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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Prof CHIU Wing Kai Stephen | The Long March towards Professionalization: Study of Chinese Medicine Practitioners' Attitudes towards Professional Development in Hong Kong | Public Policy Research Funding Scheme | |
| 2019 | Prof CHEUNG Tsan Yin Peter | The Politics of the Greater Bay Area Planning in South China | Start-up Research Grant | |
| 2019 | Dr CHEUNG, Ting On Lewis | The Role of the Perception and the Conceptual Understanding about Shark on the Behavioural Intention for Shark Conservation in Primary Students in Chinese Communities | General Research Fund | |
| 2019 | Dr Lina Vyas | Advancing Job and Health-associated Outcomes for Employees of Small and Medium Enterprises in Hong Kong: A Study on Workplace Supervisor Support with Smartphone-based and Capacity-building Interventions. 推進香港中小企業員工的工作與健康果效：利用智能手機及能力建設干預措施對工作主管支持進行研究 | PICO: Public Policy Research Funding Scheme ($ 882,395) | |
| 2019 | Professor CHOU Kee Lee | To Claim or Not to Claim: Towards a Better Understanding of the Take-up Rates of Welfare Schemes Targeting Hong Kong Older Adults and the Stigma Attached to Them | PICO: Public Policy Research Funding Scheme | HK$898,610 |
| 2019 | Professor CHOU Kee Lee | Effects of Future-time Perspective and Goal Clarity Intervention on Financial Preparation for Old Age in Hong Kong | RGC: General Research Fund | HK$1,332,256 |
| 2018 | Cheung Ka Lok Adam | A Stranger/Helper at Home: An Integrated Framework on Hiring Domestic Help and Family Relations in Hong Kong | Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council | |
| 2018 | Dr CHONG King Man Eric | Post Anti-national Education and Occupy Movement in Hong Kong: Characteristics of National Education in the Perceptions of Hong Kong Secondary School Civic Education Teachers | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council | |
| 2018 | Dr PEI, Qing | Climate change and economic vulnerabilities in early modern China | Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council. | |
| 2018 | Prof CHIU Wing Kai Stephen | The Professionalization of Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong Since the SAR: A Social Movement Perspective |