Betting on Biotech: Innovation and the Limits of Asia’s Developmental State, (2011), and Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics In Taiwan and South Korea (2018), both published by Cornell University Press, and 'From Democracy to Development: The Transformations of Modern Asia,' co-authored with Dan Slater and published (2022) with Princeton University Press.
He is the author of Betting on Biotech: Innovation and the Limits of Asia's Developmental State,[3] and Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics In Taiwan and South Korea,[4] both published by Cornell University Press, and From Democracy to Development: The Transformations of Modern Asia, co-authored with Dan Slater and published (2022) with Princeton University Press.
Wong has collaborated with the World Bank and United Nations[1] and from 2005 to 2014, he was the Director of the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs.[1] While teaching at the Munk School he was awarded the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science's Outstanding Teaching Award.[6]
Wong is professor of political science at the University of Toronto, and the Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs.[7] He has previously served both as the Associate Vice-president and as the Vice-Provost of the University of Toronto.[6]
He was appointed as the Vice President, International at the University of Toronto in 2021[5] after being given the role on an interim basis in 2020.[8] While working at the University of Toronto, Professor Wong helped introduce new academic designations as part of a wider effort to encourage more international study by Canadian students.[8][9] Also at the University of Toronto, Wong founded the Reach Alliance, a student-led project that researches ways for organizations and governments to get essential services to marginalized people in the most difficult to reach locations.[1][10]
He is often quoted in the media about issues affected international students in Canada, specifically about the revocation of scholarships supporting students from Saudi Arabia.[11][12] He has also been quoted by international media about Taiwanese politics.[13][14] Canadian media also reported his advocacy for free speech and his support for Afghan students.[15][16]
Wong, Joseph,Betting on Biotech: Innovation and the Limits of Asia’s Developmental State, Cornell University Press, 2011,ISBN: 9780801450327, cited 181 times.[3][18][19]
Wong, Joseph, Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics In Taiwan and South Korea, Cornell University Press, 2018, ISBN: 9780801473494, cited 375 times.[4][20][21]
