Holliday, Ian

Ian Holliday (Chinese: 何立仁; Cantonese Yale: hòh laahp yàhn; Jyutping: Ho4 Lap6jan4; pinyin: Hé Lìrén; born 1960) is a scholar with expertise in British and Asian Government, particularly in relation to Myanmar. He is currently the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) of The University of Hong Kong. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Social and Political Science at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1982, before completing his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in Politics at New College, Oxford in 1989. He taught at University of Kent, University of Manchester (1990–99), New York University, and City University of Hong Kong (from 1999) before teaching at the University of Hong Kong (from 2006). He served as Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences of The University of Hong Kong for six years. He was appointed Vice-President of The University of Hong Kong in 2015.