d6f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c51d6f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4e78cc\" data-id=\"b4e78cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f77087 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f77087\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>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.<\/p><p>From 2019 to 2023, He was Associate Editor of <em>Geographical Research<\/em> (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&amp;T9). He is Editor of <em>Asia Pacific Viewpoint<\/em> (Wiley) and Adjunct Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.<\/p><p>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\u2019s submissions to upcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the UK.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-569d675\" data-id=\"569d675\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd33f3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd33f3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"232\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alex-Lo-15_3-232x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alex-Lo-15_3-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alex-Lo-15_3.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6849f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f6849f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honorary Professor, Centre for Civil Society and Governance at the University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7586,"parent":371,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[5,1],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7579"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7587,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7579\/revisions\/7587"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}