{"id":8257,"date":"2026-10-02T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/?page_id=8257"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:52:05","slug":"professor-kwan-nok-chan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/slgppeople\/professor-kwan-nok-chan\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Kwan Nok Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8257\" class=\"elementor elementor-8257\" 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 Kwan Nok Chan<\/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\">Associate Professor, Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Assistant Dean (Teaching &amp; Learning), Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n<\/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>Prof. Kwan Nok Chan researches the role of information in public policy. He combines classic theories of institutions in the public policy literature with notions of information processing from behavioral science and information theory to understand how communities organize themselves to overcome uncertainty, cognitive overload, attentional biases, and other informational inefficiencies to deliver effective governance.<\/p><p>A number of his past projects were concerned with information processing inside government bureaucracies. Drawing on an original dataset spanning decades of policymaking in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, these studies revisit assumptions prevalent in public policy theories of information processing and suggest modifications to improve their generalizability in comparative applications. More recently, his team has sought to further develop information processing theory, this time focusing on how policy information varies qualitatively across domains and how that variation, in turn, reshapes intra-governmental exchange. Recent publications and working papers include additional research on oversight and disclosure as policy tools to address informational challenges in environmental regulation and ESG.<\/p><p>Combining information processing with the Center\u2019s long-term interest in the commons and collective action, his team investigates how institutional choice is associated with the quality of peer-produced content in online encyclopedias and other open-access communities, whose effective governance bears critically upon social and economic growth in the digital era. Another project compares the patterns of AI integration in public service among street-level bureaucrats in Shanghai, Taipei, and Seoul, where pre-existing information-processing arrangements are found to determine the scale and extent of AI integration in many important public service scenarios.<\/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=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-design-28.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-design-28.png 400w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-design-28-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-design-28-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\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-7d3ff58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7d3ff58\" 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>Associate Professor, Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Assistant Dean (Teaching &#038; Learning), Faculty of Social Sciences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8258,"parent":371,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[5],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8257"}],"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=8257"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8284,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8257\/revisions\/8284"}],"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\/8258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}