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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Prof JIM Chi Yung | Predictive Vegetation Management for Proximal Trees along Power Transmission Lines | CLP | HK$150,000 |
| 2020 | Prof CHIU Wing Kai Stephen | The Development of Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong: Professionalization, Utilization and Policies | Departmental Funding | HK$400,000 |
| 2020 | Dr HO Ka Ki Lawrence | Police Oversight: International Debates & Exploration of An Appropriate Mechanism for Hong Kong | Public Policy Research Funding Scheme | HK$368,920 |
| 2020 | Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita | Investigating Hong Kong Students' Aspirations for the Future | Public Policy Research Funding Scheme | HK$482,750 |
| 2020 | Prof JIM Chi Yung | Innovative Landscape Design to Enhance Urban Greening in Tsuen Wan District | Tsuen Wan District Council | HK$300,000 |
| 2020 | Dr WONG Yee Hang Mathew | Income Inequality, Sense of Fairness, and Participation in Democratic Movements: Evidence from Hong Kong | General Research Fund | HK$341,920 |
| 2020 | Dr TAN Weiqiang | Human Capital Mobility and Analyst Forecast Accuracy | Start-up Research Grant | HK$120,000 |
| 2020 | Dr CHOW Sin Yin Alice | A Study of Transit-oriented Development Catchment and its Node-place Functions in Hong Kong | Departmental Funding | |
| 2020 | Dr MOK Ka Tung Francis | A Critical Examination of The Democratic Stability Argument Regarding Admission and Rejection of Immigrants | Internal Research Grant | |
| 2020 | Prof JIM Chi Yung | Application of Remote Sensing to Analyzing Urban Plant Diversity and Green-space Landscape Pattern |