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香港教育大学亚洲及政策研究学系本学年迎来第二位新成员──Stuti Rawat博士。Stuti于学系担任博士后研究员，未来将会开展其个人研究，并与其他学系成员一同就公众信任、网上教学及社会资本等议题合作进行研究。本学年，Stuti主要任教非营利机构战略管理、政策科学基础及公共管理等课程。同时，她亦会开设不同工作坊予硕士学生，教授学术写作及研究的知识及技巧。'

加入亚洲及政策研究学系前，Stuti今年于新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策研究院获得公共政策博士学位。她的博士论文着重于研究公共政策及发展的交叉点，以量化方法研究政府农业投资的成因与绩效。她的博士论文荣获2018年新加坡春金集团可持续发展最佳论文奖(Musim Mas Sustainability Dissertation Award)，以表彰她在可持续发展领域的卓越研究。在新加坡国立大学攻读博士期间，Rawat博士积极参与各种研究竞赛，并取得优秀成绩。她获得了2017年新加坡国立大学案例竞赛大奖，并在NUS 3 Minutes Thesis Competition取得季军的好成绩。

Stuti曾于国际水管理研究所(International Water Management Institute)及The Abdul Latif Jameel贫穷行动实验室担任顾问及副研究员，这些工作经验促使她对于农业政策展开全面的研究。目睹农业在印度等中低收入国家发展中的重要地位，她认识到完善的公共政策对经济社会发展的关键作用。她的研究目标是为有效的政策制定提供证据，同时推进对政策制定过程及政策客体行为的理解。Stuti同时以此视角研究水资源、食物安全、气候变化、行为转变、自然灾害及公共行政等议题。

Stuti过去曾于多间机构担任兼职顾问，包括世界银行、尼泊尔山区综合发展国际中心(International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICIMOD)、The Vittorio Dan Segre Foundation (VDSF)等组织。最近亦于剑桥大学为东盟秘书处(ASEAN Secretariat)撰写东盟发展展望报告(ASEAN Development Outlook Report)。

Stuti表示十分喜爱群山环抱中翠绿的教大校园，她亦十分期待疫情后可以与同学面对面交流，带他们一同享受音乐和网球带来的欢乐时光。

Since 1997, the implementation of 'one country, two systems' has been subject to test in major controversies especially over national security and constitutional issues. Post-national security law, the optimists hope for the end of disorder and arrival of a 'second transition' while the pessimists worry about the erosion of the city's autonomy and freedom. Apart from growing tensions and fatigue between the 'two systems', Hong Kong's political future also faces new turbulence and uncertainty because of escalating US-China conflict. Can the 'two systems' framework still work in the changing circumstances where past assumptions no longer apply?

　　本学年香港教育大学亚洲及政策研究学系迎来两位新成员加入，分别是讲师关仲然先生(Tommy)及博士后研究员Stuti Rawat博士(Stuti)。稍早前，小编们为他们进行专访，让大家认识及了解他们的研究兴趣。本期先为大家介绍Tommy。

加入亚洲及政策研究学系前

　　Tommy于2015年在香港中文大学取得社会科学学士学位，其后到伦敦大学亚非学院继续攻读理学硕士；目前，他是伦敦大学亚非学院政治及国际关系学系博士候选人。他的研究兴趣主要是台湾及香港政治，由此延伸到抗争政治、政党政治、以及候选人选拔这几个范畴。他的研究兴趣基础从本科时期开始奠定。他认为，台湾政党作为大中华地区发展最为成熟的代表，不论在课堂上抑或研究中国政治的学者都会关注的重点议题之一，这亦是他作为一个 「香港人却在英国研究台湾」的主要原因之一。

　　Tommy的两个母校，香港中文大学和伦敦大学亚非学院又碰巧是出了名的左派作风学校，他也曾在出版书《孤独课》里谈及，在「左翼重镇亚非学院」里，学生都很喜欢参加抗议游行。文化环境势必会对人造成影响的，但带来的并非是激进的，而是批判的思维方式，很难说这不是一种正向的熏陶。无论在香港、台湾或是世界范围内，社会运动和政党斗争都是今年非常「大」或者说热门的话题，这也和他所研究的台湾政党与社会运动关系的博士论文汇合了。

　　Tommy曾任德国杜宾根大学及台湾中央研究院作访问学者，从香港到英国到德国再到台湾，最后回到香港，他说这是一段在不同且多元化学术氛围里不断成长的经历。研究生时期的Tommy与本科时期的Tommy有很大差别，就是更加投身于纯粹的学术了。他提到在英国学习蛮深刻的一件事是，亚非学院的台湾研究中心每个星期都固定会举办许多活动，不局限主题，邀请不同的客座教授来做不同的分享。他还说到，由于地方局限性，香港学生本身都没有很大的移动性（mobility），本科毕业离开香港以后，漂泊异地留学的这些年，他更能够熟习独立生活。

在教大里的未来计划

　　Tommy将会在新的学期里教授一年级的2门课程，并同步完成博士论文。

　　在而今疫情已经成为新常态的新学期，他对于不能和学生面对面授课感到遗憾，与此同时，在线教学也给他带来了挑战。但毋庸置疑的是，这并不会影响他以朋友的方式来和学生们相处。抛开学术上的指导，也能和学生们一起聊聊校园生活的趣事或者提供一些力所能及的帮助。对于APS，他和一年级的新生们一样是初来乍到，希望师生间能一起互相鼓励打气，尽快适应新环境。

　　当然，他对学生也有些期许：升入大学以后，一方面：除了上课，更要好好享受大学生活，珍惜短暂且珍贵的时间，勇于尝试不同的新鲜事物；另一方面：牢记作为学生的本职，不要放弃读书。

研究资助局于2020年7月2日公布优配研究金拨款结果。优配研究金是香港高等教育界其中一项旗舰级研究资助计划。香港教育大学亚洲及政策研究学系三位学者在本年度成功获得拨款，合共超过160万港元。

亚洲及政策研究学系副主任（教与学）兼助理教授伍凤嫦博士昨日（七月一日）接受纽约时报访问。在访问中，伍博士表达有关国家安全法对于公民社会及学术界的影响。报导全文请浏览：https://nyti.ms/3dQEUya

香港教育大学亚洲及政策研究学系公共行政学研究讲座教授张炳良教授出席由美国TransitCenter主办的网上研讨会，主题为“Transit and COVID-19: The Hong Kong Story”。香港经过2003年沙士一役后，在新冠肺炎疫情中成为其中一个迅速应对疫情的城市。但在去年示威浪潮及新冠肺炎疫情双重夹击下，港铁面对严重的财政压力，而张教授在研讨会上谈及到港铁如何应对疫情。 请浏览TransitCenter Facebook专页观看研讨会录像：https://bit.ly/37D5ARo。

The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) announced the result of the President’s Awards for Outstanding Performance 2019/20 on 22 May 2020. Two faculty members of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies (APS) have been conferred with this prestigious awarded in the domains of teaching and research, respectively. This year, a total of 32 nominations, consisting of 10 nominations for the Teaching domain, 11 nominations for the Research domain, 8 nominations for the Knowledge Transfer domain, and 3 nominations for the Administrative Services domain, have been received. All the nominations have gone through stringent selection by respective Selection Panels comprising lay Council Members, colleagues from sister universities, staff and student representatives, as well as past Award Recipients, according to a set of comprehensive assessment criteria. 

Outstanding Performance in Teaching

Dr Isabella NG Fung-Sheung Associate Head of Department of Asian and Policy Studies (Teaching and Learning) Assistant Professor The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching was established to recognize and reward excellence in teaching by individual academic staff or teams and to emphasize the University’s commitment to fostering teaching innovation and excellence, enhancing students learning, and providing teaching scholarships. Dr Isabella Ng Fung-sheung, Assistant professor of APS has been awarded the Presidents’ Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching. Trained as a feminist anthropologist, she applies her research approach to teaching by engaging students in long-term community, policy and research work. Her research training facilitated her adoption of her 3Cs approach – Collaboration, Co-production and Camaraderie – as a way of combining training in the tangible skills of co-construction and application of knowledge, and the intangible personal attributes of resilience, compassion, passion, love and empathy. Dr Ng’s teaching philosophy is “Teaching without borders”. She has applied this philosophy by 1) leading her students to work on and in the local community and communities far and wide; 2) encouraging students of diverse backgrounds to engage with marginalized communities; and 3) exposing students to real-life learning by participating in real-life policy advocacy and lobbying processes. She and her students have worked with walled villagers, Thai migrants, and asylum-seekers and refugees in Hong Kong, as well as displaced persons in Thailand and Myanmar. She co-founded a non-government organisation (NGO) with asylum-seekers and students in 2014. Through her engagement with the refugee community, she has co-produced and published journal articles and the first Chinese book on asylum-seeker and refugee issues in Hong Kong, in collaboration with her students. She was the first academic to lead a team of students to prepare and present policy submissions in Hong Kong Legislative Council Public Hearings. Within the University, Dr Ng developed the popular Communication Studies in Policy and Governance minor, which promotes integrating communication studies as an integral part of contemporary policy studies and advocacy, a crucial element overlooked in the local higher-education curriculum. In 2013, she obtained a Teaching Development Grant to develop a web portal to engage students in instant forum discussions and reflective learning, and to use media tools and strategies to actively engage in policy and social issues. To live up to her philosophy of “Teaching without borders”, Dr Ng has been training academics in universities in Myanmar and giving talks locally and internationally on refugee issues. She has also worked with the United Nations and international NGOs to combat negative narratives about migrants. She received the 2019 “Good Teacher Award” from Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union for her dedication and commitment to learning and teaching.  

Outstanding Performance in Research (Research Excellence Award) 

Dr Alex HE Jingwei Associate Head of Department of Asian and Policy Studies (Research and Development) Associate Professor The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research was established to honour research excellence exhibited by individual academic staffs or teams and to recognise, encourage and reward outstanding research of significant benefit to the wider community. Dr Alex HE Jingwei, Associate Professor of APS, has been awarded the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research (Research Excellence Award). Dr He’s main research areas are public policy analysis, health policy and reforms, and comparative social policy. As Principal Investigator, Dr He secured funding from the Early Career Scheme (ECS), the General Research Fund (GRF), the Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the past five years. Success in these external grant applications is a good indication of the recognition of Dr He’s significant contribution to social policy research in urban China and Hong Kong, and strong evidence-based policy recommendations. Dr He is prolific researcher, with 23 research outputs in the past three years, including 14 journal articles, four book chapters and one edited book. He was the first author or corresponding author in all these publications. Dr He’s specialisation in social policy and health governance with an East Asian focus has been widely recognized. In July 2019, he was selected as a core member of the research consortium of The Asia-Pacific Observatory (APO) on Health Systems and Policies of the WHO. This achievement not only served as a strong testament to Dr He’s academic excellence, but also increased the exposure of EdUHK in the international health care community. He has demonstrated outstanding research leadership in the broader academic community, serving as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Asian Public Policy and Executive Member of the East Asian Social Policy Network. In addition to his research achievements, Dr He is devoted to the promotion of a research culture in both EdUHK and the broader academic community. He has held key administrative roles in his Department, where he is the Associate Head and Chair of the Departmental Research Committee. Since 2016, he has run an annual public policy summer school series, which attracted hundreds of young scholars and research students from Hong Kong, the Mainland, Taiwan, Macau and overseas. Striving to make impact for the betterment of the society with his research, Dr He enthusiastically participates in policy advocacy. He has contributed to raising public awareness of health-reform options through extensive media engagements in Hong Kong and China.   In view of the current pandemic, the President’s Awards Presentation Ceremony for this year has been postponed and combine it with the one in the next year. Since the launched of the President’s Awards in 2011/12, several members of the APS have been awarded.