Yumeng Fan

Profile

Thesis supervisors

• Professor John Hudson
• Professor Neil Lunt

Thesis Title

Bridging the Public-Private Divide Through Policy Learning: The Case of China’s Supplementary Medical Insurance Scheme

Biography

Biography

My research interests centre on the policy process of health and social care reforms. I am particularly interested in policy learning and experimentation, and how they interact to shape healthcare policymaking. I am keen to explore both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Before starting my PhD, I worked for three years as a research assistant. I hold an MSc in International Social and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Greater China Studies from the Education University of Hong Kong.

Research

Research Topic

Policy learning, experimentation, and public-private partnerships in medical insurance policies

Research interests

• Health and social care
• Policy process theories
• Policy learning and experimentation
• Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) methods

Publications

Publications

He, J., Fan, Y., & Su, R. (2024). Unpack the black box of pilot sampling in policy experimentation: a qualitative comparative analysis of China’s public hospital reform. Governance, 37(3), 803-824.

He, J., Liu, P., Fan, Y., & Liu, H. (2023). Sending professors to the field: does faculty-practitioner exchange narrow the theory-practice gap in China’s MPA programs? Journal of Asian Public Policy, 16(1), 96-113.

He, J., Fan, Y., & Su, R. (2022). Seeking policy solutions in a complex system: experimentalist governance in China’s healthcare reform. Policy Sciences, 55(4), 755-776.

Shek, D.T.L., Yu, L., Sun, R.C.F., & Fan, Y. (2022). Internet Addiction. In: D.W. Pfaff, N.D. Volkow, & J, Rubenstein (Eds.), Neuroscience in the 21st Century. Springer.

GTA Modules

GTA Modules

• Social Evils in the Chocolate City
• Research Design
• Power, Policy and Social Progress