On October 5 2018, a delegation of the University of Saskatchewan paid a courtesy call to the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) of the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). Led by Dr Debra Pozega-Osburn, Vice President (University Relations) and Dr James Lee, Executive Director of International Affairs, the delegation engaged in extensive discussion with the APS representatives on various collaboration initiatives between the two institutions. In June this year, representing the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy of the University of Saskatchewan, Professor Jeremy Rayner and Associate Professor Haizhen Mou visited the APS and initiated this school-level cooperation. Founded in 1907, the University of Saskatchewan is one the Canada’s top research universities and a member of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities. Co-founded by the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina, the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy is one of Canada’s leading policy schools for educating graduate students and public servants.
arious prominent research funding bodies in Hong Kong recently announced the results of key competitive research grants. Faculty members of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) of the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) have successfully won four major grants awarded by the Hong Kong SAR Government, totaling to close to 4 million Dollars. This shiny outcome is a continuation of APS scholars’ outstanding record in external competitive grants, serving as a strong testament of their research excellence. Faculty members of the APS have thus far successfully received dozens of research grants from key research funding schemes in Hong Kong, in the realm of social sciences and policy studies, including the General Research Fund (GRF), Early Career Scheme (ECS), Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme, Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (SPPR), and Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR).
| Funding Scheme | Researcher | Project Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Grants’ Council General Research Fund 2018/2019 | Chair Professor Chou Kee-lee | The Effects of Old-Age Public Transfer on Older People: The Case of Social Pensions in Hong Kong | HK$1,658,960 |
| Research Grants’ Council General Research Fund 2018/2019 | Assistant Professor Ng Fung-sheung Isabella | In Local Exclusivity Lies Global Inclusion: the Relational Ontology of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees and Local Community in a Post-Colonial Hong Kong Village | HK$210,224 |
| Research Grants’ Council General Research Fund 2018/2019 | Assistant Professor Cheung Chi-kin Kelvin | Enhancing Executive Functioning in Children Living in Low-income Families: Cantonese Opera and Social-emotional Learning Intervention | HK$1,022,550 |
| Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office Public Policy Research Funding Scheme 2018-2019 | Associate Professor He Jingwei Alex | How to Increase the Demand for Private Long-term Care Insurance in Hong Kong? | HK$1,086,951 |
Close to 200 students from fourteen mainland universities participated in the 2018 Public Policy Summer School at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) from 21 July to 3 August 2018. Hosted by the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS), this summer school offered a variety of attractive activities including research seminars, hands-on workshops, study tours, excursion, and a taste of local cuisine. Participants were undergraduate as well as postgraduate students from key universities on the mainland, including Shandong University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Central South University, and Ocean University of China. A feedback survey suggests very high level of satisfaction of participants, who appreciated the summer school for the precious opportunity to experience a very new mode of public policy education at EdUHK. This summer school also witnessed the signing of MoUs between APS, and School of Political Science and Public Administration of Shandong University, and School of Law and Political Science of the Ocean University of China, respectively. Aside from the summer school participated by students, APS also organized a summer training camp on cutting-edge theories and research methods in public policy. Attended by more than 80 young scholars from mainland China, Taiwan, Canada, Germany, and Singapore, this training camp provides intensive research training to early-career scholars and research postgraduate students. A panel of distinguished scholars, including Anthony B.L. Cheung, Richard Walker, Giliberto Capano, M Ramesh, Chou Kee-lee, Darryl Jarvis, and Eduardo Araral lectured the camp and offered academic consultation.
