Zhang Dong
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Sciences
Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. Dong Zhang received his doctorate in political science from Northwestern University in June 2016. He was a Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow in contemporary Asia at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center of Stanford University (2016-2017). He worked as a consultant of the World Bank and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). He holds bachelor’s degrees in public policy and economics, and a master’s degree in public policy from Peking University, Beijing. His research interests include political economy of development, authoritarian politics, corruption and governance.
Research Interest
Political economy of development, Authoritarian politics, Corruption and governance.
Publications
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“Does Corruption Hinder Private Businesses? Leadership Stability and Predictable Corruption in China" (with Jiangnan Zhu). Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions 30, 3 (2017): 343–363
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“Weapons of the Powerful: Authoritarian Elite Competition and Politicized Anticorruption in China†(with Jiangnan Zhu). Comparative Political Studies 50,9 (2017): 1186–1220
