Dongshu Ou

Dongshu Ou is an Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Administration and Policy and Associate Director of Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She is an Assembly Fellow at Chung Chi College at CUHK and Faculty Affiliate at the Centre for Population Research. She served as a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge during 2016/17 as a recipient of the Clare Hall Visiting Fellowship. Dongshu specializes in economics of education. Her two core areas of interest are the impact and consequences of educational reforms, and the interactions of human capital and immigrant integration. Her research has received support from prestigious institutions in Hong Kong and beyond, including the British Academy and Hong Kong's Research General Council (RGC). She has been a member of Yale-China Education Committee since 2020 and Trustee of Yale-China Association since 2024. Prior to joining CUHK, she held the position of Research Economist at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Additionally, she also worked with UNICEF, the Ford Foundation, and New Visions for Public Schools. Dongshu is a graduate of Lingnan (University) College at Sun Yat-sen University. She received her MA, MPhil and PhD in Economics and Education from Columbia University.