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Before joining the HKU Business School, Dr. Vera YUEN held teaching positions at the School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University and at the School of Humanities and Social Science of HKUST. She was a consultant to Our Hong Kong Foundation for its housing and land project. She was invited to be a reviewer of economics textbooks at secondary and university levels by the Consumer Council and an international publisher. She also professionally reviewed for Scientific Reports and PLOS ONE.

Vera is eager to serve the community. She was a member of the Selection Committee of the Deputies to the Thirteenth National People’s Congress from the HKSAR of the PRC, the Fifth Election Committee of the HKSAR, the Panel of Film Censorship Adviser of the Office for Film, Newspaper, and Article Administration, the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Programme Advisory Panel, and the Appeal Panel (Housing). She now serves in the Sir Jack Cater Scholarship Fund Selection Committee.

She is a current affairs commentator and columnist in major newspapers and media. She hosted two series of academic talk shows, “Economic Insight” and “Social Science Insight,” on RTHK, sharing academic thoughts with the public. She received the Chang Kuo-sin Award for Young Aspiring Communicators for her merit in commentaries. Joining hands with NGOs, she engages herself in youth education and policy education.