Echo Wang is a political scientist with a specialisation in governance and public policy. She received her joint PhD degree in political science and China studies from the National University of Singapore and Kings College London in 2019 and worked as an adjunct lecturer and postdoctoral fellow at the National University of Singapore before joining XJTLU. She also has work experience in the finance, nonprofit, and business sectors. Her research interests include social entrepreneurship and social enterprise, nonprofit management, state-society relations, and governance challenges in the third sector. 

I welcome PhD applications in the fields of public administration, governance, and public policy, with a particular interest in social entrepreneurship and innovation, state-society relations, and nonprofit management. 

Assistant professor, Department of China Studies, XJTLU, 2023 - present

Programme coordinator, Doing Business in Changing China Summer School (with IBSS), 2025 - present 

External partnership officer, Department of China Studies, XJTLU, 2025 - present

Associate researcher, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 2021 – present

Adjunct lecturer, Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore, 2022

At XJTLU: 

CCS407 China's Economy

CCS309 China and International Trade

CCS305 Research Skills and Methods (qualitative data analysis)

CCS108 Doing Business in China

At National University of Singapore (taught): 

PS2240 Introduction to Public Administration

PS3271 Public Policy Making

PS4230 Public Sector Reforms in China