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 | Dr CHOW Sin Yin Alice, Dr CHEUNG Ting On Lewis | Assessing Willingness-to-pay for Voluntary Carbon Offsets among the Greater Bay Area’s Air Travellers: A Comparison of Hypothetical and Non-hypothetical Estimations | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2020 | Prof CHIU Wing Kai Stephen | Blocked Youth Social Mobility in Hong Kong: Myth or Reality? | Public Policy Research Funding Scheme | |
| 2020 | Dr PEI Qing | Climate Change and Northerly Agriculturalists’ Migration in South China During Ming and Qing Dynasties | Internal Research Grant | |
| 2020 | Dr CHOW Sin Yin Alice | Cultivating Students’ Global Perspectives through Course Design with an Emphasis on the Affective Aspect of Learning | Teaching Development Grants | |
| 2020 | Dr CHAN Kit Wa Anita | Diversity, Equity and Social Inclusion Research Group | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 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 | |
| 2020 | Dr CHOW Sin Yin Alice, Dr CHENG Wan Suen, Vincent, Dr LAW Kim Fai, Eric | EdU Online Class Platform (EOCP) with Community of Practice (CoP) | ||
| 2020 | Prof CHIU Wing Kai Stephen | Future Education in Action: Project Evaluation Study | Private Fund | |
| 2020 | Dr TAN Weiqiang | Human Capital Mobility and Analyst Forecast Accuracy | Start-up Research Grant | |
| 2020 | Dr WONG Yee Hang Mathew | Income Inequality, Sense of Fairness, and Participation in Democratic Movements: Evidence from Hong Kong | General Research Fund |