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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mr BONG Ngan Wing Adam | Self-efficacy of catering SEN pupils: The impact of service-based learning courses in higher education | Cross-Institutional Capacity Building for Service-Learning Support Programme for Service-Learning Action Research 2018 – 2019 (1st Round) | |
| 2018 | Dr MA King Hang Matt | Fieldwork Report Competition for Secondary School (全港中學生實地考察報告比賽) | SSC Departmental Grant | |
| 2018 | Dr HU Zhiyong Fox | Access to Housing and Entrepreneurship in Urban China: A Study of Beijing, Hangzhou and Chongqing Metropolises 中国城市居民的居住状况和创业意愿：基于北京、杭州和重庆的实证研究 | RGC: General Research Fund($544,800) | $544,800 |
| 2018 | Dr CHEUNG Chi Kin Kelvin | Enhancing Executive Functioning in Children Living in Low-income Families: Cantonese Opera and Social-emotional Learning Intervention 提升低收入家庭兒童的執行職能：粵劇訓練和社交情感學習的介入研究 | RGC: General Research Fund($1,022,550) | $1,022,550 |
| 2018 | Dr HO Ka Ki Lawrence | Colonial and Post-colonial Policing: Hong Kong and Macau | Self-funded project, supported by SSC for my Development Leave in March 2018, but mainly financially supported by the Center for Macau Studies. | |
| 2018 | Dr HO Ka Ki Lawrence | "Home" and "Away" in Hong Kong: How to Utilize Communal Identities for the Sustainable Development of Sports in Hong Kong | Dean’s Research Fund | $150,000 |
| 2018 | General Research Fund, Research Grant Council, Hong Kong | Recycling Working Daughters? Hong Kong Older Women’s Divergent Lives and Subjectivities | General Research Fund, Research Grant Council, Hong Kong | $409,422 |
| 2018 | Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita | Global Childhoods: Lifeworlds and Educational Success in Australia and Asia | Australian Research Council/Discovery Projects | $537,748 |
| 2018 | Dr MA King Hang Matt (Co-Investigator) | 「非物質文化遺產項目—傳統正一儀式：生命禮儀與社區儀式教育及保育計劃」(Intangible Cultural Heritage Item: Traditional Zhengyi Rituals: Rites of Passage and Community Rituals Education and Conservation Project) | Lord Wilson Heritage Trust Fund | $688,920 |
| 2018 | Dr MA King Hang Matt | Fieldwork Report Competition for Secondary School (全港中學生實地考察報告比賽) | SSC Departmental Grant | $9,311 |