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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Cheng Wai Lun Eddie | Improving students' ability in using web-based technology for group projects | Teaching Development Grant | |
| 2012 | Professor CHOU Kee Lee | Creating an Adequate and Equalizing but Affordable Retirement Protection System in Hong Kong | Central Policy Unit: Public Policy Research Scheme | HKHK$3,250,000 |
| 2012 | Pan Suyan | Rethinking Higher Education and Citizenship in a Global Age: Students' Experience in Hong Kong | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council | |
| 2012 | Chan Kit Wa Anita | Educational Experiences, Family Relationships and Sense of Belonging: Cross-border Primary School Children Commuters | Public Policy Research Fund | |
| 2012 | Ho Wai Yip | The Rise of Madrasah Education in Hong Kong: Exploring the Change of Learning under Integrated Education for Muslim Minorities | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council | |
| 2011 | Lo Tin Yau, Joe / So Wing Mui, Winnie (SES) | EDB: Provision of Services for Conducting the New Senior Secondary Liberal Studies Curriculum Implementation Study | EDB Commissioned | |
| 2010 | Yu Wai Mui Christina | Engaging Students Learning Through Online Reflective Dialogue in the Social Sciences Courses | Teaching Development Grant | |
| 2010 | Law Kam Yee | RG44/09-10 City Imagineering of Hong Kong: Place Making and Struggle between Globalness and Local Identity | Internal Research Grant 2010-11 | |
| 2010 | Paul G. Harris | GRF HKIEd340309 - China and Global Warming: Reconciling international justice and the realities of climate change | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong | |
| 2010 | Law Kam Yee | GRF HKIEd841609 - Socio-Spatial Embeddings of Economic Actions: South Asian Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong |