Professor KÜHNER Stefan

Stefan obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, United Kingdom. He joined Lingnan University in August 2016. His research interests centre on comparative social policy, poverty and well-being, and research methods. Stefan is the Editor of the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (Cambridge University Press) and the Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy book series (Bristol University Press). Stefan is the Director of the Department’s MSocSc Programme in Comparative Social Policy (International). 

•   Comparative and International Social Policy Analysis
•   Social Welfare and Benefits Stigma
•   Welfare Attitudes and Deservingness
•   Child Well-being and Work-family Reconciliation
•   New Social Risks and Welfare State Futures

MA (York, UK); PhD (York, UK)

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Journal Articles

1. Kühner, S. (2023) Measuring ‘What?’ and ‘How?’ Welfare Development and the Dependent Variable Problem within East Asian Social Policy Analysis, Melbourne Asia Review, Edition 14, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, June 2023.
2. Kühner, S., Hong, I., Ketola, M. & Roumpakis, A. (2023) Editors’ Introduction: Ten years of the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (2013-2022)—Taking Stock and Charting A Route Forward, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy (First View).
3. Kühner, S. & Chou, K. L. (2023). To Claim or Not to Claim: Investigating Non-Take-Up of Welfare Schemes Targeting Hong Kong Older Adults and the Stigma Attached to Them, Journal of Social Policy (First View).
4. Addae, E. & Kühner, S., & Lau, K. W. M. (2023) Social Context of School Satisfaction among Primary and Secondary School Children in Hong Kong, Children and Youth Services Review, Vol 148, May 2023, 10688.
5. Yuda, T. K. & Kühner, S. (2022). Bringing Indonesia into the global welfare regime debate: A literature review and future research agenda, Asian Social Work & Policy Review, 17(2), 103-114.
6. Choi, Y. J., Kühner, S., & Shi, S. J. (2022) From “New Social Risks” to “COVID Social Risks:” The Challenges for Inclusive Society in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Amid the Pandemic, Policy & Society.
7. Addae, E. & Kühner, S. (2022) How Socioeconomic Status and Family Social Capital Matter for the Subjective Well-being of Young People: Implications for the Child and Family Welfare Policy in Ghana, Journal of Social Policy.
8. Kühner, S., Lau, K. W. M., & Addae, E. (2021) The Mediating Role of Social Capital in the Relationship Between Hong Kong Children’s Socioeconomic Status and Subjective Well-being, Child Indicators Research, 14, 1881-1909 (2021).
9. Kühner, S., Jiang, J., Lau, M., & Wen, Z. (2021) Labour Market Experience, Educational Attainment and Self-Reported Happiness: Crowding-Out among Young People in Hong Kong?, Journal of Education and Work, 34(3), 275-291.
10. Kühner, S., Lau, M., Jiang, J., & Wen, Z. (2021) Personal Income, Local Communities, and Happiness in a Rich Global City: Evidence from Hong Kong, Journal of Asian Public Policy, 14(3), 314-332. 
11. Yang, N. & Kühner, S. (2020) Beyond the Limits of the Productivist Regime: Capturing Three Decades of East Asian Welfare Development with Fuzzy Sets, Social Policy & Society, 19(4), 613-627.
12. Kühner, S. & Chou, K. L. (2020) The Politics of MPF Reform: Lessons from Public Attitudes in Hong Kong, Social Policy & Society, 19(3), 414-430.
13. Yu, S., Chau, R., & Kühner, S. (2019) Defamilisation and Familisation Risks, Adult Worker Models, and Pro-employment/Decommodification Measures for Women: The Case of Hong Kong, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 35(2), 194-210.
14. Kühner, S. & Chou, K. L. (2019) Poverty Alleviation, Coverage and Fiscal Sustainability: Investigating the Effect of a New Social Pension in Hong Kong, International Journal of Social Welfare, 21(1), 89-99.
15. Mok. K.H., Kühner, S., & Huang, G. (2017) The Productivist Construction of Selective Welfare Pragmatism in China, Social Policy & Administration, 51(6), 876-897.
16. Hudson, J., Kühner, S., & Yang, N. (2014) Productive Welfare, the East Asian ‘Model’ and Beyond: Placing Welfare Types in Greater China into Context, Social Policy & Society, 13(2), 301-315.
17. Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2012) ‘Analyzing the Productive and Protective Dimensions of Welfare: Looking Beyond the OECD’, Social Policy and Administration, 46(1), 35-60.
18. Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2009) ‘Towards Productive Welfare? A Comparative Analysis of 23 OECD Countries’, Journal of European Social Policy, 19(1), 34-46.
19. Hudson, J., Kühner, S., & Hwang, J. (2008) ‘Between Ideas, Institutions and Interests: Analyzing Third Way Welfare Reform Programmes in Germany and the UK’, Journal of Social Policy, 37(2), 207-230.
20. Kühner, S. (2007) ‘ESPAnet/JESP Doctoral Researcher Prize Paper: Country-level Comparisons of Welfare State Change Measures: Another Facet of the Dependent Variable Problem within the Comparative Analysis of the Welfare State?’, Journal of European Social Policy, 17(1), 5-18.

Monographs, Book Chapters, Reports 

1. Kühner, S., Cruz-Martínez, G. & Yang, N. (2024) The Configurational Approach in Comparative Social Policy Analysis: Advances in Capturing The Impact of Globalisation on Social Policymaking in Moderate-N Research Designs, in: Greve, B., Van Gerven, M. & Moreino, A. M. R. (eds.) Handbook of the Political Economy of Social Policy. London: Edward Elgar Publishers.
2. Kühner, S. & Lau, K. W. M. (2023) Hong Kong Children’s Views about Their Lives and Well-being during the Pandemic: Evidence from the Covid-19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. 
3. Kühner, S. & Shi, S. J. (2023) Diversity of Institutional Change in East Asian Social Investment Policy: The Cases of Hong Kong and Taiwan, in: Izuhara, M. (ed.) Research Agendas for East Asian Social Policy. London: Edward Elgar Publishers.
4. Kühner, S., Nakray, K., & Neff, D. (2021) India’s Social Policy Response to Covid-19: Temporary Relief in a Rigid Welfare Landscape, in: Global Dynamics in Social Policy CRC 1342: Covid-19 Social Policy Response Series: https://www.socialpolicydynamics.de/f/e7ca918b3d.pdf, Germany: University of Bremen. 
5. Köhler, G., Kühner, S., & Neff, D. (2021) Social Policy in South Asia: Comparative Policy Perspective, in: Zafarullah, H. and Huque, A. S. (Eds.) Handbook of Development Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
6. Lau, K. W. M. & Kühner, S. (2020) Children’s Worlds 3rd Wave National Report: China – Hong Kong (SAR), Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
7. Lee, H. J., Kim, J., Hudson, J., Kühner, S., & Jun, G. (2018) The Composition and Effects of Cash and In-Kind Programs (In Korean), Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs Research Report 2018-08, Seoul: KIHASA.
8. Kühner, S. & Nakray, K. (2018) India’s Emerging Social Policy Paradigm: Productive, Protective or What?, in: Mok, K. H. and Kühner, S. (eds.) Managing Welfare Expectations and Social Change: Policy Transfer in Asia, Abingdon/New York: Routledge.
9. Kühner, S. (2017) ‘Convergence of Partisan Ideology in an Era of Competition – An Empirical Exploration Using Comparative Manifesto Data’, in Horsfall, D. and Hudson, J. (Eds.) Social Policy in an Era of Competition: From Global to Local Perspectives, Bristol: Policy Press.
10. Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2016) Fairness for Children. A League Table of Inequality in Child Well-Being in Rich Countries (Unicef Innocenti Report Card 13), Florence: Unicef Innocenti Research Centre.
11. Hudson, J., Kühner, S., & Lowe, S. (2015) The Short-Guide to Social Policy, 2^nd Edition, Bristol: Policy Press.
12. Kühner, S. (2015) ‘The Dependent Variable Problem Within the Comparative Analysis of the Welfare State Revisited: What If We Waited a Little Longer?’, in Irving, Z., Fenger, M. and Hudson, J. (Eds.) Social Policy Review 27: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, Bristol: Policy Press.
13. Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2011) ‘Analyzing the Productive Dimensions of Welfare: Looking Beyond East Asia’ in Hwang, G-J (Ed) New Welfare States in East Asia: Global Challenges and Restructuring. London: Edward Elgar.

Editorial Board Membership:

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice Editorial Board
Social Policy & Administration
Sydney University Press Public and Social Policy Series
 

Academic Year:  2023 - 2024

Chief Supervisor:  Mr. YUDA Tauchid Komara (PhD Student), Ms. YUNCG Qi Xuan (PhD Student) & Ms. CHEN Anqi (Mphil student)