DGPA Student Publications

The Department of Government and Public Administration (DGPA), Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS), University of Macau (UM) encourages postgraduate students across all of its degree programmes to partake in high quality research projects in collaboration with Department faculty members, fellow students, and individually. Many of our students have successfully published their research in peer-reviewed academic journals and this trend is set to accelerate with the Department’s continuous growth. This page features research publications that are authored or co-authored by DGPA students. [Last Updated: November 2024]


Weiqing Song and Xiaoqing Li1. 2024. ““Eastern Opening” Policy as Political Marketing: Populism and Hungary’s Relations with China under the Orbán Government.” Problems of Post-Communism (online first). https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2024.2329878

[2024 Web of Science: Political Science SSCI Q2]

Notes: (1) MSS in European Studies programme, graduated 2022.


Xiangning Wu and Peiyu Wang1. 2024 “Navigating the Complex Landscape of a Great Power Identity.” China Review 24 (1): 165–196. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/922148

[2024 Web of Science: Area Studies SSCI Q1]

Notes: (1) PhD in Political Science programme.


Sibei Sun1 and Xiangning Wu. 2024. “Internarrativity beyond acceptance: strategic narrative reproduction and Taiwan’s ‘Taiwan Can Help’ campaign in the US.” Contemporary Politics (online first). https://doi.org/10.1080/13569775.2024.2311983

[2024 Web of Science: Political Science SSCI Q1]

Notes: (1) PhD in Political Science programme.


Li Sheng, Yechang Yin, Anning Zhang1, and Jiwei Wu2. 2024. “Revisiting the effects of labour, capital and scale-augmenting technological progress on steady-state output.” Argumenta Oeconomica 1 (52): 179–187. https://doi.org/10.15611/aoe.2024.1.10

[2024 Web of Science: Economics SSCI Q4]

Notes: (1) PhD in Public Administration programme; (2) PhD in Political Science programme.


Qin Liu1 and Tao Li. 2024 “When Decentralization Reduces Regional Disparity: Analyzing Access to College in China.” SAGE Open 14 (1): 21582440231218679. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231218679

[2024 Web of Science: Social Sciences – Interdisciplinary SSCI Q1]

Notes: (1) PhD in Political Science programme.


Joseph Ching Velasco1, and Weiqing Song. 2023. “Nexus of Strong Presidentialism and Philippine Foreign Policy: The Case of the Duterte Presidency’s Hedging toward China.” Pacific Focus 38 (3): 349–377. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2022.2137227

[2024 Web of Science: International Relations SSCI Q3]

Notes: (1) MSS in International Relations programme, graduated 2022.


Weiqing Song, Yinyan Ruan1, and Sibei Sun2. 2023. “Twitter diplomacy and China’s strategic narrative during the early Covid-19 crisis.” Asian Perspective 47 (4): 683–705. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/apr.2023.a912750

[2024 Web of Science: International Relations SSCI Q2]

Notes: (1) MSS in International Relations programme, graduated 2021; (2) PhD in Political Science programme.


Li Sheng, Anning Zhang1, and Yechang Yin. 2023 “A city profile of Macau—The rise and fall of a casino city.” Cities 140 (1), 104431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104431

[2024 Web of Science: Urban Studies SSCI Q1]

Notes: (1) PhD in Public Administration programme.


Sibei Sun1 and Xiangning Wu. 2023. “Taiwan’s think tank diplomacy in the Trump-Tsai era: leveraging intersocietal networks and increasing government support.” China: An International Journal 21 (1): 83–113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/chn.2023.0008

[2024 Web of Science: Area Studies SSCI Q3]

Notes: (1) PhD in Political Science programme.


Li Sheng, Yechang Yin, Anning Zhang1, Jiwei Wu2, and Ziqing Yang3. 2023. “Modelling casino hospitality business cycles.” Argumenta Oeconomica 50 (1): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.15611/aoe.2023.1.02

[2024 Web of Science: Economics SSCI Q4]

Notes: (1) PhD in Public Administration programme; (2) PhD in Political Science programme; (3) PhD in Political Science programme.


Israel Nyaburi Nyadera1, Md Nazmul Islam, and Felix Shihundu. 2023. “Rebel fragmentation and protracted conflicts: Lessons from SPLM/A in South Sudan.” Journal of Asian and African Studies 59 (8): 2428–2448. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096231154815

[2024 Web of Science: Area Studies SSCI Q2]

Notes: (1) PhD in Political Science programme, graduated 2023.


Xiangning Wu, and Joseph Ching Velasco1. 2022. “Examining the Philippines’ China policy: great powers and domestic politics.” Australian Journal of International Affairs 76 (6): 672–693. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2022.2085242

[2024 Web of Science: International Relations SSCI Q2]

Notes: (1) MSS in International Relations programme, graduated 2022.


Li Sheng, Yechang Yin, Anning Zhang1, and Jiwei Wu2. 2022. “Modelling economic structure: The perspective of tourist cities.” Argumenta Oeconomica 49 (2): 135–150. http://dx.doi.org/10.15611/aoe.2022.2.07

[2024 Web of Science: Economics SSCI Q4]

Notes: (1) PhD in Public Administration programme; (2) PhD in Political Science programme.


Li Sheng, Yechang Yin, and Anning Zhang1. 2022. “Theorising on tourist flows and business cycles in casino cities.” Argumenta Oeconomica 48 (1): 187–199. https://doi.org/10.15611/aoe.2022.1.08

[2024 Web of Science: Economics SSCI Q4]

Notes: (1) PhD in Public Administration programme.