Yanto Chandra is an Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong's Department of Public and International Affairs, where he co-directs the Technology, Policy, and Law Lab.

Chandra's research focuses on social entrepreneurship, governance in the technology and social contexts, and digital public management. Recently, he has researched how large language models (LLMs) artificial intelligence is applied and experimented with to improve organizational performance responsibly and safely. He also examines how blockchain and its derivatives are deployed to create social and public value. He is also interested in the history of new money such as crypto, CBDC, and novel payment systems. These build on his multi-year research on the relationship between entrepreneurship and performance in the context of hybrid organizations (“social entrepreneurship”) as well as the voluntary adoption of and self-governance of sustainable business models such as B-Corporation, impact investing, and ESG practices. 

His research has been published in leading business journals including the Financial Times (FT) 50 journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing (single authored), Journal of International Business Studies (single authored); and other reputable business journals such as Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Journal of World Business, as well as leading policy journals such as Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Policy & Internet, Journal of Social Policy, and World Development. He was also one of the first who published comics that bring across the principles of entrepreneurship and sustainability.

His research has been supported by the Hong Kong General Research Grants Council, Chiang-Ching Kuo International Research Grants, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIEFUND) research grant, among others. His research has won international accolades and prestigious awards such as the Best Paper Awards at the Academy of Management 2024 (Technology and Innovation Management Division) and 2022 (Entrepreneurship Division), Kooiman Best Paper Award 2021, International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) Award, and Emerald Literati 2010 Award.  

He was ranked in the Top 2% of all (>200,000) scholars in both the Business and Economics and Political Science and Public Administration categories in an author-citation study by Stanford University as of October 2023. He was also ranked as one of the Top 5 scholars in Political Science and Public Administration in China by citation count, according to a 2023 study.

He sits in the editorial board of the Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP). He is an Associate Editor for Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Business Ethics, Environment and Responsibility, Social Enterprise Journal, and Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and an editorial board member in several leading journals. He speaks regularly in various local, regional, and international forums including Asia, Europe and United States and has given commentaries in the media. 

Before rejoining CityU in 2022, he held tenured appointments as Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the City University of Hong Kong (joint appointment between the Department of Management and Department of Public Policy), as well as Assistant Professors at the University of Leeds (UK) and University of Amsterdam (NL) business schools.

Chandra completed his PhD in Entrepreneurship and Master of Commerce (Marketing) at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. He was trained as an accountant in his first degree. Prior to and in between his academic life, he worked as Assistant Vice President Decision Analytics at HSBC Hong Kong, and as analyst at Ruder Finn Asia (Singapore), strategic planner at Lowe Lintas (Jakarta) and auditor at Ernst & Young (Jakarta). He has held visiting positions at the University of Leeds.

He accepts applications for PhD and postdoctoral candidates to work on cutting edge topics every year. 

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