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 CHU Man Ying Amanda | Applying the Multivariate Randomized Response Modelling in Educational Research | Internal Research Grant | |
| 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 | |
| 2021 | Dr CHAN Yiu Ming, Gordon, Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita | Development of Creative Thinking Skills: Engagement of University Teachers and Students in Learning, Assessment and Collection of Evidence | Teaching Development Grants | |
| 2021 | Prof CHIU Wing Kai Stephen | Factors Affecting Student's Views on Career and Life Education and Their Choice of Further Study: Case Study of Future Education in Action Project | Research Matching Grant | |
| 2021 | Dr TAN Weiqiang | Host Country's Economic Policy Uncertainty and Bank Loan Contracting | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2021 | Dr CHOW Sin Yin Alice | Human Exposure to Microplastics through Nonalcoholic Beverage Consumption | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2021 | Dr CHU Man Ying Amanda | Learning Experience During Covid-19 Pandemic | Departmental Funding | |
| 2021 | Dr TAN Weiqiang | Limited Attention and Asset Mispricing: Model and Evidence in China | ||
| 2021 | Dr HO Ka Ki Lawrence | Local Football Participation: Why to Come, What to Gain, How to Promote? Studies of Women and Grassroot Football Programs In Hong Kong | ||
| 2021 | Dr CHU Man Ying Amanda | Longitudinal Item Response Techniques: Theories and Methods |