Faculty Profiles - YI Fangxin Francine | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Fangxin Francine YI
易芳馨

PhD in Urban Development and Policy
National University of Singapore, 2020

Research Assistant Professor
Division of Public Policy

(852) 3469 2410
francineyi@ust.hk
Room 3026
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ORCID

0000-0002-5175-3040

ResearcherID

DZP-5493-2022

Scopus ID

57219259250

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment

Research Interest

Urban and land policy
City resilience
Risk management
Complexity and public policy

Publications

All Years 16 2026 2 2025 1 2024 2 2023 5 2022 1 2021 1 2020 4

2026 2

Hong Kong land development and policy intensity: strategic embedding in a period of transition

Journal of Asian Public Policy
Yi, Fangxin; Yu, Hongfei; Zhang, Xianyun; Yue, Yang
Article

Wavelength-specific urban nighttime light modulates expressed sentiment across China

Nature Cities, v. 3, p. 261-272
Zhang, Chaoqun; Meng, Mei; Chen, Ziyue; Du, Wenchong; Dong, Weihua; Wang, jianghao; Gao, Bingbo; YI, Fangxin Francine; Zhu, Kaixin; Hu, Jianqiang; Zhao, Yuheng; Yang, Jing; Li, Manchun; Wang, Qiao
Article

2025 1

Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China

Public Administration and Development, p. 1-13
Yan, Yifei; Wu, Alfred M.; Huang, Biao; Yi, Fangxin
Article

2024 2

A large-scale field experiment on participatory decision-making in China

Nature Human Behaviour, v. 8, (11), p. 2119-2126
Wu, Sherry Jueyu; Mai, Ke Michael; Zhuang, Ming; Yi, Fangxin
Article

Time matters in pandemic risk communication: A moderated effect of information timeliness on stakeholder perception in Singapore

Risk Analysis, v. 44, (5), p. 1254-1267
Yi, Fangxin; Li, Xiangyu; Yu, Shaocong; Zhang, Qiang
Article

2023 5

A Strategy Formulation Framework for Efficient Screening during the Early Stage of a Pandemic

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, v. 8, (2), article number 78
Wang, Shuangyan; Zhang, Yuan; Zhang, Qiang; Lu, Qibin; Liu, Chengcheng; Yi, Fangxin
Article

Community Resilience and COVID-19: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Resilience Attributes in 16 Countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v. 20, (1), article number 474
Yi, Fangxin; Woo, Jun Jie; Zhang, Qiang
Article

National Big Data Experimental Area and the Unexpected Booming of the Housing Price in Guiyang of Guizhou Province of China

Land, v. 12, (2), article number 453
Zhang, Lu; Yu, Hongfei; Zhou, Zhongfa; Yi, Fangxin; Li, Dong
Article

Tolerance for Housing Unaffordability among Highly Skilled Young Migrants: Evidence from the Zhejiang Province of China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v. 20, (1), article number 616
Jin, Xizan; Yu, Hongfei; Yi, Fangxin; Chen, Lili; Wang, Song
Article

Social Resilience and COVID-19 Recovery: Evidence from 107 Countries

Comparative Studies on Pandemic Control Policies and the Resilience of Society / Springer Nature, 2023, p. 79-90
Yi, Fangxin; Feng, Yangtian; Li, Tao
Book chapter

2022 1

Pathways to Sustainable Deployment of Solar Photovoltaic Policies in 20 Leading Countries Using a Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Sustainability (Switzerland), v. 14, (10), article number 5858
Lu, Yujie; Yi, Fangxin; Yu, Shaocong; Feng, Yangtian; Wang, Yujuan
Article

2021 1

Quantifying influences of natural and anthropogenic factors on vegetation changes using structural equation modeling: A case study in Jiangsu Province, China

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 280, article number 124330
Yang, Lin; Shen, Feixue; Zhang, Lei; Cai, Yanyan; Yi, Fangxin; Zhou, Chenghu
Article

2020 1

Collaboration of top-down and bottom-up approaches in the post-disaster housing reconstruction: Evaluating the cases in Yushu Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China from resilience perspective

Land Use Policy, v. 99, article number 104932
Yi, Fangxin; Deng, Dong; Zhang, Yanjiang
Article

2019 1

Land Reform, Participatory Budgeting and Grassroots Democracy in Progressive Chengdu, China

The Rise of Progressive Cities East and West / Springer, 2019, p. 137-150
Yi, Fangxin
Book chapter

2018 1

An evaluation of the paired assistance to disaster- Affected areas program in disaster recovery: The case of the Wenchuan Earthquake

Sustainability (Switzerland), v. 10, (12), article number 4483
Yi, Fangxin; Tu, Yong
Article

2011 1

Urbanization of capital or capitalization on urban land? Land development and local public finance in urbanizing China

Urban Geography, v. 32, (1), p. 50-79
Lin, George; Yi, Fangxin
Article

Article 2

Hong Kong land development and policy intensity: strategic embedding in a period of transition

Journal of Asian Public Policy
Yi, Fangxin; Yu, Hongfei; Zhang, Xianyun; Yue, Yang

Wavelength-specific urban nighttime light modulates expressed sentiment across China

Nature Cities, v. 3, p. 261-272
Zhang, Chaoqun; Meng, Mei; Chen, Ziyue; Du, Wenchong; Dong, Weihua; Wang, jianghao; Gao, Bingbo; YI, Fangxin Francine; Zhu, Kaixin; Hu, Jianqiang; Zhao, Yuheng; Yang, Jing; Li, Manchun; Wang, Qiao

Article 1

Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China

Public Administration and Development, p. 1-13
Yan, Yifei; Wu, Alfred M.; Huang, Biao; Yi, Fangxin

Article 2

A large-scale field experiment on participatory decision-making in China

Nature Human Behaviour, v. 8, (11), p. 2119-2126
Wu, Sherry Jueyu; Mai, Ke Michael; Zhuang, Ming; Yi, Fangxin

Time matters in pandemic risk communication: A moderated effect of information timeliness on stakeholder perception in Singapore

Risk Analysis, v. 44, (5), p. 1254-1267
Yi, Fangxin; Li, Xiangyu; Yu, Shaocong; Zhang, Qiang

Article 4

A Strategy Formulation Framework for Efficient Screening during the Early Stage of a Pandemic

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, v. 8, (2), article number 78
Wang, Shuangyan; Zhang, Yuan; Zhang, Qiang; Lu, Qibin; Liu, Chengcheng; Yi, Fangxin

Community Resilience and COVID-19: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Resilience Attributes in 16 Countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v. 20, (1), article number 474
Yi, Fangxin; Woo, Jun Jie; Zhang, Qiang

National Big Data Experimental Area and the Unexpected Booming of the Housing Price in Guiyang of Guizhou Province of China

Land, v. 12, (2), article number 453
Zhang, Lu; Yu, Hongfei; Zhou, Zhongfa; Yi, Fangxin; Li, Dong

Tolerance for Housing Unaffordability among Highly Skilled Young Migrants: Evidence from the Zhejiang Province of China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v. 20, (1), article number 616
Jin, Xizan; Yu, Hongfei; Yi, Fangxin; Chen, Lili; Wang, Song

Book chapter 1

Social Resilience and COVID-19 Recovery: Evidence from 107 Countries

Comparative Studies on Pandemic Control Policies and the Resilience of Society / Springer Nature, 2023, p. 79-90
Yi, Fangxin; Feng, Yangtian; Li, Tao

Article 1

Pathways to Sustainable Deployment of Solar Photovoltaic Policies in 20 Leading Countries Using a Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Sustainability (Switzerland), v. 14, (10), article number 5858
Lu, Yujie; Yi, Fangxin; Yu, Shaocong; Feng, Yangtian; Wang, Yujuan

Article 1

Quantifying influences of natural and anthropogenic factors on vegetation changes using structural equation modeling: A case study in Jiangsu Province, China

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 280, article number 124330
Yang, Lin; Shen, Feixue; Zhang, Lei; Cai, Yanyan; Yi, Fangxin; Zhou, Chenghu

Article 1

Collaboration of top-down and bottom-up approaches in the post-disaster housing reconstruction: Evaluating the cases in Yushu Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China from resilience perspective

Land Use Policy, v. 99, article number 104932
Yi, Fangxin; Deng, Dong; Zhang, Yanjiang

Book chapter 1

Land Reform, Participatory Budgeting and Grassroots Democracy in Progressive Chengdu, China

The Rise of Progressive Cities East and West / Springer, 2019, p. 137-150
Yi, Fangxin

Article 1

An evaluation of the paired assistance to disaster- Affected areas program in disaster recovery: The case of the Wenchuan Earthquake

Sustainability (Switzerland), v. 10, (12), article number 4483
Yi, Fangxin; Tu, Yong

Article 1

Urbanization of capital or capitalization on urban land? Land development and local public finance in urbanizing China

Urban Geography, v. 32, (1), p. 50-79
Lin, George; Yi, Fangxin

2020 1

Collaboration of top-down and bottom-up approaches in the post-disaster housing reconstruction: Evaluating the cases in Yushu Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China from resilience perspective

Land Use Policy, v. 99, article number 104932
Yi, Fangxin; Deng, Dong; Zhang, Yanjiang
Article

2019 1

Land Reform, Participatory Budgeting and Grassroots Democracy in Progressive Chengdu, China

The Rise of Progressive Cities East and West / Springer, 2019, p. 137-150
Yi, Fangxin
Book chapter

2018 1

An evaluation of the paired assistance to disaster- Affected areas program in disaster recovery: The case of the Wenchuan Earthquake

Sustainability (Switzerland), v. 10, (12), article number 4483
Yi, Fangxin; Tu, Yong
Article

2011 1

Urbanization of capital or capitalization on urban land? Land development and local public finance in urbanizing China

Urban Geography, v. 32, (1), p. 50-79
Lin, George; Yi, Fangxin
Article

Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Spring 1 2025-26 Winter 0 2025-26 Fall 0 2024-25 Summer 0 2024-25 Spring 0 2024-25 Winter 0

PPOL5540

Urban Studies, Disaster Governance and Resilience

No Teaching Assignments

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

All Projects 3 Leading Projects 2 Participating Projects 1

Human-Machine Collaborative Intelligent Deliberation and Public Policy Optimization Using Generative Multi-Agent Large Language Models

基于生成式多智能體大語言模型的人機協同智能議事與公共政策決策優化研究 Leading

National Natural Science Foundation of China
Project Team (HKUST)
YI Fangxin Francine (Lead)

SONG Celine Yunya

XUE Wei
2026 -
Generative Content Detection and Ethical Value Alignment for Multimodal Large Models

面向多模態大模型的生成內容識別與價值觀倫理對齊方法研究 Participating

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) / Research Grants Council (RGC)
Project Team (HKUST)
GUO Yike (Lead)

YI Fangxin Francine
2026 -
Fiscal Decentralization and the Strategic Embedding of Land-Centered Urbanization: Three Decades under the Tax-Sharing System

財政分權和中國的的土地城鎮化：分稅制30年后的政策影響 Leading

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Project Team (HKUST)
YI Fangxin Francine (Lead)
2025 -

Research Interest

Publications

2026 2

2025 1

2024 2

2023 5

2022 1

2021 1

2020 1

2019 1

2018 1

2011 1

Article 2

Article 1

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Article 4

Book chapter 1

Article 1

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Article 1

Book chapter 1

Article 1

Article 1

2020 1

2019 1

2018 1

2011 1

Teaching Assignment

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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