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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Po Sum Cho | RG17/05-06 Integrating the Personal, Social and Humanities Education Curriculum at the Junior Secondary Level: Possibilities and Problems | Internal Research Grant 2005-20006 | |
| 2005 | Yu Wai Mui / Man Wing Yan | MSST 05/06 - A preliminary study on the perceptions of business teacher education in the context of curriculum changes | UGC Specific Earmarked Grants-Research Project |