Nicole Wu

Nicole Wu is an Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto (currently on leave). Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University. She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 2020.

Her research and teaching interests include international and comparative political economy, public opinion, the politics of technology, and labor politics. Specifically, her work seeks to understand the political consequences of two of the most important changes in the contemporary world economy — technological change and the rise of China.

Her work is currently supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) through the CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program.

She holds an MA in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a BSSc (First Class Honours) in Government and Public Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was a visiting student at the University of Pennsylvania, University of California–Berkeley, and Purdue University, where she studied environmental science and agricultural economics.