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. He is also a core member of the Laboratory for Public Management and Policy.
Chandra's research focuses on how social entrepreneurship and innovation as a citizen-driven initiative create public value, as well as the collaborative governance role it plays in tackling public problems. His research also examines how innovation occurs in the public sector and across public services, with what consequence, the impact of new technologies on society and policy, and ways to govern them. His projects in recent years have examined how artificial intelligence - particularly large language models (LLMs) and blockchain - can be applied to initiatives and organizations aiming to create broader public value and impact, including different types of social enterprises, non-profits, and public services.
His research has been published in leading public administration and policy journals such as Public Management Review, Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, International Public Management Journal, Policy & Internet, Journal of Social Policy, and World Development. His research also appears in leading business journals, including the Financial Times (FT) 50 / UTD journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, and Journal of Business Ethics. He was also one of the first scholars to publish comics that brought 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, and Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SIEFUND) research grant. His research has won international accolades and prestigious awards such as the Best Paper Award 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 (>10 million) scholars in the Business and Economics and Political Science and Public Administration categories in an author-citation study by Stanford University as of 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021. He was ranked as one of the Top 3 scholars in Political Science and Public Administration in China in the 2024 citation count and ranked in the Top 5 in 2023.
He is a member of the editorial board of the Academy of Management Perspectives. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Business Ethics, Environment and Responsibility, Social Enterprise Journal, and Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, among others. He speaks regularly in various local, regional, and international forums, including Asia, Europe, and the United States. He has given commentaries in the media, including the South China Morning Post, CoinTelegraph, Forkast News, and The Jakarta Post.
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 of Decision Analytics at HSBC Hong Kong, as an analyst at Ruder Finn Asia (Singapore), as a strategic planner at Lowe Lintas (Jakarta), and as an 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 each year.