Dr David R. MEYER

Meyer’s publications include six books and monographs and over 66 articles and book chapters. His book, The Networked Financier (Oxford University Press, 2023), draws on a unique database of digitally recorded interviews with leading global financiers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Mumbai, London, Zurich, and New York. His current book project deals with the contemporary political economy of Hong Kong as the leading finance-corporate centre of Asia Pacific. His previous book, Hong Kong as a Global Metropolis (Cambridge University Press, 2000) explained the emergence of Hong Kong as Asia Pacific’s pivotal finance-corporate centre. He regularly publishes journal articles and book chapters on Hong Kong. Meyer serves as a Panel Member of the Standing Review Board of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.

He gives invited lectures at universities and research institutes in the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. In addition, he presents talks to business groups in the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. His op-eds appear in the South China Morning Post and China Daily.

Meyer received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His first academic position was at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and, then he joined the faculty of Brown University where he continues as an Emeritus Professor of Sociology & Urban Studies. He also has served as a Senior Lecturer in Management at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis. He has been a Visiting Scholar, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; and a Visiting Fellow, Economic Growth Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.