Brian Wong

Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Hong Kong University

Dr. Brian Wong is an HKU-100 Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). His research examines the intersection of geopolitics, political and moral philosophy, and technology. At HKU, he serves as a fellow at the Centre on Contemporary China and the World, sits on the steering committee for the Hong Kong Ethics Lab, and advises the Interdisciplinary Dynamics: Ethics, AI, and Society (IDEAS) research center at the HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science. He also serves as an associate editor for the journal Inquiry, having presented and written on issues of public philosophy for the Journal of Practical Ethics, the American Philosophical Association, and the Royal Institute of Philosophy.

Brian regularly briefs prominent multinational corporations, hedge funds, family offices, and investors on macro risks in emerging markets across Asia and Europe, also serving as an Honorary Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute Center for China Analysis, the Chief Strategy Officer of the Hong Kong-ASEAN Foundation, and Advisor and Fellow at the Oxford Global Society. A Rhodes Scholar (HKSAR, 2020) and Kwok Scholar, Brian spent eight years at and holds his DPhil, MPhil, and MA all from the University of Oxford. Brian is founding editor-in-chief and a board member of the Oxford Political Review. He has published five books and has one further book in the pipeline, due to be published shortly. Alongside Prof. Hewai Tang, he co-edited Towards A Future for BRICS+, published with the HKU Press in 2025.