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Ka Ho Mok is affiliated with Hang Seng University of Hong Kong in China and has contributed extensively to the social sciences, particularly in the fields of political science, international relations, and education. Their work primarily focuses on higher education governance and development, international student and expatriate challenges, social policy reforms, and the impacts of global events on education systems.

Their recent research includes studies on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education and student mobility, with notable papers such as "Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on international higher education and student mobility: Student perspectives from mainland China and Hong Kong" (2020, International Journal of Educational Research), and "COVID-19 pandemic's disruption on university teaching and learning and competence cultivation: Student evaluation of online learning experiences in Hong Kong" (2021, International Journal of Chinese Education).

Additional publications address broader developments in higher education, including "Massification, diversification and internationalisation of higher education in China: Critical reflections of developments in the last two decades" (2021, International Journal of Educational Development), and analyses of employment challenges faced by graduates, as exemplified by "COVID-19 crisis and challenges for graduate employment in Taiwan, Mainland China and East Asia: a critical review of skills preparing students for uncertain futures" (2021, Journal of Education and Work).

Ka Ho Mok's coauthors frequently include Weiyan Xiong, Zhuoyi Wen, Youliang Zhang, Yuyang Kang, and Alex Yue Feng Zhu, indicating collaboration across multiple research projects.

Their articles have been published prominently in outlets such as:

  • Higher Education Policy
  • Journal of Asian Public Policy
  • Higher Education Quarterly
  • International Journal of Educational Research
  • International Journal of Educational Development

Regarding book publications, Ka Ho Mok has authored titles published by Springer Nature and other publishers. Notable works include "Higher Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Comparative Perspectives" (2022) and "Crafting the Future of International Higher Education in Asia via Systems Change and Innovation" (2023), both from Springer Nature, as well as "The Reinvention of Liberal Learning Around the Globe" (2023) published under Crossing Cultures: Liberal Learning for a World in Flux.

Their research spans several subfields of study within the social sciences, such as:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Education
  • Communication
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Demography

Prominent topics addressed in their research consist of:

  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • International Student and Expatriate Challenges
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Higher Education Learning Practices
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
  • Higher Education and Employability

Best Publications

  • Transforming Higher Education in Whose Image? Exploring the Concept of the 'World-Class' University in Europe and Asia

    Rosemary Deem;Ka Ho Mok;Lisa Lucas

  • Questing for internationalization of universities in Asia : critical reflections

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on international higher education and student mobility: Student perspectives from mainland China and Hong Kong

    Ka Ho Mok;Weiyan Xiong;Guoguo Ke;Joyce Oi Wun Cheung

  • Education reform and education policy in East Asia

    Ka-Ho Mok

  • Fostering entrepreneurship : changing role of government and higher education governance in Hong Kong

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Globalization and educational restructuring : university merging and changing governance in China

    Ka-ho Mok

  • Marketizing higher education in post-Mao China

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Globalisation and higher education restructuring in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Massification of Higher Education, Graduate Employment and Social Mobility in the Greater China Region.

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Impact of globalization : a study of quality assurance systems of higher education in Hong Kong and Singapore

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Educational Reforms and Coping Strategies under the Tidal Wave of Marketisation: a comparative study of Hong Kong and the mainland

    David Chan;Ka-Ho Mok

  • Reflecting globalization effects on local policy: higher education reform in Taiwan

    Ka-Ho Mok

  • Education and the market place in Hong Kong and Mainland China

    Ka-Ho Mok

  • Higher education, changing labour market and social mobility in the era of massification in China

    Ka Ho Mok;Alfred M. Wu

  • Massification of higher education and challenges for graduate employment and social mobility : East Asian experiences and sociological reflections

    Ka Ho Mok;Jin Jiang

  • The quest for world class university: Quality assurance and international benchmarking in Hong Kong

    Ka‐ho Mok

  • Global aspirations and strategising for world-class status : new form of politics in higher education governance in Hong Kong

    Ka Ho Mok;Anthony B.L. Cheung

  • Similar trends, diverse agendas : higher education reforms in East Asia

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Singapore's global education hub ambitions : university governance change and transnational higher education

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Riding over socialism and global capitalism: changing education governance and social policy paradigms in post‐Mao China

    Ka Ho Mok

  • Globalization and educational restructuring in the Asia Pacific region

    Ka-Ho Mok;Anthony R. Welch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen Huisman
Jeroen Huisman Ghent University
Rosemary Deem
Rosemary Deem Royal Holloway University of London
Malcolm Tight
Malcolm Tight Lancaster University
Simon Marginson
Simon Marginson University of Oxford
Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest City University of Hong Kong
Philip Hallinger
Philip Hallinger Mahidol University

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