Professor Joshua Mok Ka-ho is President and Chair Professor of Comparative Policy at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, taking office on 1 September 2026. He was previously the university's Provost and Vice-President (Academic and Research). HSUHK's biography records that before joining HSUHK he was Vice-President and Lam Man Tsan Chair Professor of Comparative Policy at Lingnan University. He has also held leadership positions at The Education University of Hong Kong as Vice-President (Research and Development) and Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, at The University of Hong Kong as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, and at the University of Bristol as Chair Professor and Founding Director of the Centre of East Asian Studies. His research focuses on higher education policy, comparative social policy and institutional development, and he has written numerous books and peer-reviewed articles. He was appointed a Changjiang Chair Professor by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2010 and has served as an international consultant to UNESCO and the British Council. He is recognised among Stanford University's top 2% scientists, has been named a top leader in social sciences and humanities by Research.com, and in 2026 was ranked by ScholarGPS first globally in Asian studies and seventh in higher education research over the previous five years. Since May 2025 he has been a Deputy Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education at the University of Oxford. In public service he chairs the Advisory Committee on Social Work Training and Manpower Planning, the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust and the History Sub-Committee of the Museum Advisory Committee, and has been appointed by the Chief Executive as Vice-Chairman of the Elderly Commission and a member of the Social Welfare Advisory Committee. He is a member of the China Higher Education Association and was invited in April 2025 to be the founding editor-in-chief of Perspectives of Higher Education. He graduated from City University of Hong Kong with a BA (Hons) in public and social administration, took an MPhil at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Achievements
- 2026 · Became President of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong