I am an assistant professor at Maastricht University and UNU-MERIT. I am also a fellow member of the African Studies Centre Leiden at Leiden University. I was a visiting researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) at Oslo and the Center for Economic Catch-Up at Seoul. 

Research

Recent Publications

• Collazos Ortiz, Maria Antonieta, Pui-Hang Wong, and David Andres Londoño Bedoya. (Forthcoming) The impact of political alignment on resource rent distribution in Colombia. Regional and Federal Studies. 1-27.

• Wong, Pui-Hang, Karima Kourtit., & Peter Nijkamp (Forthcoming). A Meta-Analysis of Neighbourhood Interventions on Subjective Wellbeing and Mental Health. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 1-37.

• Moore, Lindsey, Mindel van de Laar, Pui-Hang Wong, Cathal O'Donoghue. (2025) Integrating Human-Centered AI for Land Use Policy: Insights from Agricultural Interventions in International Development. Land Use Policy, 158, 107716.

• Tiganasu, Ramona, Alexandru Banica, & Pui-Hang Wong. (2025) Catalyzing digital and environmental transformations by institutions in a diverse socio-economic world. World Development., 193, 107052.

• Wong, Pui-Hang, Karima Kourtit., & Peter Nijkamp (2025). The teleworking paradox: the geography of residential mobility of workers in pandemic times. The Annals of Regional Science, 74(1), 1-27.

Selected Publications

• Wong, Pui-Hang, Ortrun Merkle & Melissa Siegel. (2024). Remittance receivers as targets for corruption in Latin America, Journal of Development Studies, 60(2): 324-343.

• Wong, Pui-Hang. (2016). How can political trust be built after civil wars? Evidence from post-conflict Sierra Leone. Journal of Peace Research, 53(6), 772-785.

Work in Progress

• (Under review) Wong, Pui-Hang and Julia Hahn. Pubic transportation and residential location choice: A discrete choice experiment.

• (Under review) Ramani, Shyama, Pui-Hang Wong, Vivek Claver. Toilet or Open? Modeling Defecation Choice as a Reasoned Action.

• (Under review) Trang Thi Pham & Pui-Hang Wong. Internet access and youth’s mental health and well-being: Evidence from Ethiopia. 

• Adou, Adam. Pui-Hang Wong, Rasums Lema. Environmental regulations and trade in developing countries.

• Wong, Pui-Hang and Tsz-Nga Wong. Strategic complementarity and the rise of polarization: Theory and evidence.

Teaching

2025/2026

• Peace and Justice (BA Global Studies)

• From Climate Conflict to Climate Justice (Minor in Sustainability)

• Methods for Policy Analysis (MSc in Public Policy)

• Advanced Methods for Policy-Relevant Research and Analysis (MSc in Public Policy)

• Innovation Systems, Policy and Sustainability Transitions

I am also supervising bachelor, master and PhD theses.