Le Bao (Chinese: 宝乐)

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Methodology in the Department of Public and International Affairs (PIA), City University of Hong Kong. I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Government at American University in 2022. I was also previously a Postdoc Fellow at the Massive Data Institute (MDI), Georgetown University and a Visiting Graduate Fellow at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS), Harvard University.

My research interests are in political methodology, political behavior, and environmental politics. I focus on Bayesian and nonparametric statistics, spatial analysis, survey methods, and measurement, often exploring how these methods can work with causal inference and computational techniques. I’m also interested in statistical simulations, container computing, and reproducible research practices. Substantively, I study how factors like context, institutions, and structure affect political behavior and environmental outcomes.