He mainly teaches social policy and housing policy. His major research interests are gender studies, housing studies, and social welfare and social policy analysis. Recent publications include: ‘Deconstructing the Asian Welfare Model: social equality matters’ in Journal of Asian Public Policy 1(3) 2008, The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia (Lexington, 2007, co-ed), Gender and Social Work – Theory and Practice (Chinese University Press, 2006, in Chinese, co-ed).