The Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies (SSPS) emphasizes academic rigor, professional relevance, and social impact in our research and development work. SSPS fosters multi-disciplinary research to expand the scope of disciplines, enrich research capacity, and deliver a more comprehensive approach to social issues and public policies. We strive to promote knowledge transfer for educational development, professional improvement, policy formulation, and community cohesion in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, and Asia.
The Department's faculty members have been recognized for their scholarship with the award of various competitive, peer-reviewed grants, including grants from the Research Grants Council; Public Policy Research Grant and Strategic Public Policy Research Grant (Hong Kong); Australian Research Council (Discovery & Linkage Grant Scheme); National Natural Science Foundation of China; Ministry of Education Academic Research Grants Scheme (Singapore); and the Rockefeller Foundation (New York), among others.
| Year | Project investigator / Coordinator | Project Title | Funding source | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dr TAN Weiqiang | Limited Attention and Asset Mispricing: Model and Evidence in China | Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation Grant | HK$104981.67 |
| 2021 | Dr CHU Man Ying Amanda | Learning Experience During Covid-19 Pandemic | Departmental Funding | HK$50,000 |
| 2021 | Dr TAN Weiqiang | Host Country's Economic Policy Uncertainty and Bank Loan Contracting | Block Grant Faculty Fund | HK$ 150,000 |
| 2021 | Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita (Project Investigator) and Dr Chan Yiu Ming, Gordon (Project Coordinator) | Development of Creative Thinking Skills: Engagement of University Teachers and Students in Learning, Assessment and Collection of Evidence | Teaching Development Grant (EdUHK) | HK$400,000 |
| 2021 | Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita | Childhood, Cooperation & Conflict: Exploring the Role of Cooperation and Conflict in Children’s Texts, Play and Peer Relations, and Implications for Social Competence and Social Cohesion | Start-up Research Grant | HK$400,000 |
| 2021 | Dr CHU Man Ying Amanda | Applying the Multivariate Randomized Response Modelling in Educational Research | Internal Research Grant | HK$80,000 |
| 2021 | Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita (Current Principal Investigator); Dr. Chong King Man (Past Principal Investigator), Dr. CHEUNG Ting On Lewis, Dr. LEE Tsz-lok Trevor, Dr. LEE Siu-Yau, Professor CHIU Wing Kai Stephen | An Exploratory Study on the Factors Affecting the Place of Attachment and Belongingness of Hong Kong Permanent Residents | Research Cluster Fund (Ref. No: RG 81/2020-2021R) | HK$349,053 |
| 2021 | Professor CHOU Kee Lee | Poverty of Children Living in Immigrant Families | Central Policy Unit: Public Policy Research Scheme | HK$135,744 |
| 2021 | Professor CHOU Kee Lee | Protecting older people from loneliness during the coronavirus (Covid-19) and other novel infectious disease pandemic | RGC: Collaborative Research Fund 2020/2021 One-off CRF Coronavirus and Novel Infectious Diseases Research Exercise | HK$ 5,487,015 |
| 2021 | Dr CHONG King Man Eric (Principal Investigator), Dr. CHAN Kit Wa Anita, Dr. CHEUNG Ting On Lewis, Dr. LEE Tsz-lok Trevor, Dr. LEE Siu-Yau, Professor CHIU Wing Kai Stephen | An Exploratory Study on the Factors Affecting the Place of Attachment and Belongingness of Hong Kong Permanent Residents | Research Cluster Fund (Ref. No: RG 81/2020-2021R) |