Metropolitan Governance in Asia and the Pacific Rim Borders, Challenges, Futures

Bligh Grant is Associate Professor at the UTS Institute for Public Policy and Governance (UTS IPPG) in Sydney, Australia. A continuing focus of his work is local government/urban studies, particularly as it pertains to Australasia and the Asia-Pacific. He is head of the Masters of Local Government program at UTS and has taught Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Asian Studies, Political Economy and Business Management across several universities. In 2017 he was visiting fellow at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) in Guangzhou, China.

Cathy Yang Liu is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA, Unites States. She is the faculty director for the urban planning and policy concentration in bachelor, master, and PhD in public policy degree programs and the Graduate certificate in Planning and Economic Development. Her research interests lie in community and economic development, urban labor market and policy, migration and entrepreneurship, as well as international urban development. She addresses urban policy and community development issues in the context of changing urban spatial form, demographic dynamics and economic processes.

Lin Ye is Professor at the School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) in Guangzhou, China. He is the Associate Director of the MPA program and Associate Director of Center for Urban and Local Governance at SYSU. His primary research interests are in the field of urban policy and regional governance, and he provides consulting work for government agencies, social organizations, and public enterprises in China.