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 LI Yu Wai | Playing the Hardball: Impacts of European Regulatory Externalization on Asia’s Capital Markets | General Research Fund | |
| 2021 | Dr LAU Ngar Sze Elsa | Promoting Positive education and pedagogy for students with SEN: with Chinese culture approach | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2021 | Dr CHEUNG Ting On Lewis | Promoting Sustainable Tourism Development for Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, and Hong Kong | Trust Fund in Support of Reconstruction in the Sichuan Earthquake Stricken Areas/Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2021 | Dr ZHAO Zhenzhou | The Reconstruction of a Marxist-centred Belief System in Chinese State Education | General Research Fund | |
| 2021 | Dr CHEUNG Ting On Lewis | Understanding Resident Perception on Urban River Revitalization | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2020 | Dr VYAS Lina | Advancing Job and Health-associated Outcomes for Employees of Small and Medium Enterprises in Hong Kong: A Study on Workplace Supervisor Support with Smartphone-based and Capacity-building Interventions | PICO: Public Policy Research Funding Scheme | HK$882,395 |
| 2020 | Professor LUI Tai Lok | Accommodating Chinese Nationalism in Colonial Hong Kong – Emerging Chinese Nationalism Among College Students in the 1970s | RGC: General Research Fund | HK$516,374 |
| 2020 | Prof TSANG Po Keung, Dr CHOW Sin Yin Alice, Dr CHENG Wan Suen, Vincent, Dr LAW Kim Fai, Eric | Strategic Development of the EdU Online Classes Platform (EOCP) for the Enhancement of Online Learning and Teaching in Local Schools with Community of Practice (CoP) | the Central Reserve of The Education University of Hong Kong | HK$3,038,125 |
| 2020 | Dr CHEUNG Ting On Lewis, Dr CHOW Sin Yin Alice, Prof JIM Chi Yung, Dr PEI Qing, Dr WONG Kwan Lam | Economic Resilience to Climate-inducted Disasters in Southern Coastal China: What Determine Household's and Business' Preparedness for Catastrophic Flooding and Extreme Weather? | Research Cluster Fund | HK$344,063 |
| 2020 | Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita | Diversity, Equity and Social Inclusion Research Group | Block Grant Faculty Fund | HK$2,201,314 |