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MPUP, MSSc Programme in Public Policy, has invited Professor Bridget Hutter, Professor of Risk Regulation from Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, to visit CUHK in late-March. Prof. Hutter has an international reputation for her work on compliance, regulatory enforcement and business risk management.

Event details are as follows:

(A) Seminar: Regulatory Crises: Regulatory Encounters with Disaster, A Multi-disciplinary Approach

Date: 28 March 2017 (Tue)

Time: 4:30pm

Venue: LT5, 2/F, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Abstract:

The presentation will take disasters as a context for examining questions about risk regulation. It introduces the notion of a regulatory crisis and considers how risk events can also become ‘critical moments’ of disruption to regulatory authorities. These are moments that can test, redefine and re-form regulatory regimes. The presentation will draw on different examples to examine the very different circumstances that can lead a regulatory crisis. It will also discuss how the research has been undertaken from multi-disciplinary perspectives.

Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/nbICmWUqyGkqsBhx1 on or before 21 Mar (Tue) (first-come-first-served)

(B) Welcome Dinner for Prof. Hutter

Date: 28 March 2017 (Tue)

Time: Reception starts at 6:15pm

Venue: Restaurant at 5/F Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Participants: Dean and Associate Dean of Faculty of Social Science, GPA Department Chairperson, GPA/MPUP teachers and students

Cost: Free

Dress Code: Semi-formal (No jeans, shorts, slippers or sandals.)

Registration: Send your full name, SID and contact number to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 21 March (Tue). Limited seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Please remark if you are a vegetarian.

(C) Individual Consultation with Prof. Hutter

Date: 29 March 2017 (Wed)

Time: 30 – 45 minutes in the afternoon

Hutter would be available to have meetings with individual students for discussion on research or on her expertise, i.e. compliance, regulatory enforcement and business risk management. If you are interested, please send your full name, SID and contact number to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 21 Mar (Tue). Email confirmation would be sent to successful applicants.

(D) Research Seminar: Risk Regulation Research and Risk Governance Practice: The REF and Impact

Date: 31 March 2017 (Fri)

Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Venue: Room 520, Chen Kou Bun Building

Abstract:

A discussion of the UK REF and the experience of demonstrating the impact of academic research on risk regulation and risk governance. Following a brief presentation there will be opportunity for questions, answers and discussion.

Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/sbABIIkOAbr1YNx53 on or before 21 Mar (Tue) (first-come-first-served)