Donald Low

Donald Low is Senior Lecturer and Professor of Practice, and Director of Leadership and Public Policy Executive Education, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He’s the editor of Behavioural Economics and Public Policy: Examples from Singapore (2011), the lead author of Hard Choices: Challenging the Singapore Consensus (2014), and co-author of PAP v PAP: The Party’s Struggle to Adapt to a Changing Singapore (2020). At HKUST, he teaches courses in economic development, finance and financial crises, and complexity at the master’s programs in public policy, public management, and business administration. He also writes regular columns for the South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, and The Diplomat, and has been quoted by international media such as The Economist, Financial Times, New York Times, Time, Channel News Asia, and others. Prior to joining HKUST in 2019, Donald was Associate Professor of Practice and the Associate Dean for Executive Education and Research at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.