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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Po Sum Cho | TDG FLAS-Learning in the Field: Impacts on and Implications for Teacher Preparation (FLAS/TDG004/MSST/07-08) | Teaching Development Grant 2007-2008 | |
| 2007 | Fairbrother Gregory Paul | KRA07-08 Alternative Policy Instruments for Enhancing Citizenship Education | UGC Recurrent Earmarked Grants-Research Project | |
| 2007 | Chan Kit Wa, Anita | TDG FLAS-A Preliminary Study of Gender Issues across Subjects: Research and Pedagogy (FLAS/TDG001/MSST/07-08) | Teaching Development Grant 2007-2008 | |
| 2007 | Po Sum Cho | RG8/07-08 Accountability versus Relevance: Tensions in Adopting an Issue-Enquiry Approach to Integrated Studies in Hong Kong Secondary Schools | Internal Research Grant 2007-2008 | |
| 2006 | Fairbrother Gregory Paul | TDG FLAS-Development of New GE Modules for Law-related Education, Culture and Pedagogy, and Hong Kong Popular Culture (FLAS/TDG/06-07/01) | Teaching Development Grant 2006-2007 | |
| 2006 | Fairbrother Gregory Paul | Comp Bid:HKIEd7424/05H A study of provincial-level implementation of citizenship education policy in China | Research Grants Council of Hong Kong | |
| 2006 | Man Wing Yan, Thomas | TDG FLAS-A Resource Data Bank for Teaching and Learning of Business Subjects in the New Senior Secondary and the Career Oriented Studies Curricula (FLAS/TDG/05-06/03) | Teaching Development Grant 2005-2006 | |
| 2006 | Chan, Wing Hoi | TDG FLAS-Developing Resources for Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of General Education modules of the Historical and Social Domain (FLAS/TDG/05-06/03) | Teaching Development Grant 2005-2006 | |
| 2005 | Chan Kit Wa, Anita | RG7/05-06 The Gender Identities, Career Trajectories, & Management Practices of Male Principals in Primary Schools | Internal Research Grant 2005-20006 | |
| 2005 | Man Wing Yan, Thomas | RG18/05-06 An Empirical Study of Students Social Interactions in Participating in Enterprise Education | Internal Research Grant 2005-2006 |