Professor On-Kwok Lai

Prof. On-Kwok Lai,  Dr.rer.pol.
School of Policy Studies,
Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.

E-mail: oklai@ksc.kwansei.ac.jp

On-Kwok LAI, Dr. rer. pol., is Professor at the School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, honorary professorship in Social Policy and fellowship in Urban Planning at The University of Hong Kong. He has taught/researched policy studies and sociology in Germany, China (Hong Kong and Shanghai), and New Zealand. He publishes over 100 journal papers and book-chapters on environmental, social and urban issues and policy in Asia and Europe, and has been invited as speaker for conferences of UNESCO, WHO, Asia’s Future Initiative (South Korea). His recent research is on: social development issues / impact of information society, comparative policy studies on globalization, and socio-ecological modernization.