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.
| 年份 | 項目負責人 | 研究題目 | 經費來源 | 撥款金額 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 詹志勇教授 | Urban Trees Uprooted by Typhoons: Root Causes and Preventive Measures | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2020 | 趙永佳教授 | 香港市民中醫藥使用情況：社經背景、選擇過程與政策面向 | ||
| 2020 | 劉雅詩博士 | A Stepped-Care, Multi-disciplinary, Evidence-based Approach to Strengthen Adolescence and Family Well-being after Social Unrest | Public Policy Research Funding Scheme | |
| 2020 | 胡志強教授 | Performance-based Regulation of Mass Transit Railway's Reliability Performance 港鐵可靠性的績效監管 | PICO: Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (HK$568,040) | |
| 2020 | 周基利教授 | 在社會動盪中市民對暴力的態度 | 政策創新與統籌辦事處：公共政策研究資助計劃特別輪次 | HK$ 500,000 |
| 2019 | 呂大樂教授 | 區域化底下香港專業界別的狀況 | 政策創新與統籌辦事處：公共政策研究資助計劃 | $835,130 |
| 2019 | 陳潔華博士 | Trajectories, Strategies, Practices of Second-Generation Hong Kong Transnational Families | Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grant Council, Hong Kong | |
| 2019 | 趙永佳教授 | A Study on Students' STEM Aspiration in Asian Economies | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2019 | 鄒倩賢博士, 趙永佳教授 | Becoming a Teacher: Understanding the Pathway to Pursue a Teaching Career | Block Grant Faculty Fund | |
| 2019 | 詹志勇教授 | Biogeographical and Socio-cultural Evaluation of Heritage Trees in Chinese Cities |