Peter Ho has published a dozen books amongst which with Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Blackwell Publishers. Ho has been published extensively in leading SSCI/SCI-rated journals of Development, Planning, and Environment, and is listed in the World’s Top 2% of Most-cited Scientists (career & annual index).

In recognition of his scientific achievements, Prof. Ho was twice awarded by the European Research Council (ERC), an ERC Advanced Grant and ERC Consolidator Grant. These highly competitive grants target the top scientists within the European Union. The ERC Review Panel noted about Prof. Ho that he: “is a world renowned scholar with an impressive set of publications and awards to his name” while his achievements and publications “show great intellectual capacity and creativity” (ERC Review Report).

Prof. Ho achieved the William Kapp Prize for Evolutionary and Political Economy and the prestigious China Rural Development Award. He is Series Editor at Cambridge University Press, co-founded and chairs the International Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development (ICARDC), and serves on numerous journal editorial boards, including but not limited to, Land Use Policy, Conservation and Society, Journal of Peasant Studies, China Rural Economics (CASS), and formerly, Biodiversity Science (CAS).

Neo meets Original Institutionalism… Barzel and Ho

Peter Ho has initiated and supervised large-scale projects with a total budget of over 6.0 million Euros. Peter Ho serves or has served as advisor to members of the Chinese government and the Dutch Cabinet, including the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Prof. Ho also provides interviews for the media which have included USA Today, BBC, the Belgian and Dutch 8 o’ Clock News, American PBS, and the China Daily.

Peter Ho is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Nottingham and  Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.