LIST OF SUPERVISORS

Prof. SIVAN, Atara ProfessorLeisure Education; Youth Develop-ment and Leisure; Classroom Environment; Teacher Education; Learning Communities

Prof. LEUNG, Allen Y L ProfessorTool-based Task Design in Mathematics Education; Dynamic Geometry Research; Problem-based Pedagogy in STEM Education; Pedagogical Theory of Variation

Dr. LAM, Ricky C K Associate Professor Second Language Writing; Language Assessment; Peer Review; Portfolio Assessment; Assessment for Learning

Dr. POW, Jacky W C Associate Professor Application of ICT in Teaching and Learning; Learning Theories and Pedagogy; Inquiry-based Learning; Teacher Education

Dr. TSANG, Yiu Kei Associate Professor Morphological Processing in Chinese; Neural Mechanisms in Chinese Word Recognition; Lexical Tone Processing in Chinese Speech Perception

Selected Current/Recent Student Research Topics

• Patterns of adolescent-parent con�icts over schoolwork in Chinese families• Tool-based task design in mathematics education• Music curriculum adaptation for students with severe intellectual disabilities in Hong Kong: Music teachers' perceptions and practices• Exploring EFL teachers' pedagogical content knowledge for teaching speaking in Chinese universities• Integrated vs independent processing of lexical tone and rime in Mandarin sentence comprehension: An event-related potential study• Exploring the process and predictors of on-task and o�-task smartphone multitasking in real-time university classroom

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Colleagues of the Department of Education Studies are actively engaging in a wide range of multidisciplinary research. We aspire to cultivate a dynamic and vibrant culture that can engender novel research bene�ting local and global society. An active network with researchers in Mainland China and overseas is sustained through collaborative research and conference hosting. We invite high-calibre applicants to join us in our research pursuits in disciplines related to education.

EDUC students taking part in the 30th Anniversary of the Department of Education Studies Symposium “Creative Praxis for Well-learning in Smart Societies”, October 2019

Prof. TAM, Vicky C W Professor Family and Child Development; Gender Issues; Qualitative Research Methodology; Learning Communities; Adolescent Development

Prof. LI, Sandy S C ProfessorUbiquitous and Collaborative Learning; Adaptive Learning; Al in Education; STEM Education; Quantitative Research Methodology; Educational Leadership

Dr. KU, Kelly Y L Associate ProfessorCritical Thinking; Misinformation; News Literacy Education; Personal Epistemology; Positive Psychology

Dr. WONG, Simpson W L Associate ProfessorTwin Studies; Speci�c Learning Di�culties; Multimedia Learning; Second Language Learning; Mental and Physical Health

Dr. WONG, Marina W Y Associate ProfessorMusic Education; Curriculum Studies; Inclusive Education; Teacher Education

Dr. CHAN, Joshua H Assistant ProfessorSecond/Foreign Language Learning Research; Spoken Discourse and Fluency; Formulaic Language; ELT Pedagogy; Academic Literacy

Dr. LUI, Ann M Associate ProfessorSocial and A�ective Neuroscience; Psychophysiology; Cognitive Psychology; Special Education

Dr. DENG, Lisa L P Assistant ProfessorWeb 2.0 Technologies in Education; Informal Learning; Online Community and Social Networking

Dr. HUANG, Peter J Assistant ProfessorAutonomy in Language Learning and Teaching; Language and Identity; Language Teacher Education; Higher Education

Dr. MOORHOUSE, Benjamin L Assistant ProfessorTeaching English Language to Young Learners; Teacher Education; Technology and Language Learning;Homework and Language Learning; Students as Partners

Dr. CHEE, Wai Chi Assistant ProfessorMigration and Education; Youth; Globalization; Religion; Culture and Identity

DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATIONSTUDIES

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LIST OF SUPERVISORS

Prof. OWEN, R. Bernhart ProfessorPalaeolimnology; Micropalaeontology; Sedimentology; Quaternary Geology; Marine Geology; Geomorphology and Physical Geography

Prof. WANG, DonggenChair Professor Transport and time Geography; Socio-spatial Segregation; Geography of Wellbeing and Residential Satisfaction; Data Analytics in Urban Transport Studies

Dr. LI, JianfengAssociate ProfessorHydrology and Water Resources; Regional Water Cycle; Water Hazards; Climate Change; Hydrological Modelling; Downscaling of Global Climate Models; Regional Climate Models

Dr. LO, Tek Sheng, Kevin Assistant ProfessorLow-Carbon Cities; Resilient Cities, Smart Cities; Energy and Climate Policy; Displacement and Resettlement; Rural Development

Dr. MAH, Ngar Yin, DaphneAssociate ProfessorSustainable energy (Smart Grids and Renewable energy); Energy-Related Technological Innovation; Comparative Energy Governance in Asia, China and Guangdong-Hong Kong Region; Energy Policy and Politics in Hong Kong

Prof. ZHOU, QimingProfessorChange Detection and Land Cover Modelling with Remote Sensing; Digital Terrain Analysis and Hydrological Modelling; Spatial Decision Support Systems; GIS and Remote Sensing Applications

Prof. YANG, Chun Professor Urban and Regional Development; Global Production Networks; Transnational Corporations; Industrial clusters; Geography of Innovation, China, Southeast Asia

Dr. BARBER, Lachlan B. Assistant ProfessorCulture in the City; Critical Heritage Studies; Mobility Studies; Hong Kong and the Paci�c Rim; Cultural Geographies of Construction and Infrastructure

Dr. CHUNG, HimAssociate Professor Rural Transformation; Regional and Urban Planning; Social Sustainability; Urban Transformation in China; Villages-in-the-city

Dr. CHUN, Kwok PanAssistant ProfessorHydrology and Climatology; Environmental Hazards and Disasters; Global Change; Numerical Modelling; Statistical Methods and Stochastic Processes

Dr. HAO, PuAssistant ProfessorUrban and Regional Development in China; Migration and Mobility; Informal Settlements and Economy; Urban Housing

Dr. DELANG, Claudio O.Assistant Professor Development Studies; Rural Development; Political Ecology; Ecological Economics; Greater Mekong Subregion; Farming; Domestic Helpers

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

Faculties of the Department have collectively built up a very creditable research record in terms of publications and successful grant applications. Colleagues in the Department pursue research interests in four research clusters:

1. Urban and Regional Studies, which addresses diverse topics and intervenes in key debates across urban, economic, cultural, social and transport geography. The cluster members contribute to knowledge and praxis on spatial and sociospatial characteristics of the human world, with much of our work examining Hong Kong and China.

2. Physical Landscape and Environmental Change, which engages multidisciplinary initiatives and collaborate with emerging countries to study physical landscape and environmental changes. Using our cutting-edge research outcomes, we explore and provide sustainable solutions to our changing environments.

3. Energy, Sustainability and Resource Management, which encompasses the sustainable use and management of energy and resources for the planet and future generations. Our research echoes United Nations “Sustainable Development Goals” with a regional focus on China and Asian-Paci�c countries.

3. Geoanalytics, GIS and Remote Sensing, which focuses on big data, digital terrain analysis, hydrological modelling, remote sensing, and spatial statistics. The cluster members are committed to improving the applicability and adaptability of geoanalytical methods to advance our understanding of geographical questions and to provide e�cient actions for pressing environmental problems.

Dr. GAO, MengAssistant ProfessorAir Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling; Chemistry-Climate Interactions; Environmental Health; Climate Change Mitigation

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LIST OF SUPERVISORS

Prof. CABESTAN, Jean-Pierre Professor in Political Science Chinese Politics; Chinese Law and Institutions; Chinese Foreign and Security Policy; Relations across the Taiwan Strait; Taiwan Politics; China-Africa Relations

Dr. SLIWINSKI, Krzysztof FeliksAssociate ProfessorBritish Foreign Policy and Security Strategy; Polish Foreign Policy and Security Strategy; Security and Strategic Studies; Traditional and Non-traditional Security Issues; European Politics and European Union

Dr. CHUNG, Chi Kei Martin Assistant Professor Peace and Reconciliation Processes: Europe and East Asia; Transitional Justice; Religion and Politics; European Integration

Prof. COLE, Alistair Professor Comparative Politics; Territorial politics; Local government; Decentralisation and devolution; European Politics (especially France and the UK); Public Policy; Trust and Transparency

Dr. IP, Ka Wai Kevin Assistant ProfessorContemporary Political Theory; Global Justice; Ethics and Public Policy

Dr. KANG, Yi Assistant ProfessorComparative Politics; Political Economy; East Asian Politics; Chinese Politics

Dr. CHAN, Ka Lok Kenneth Associate Professor Comparative Political Institutions; Democracy and Democratization; European Integration and Politics; EU-China and EU-Hong Kong Relations; Government and Politics of Hong Kong; Hong Kong as Global City: Its Rights and Obligations; Regionalism in Europe and Asia

Dr. TRAN, Emilie Assistant Professor (French / French Area Studies)French Politics; Chinese Diaspora Governance; China-Europe Relations; Chinese Investments in the EU; Overseas Chinese in Europe

DEPARTMENT OFGOVERNMENT &INTERNATIONALSTUDIES

Established at Hong Kong Baptist University in 1994, the Department of Government and International Studies (GIS) o�ers two majors in the Bachelor of Social Sciences programme: a Bachelor in Government and International Studies and a Bachelor in European Studies, including one year abroad, with two language streams (French and German). It also provides a minor degree in Political Science and a minor degree in European Studies. In addition, it trains MPhil and PhD students. The Department aims at enhancing knowledge of Internation-al A�airs from the political and cultural points of view. Its role is to develop the understanding of and research work on government and politics from an international perspective, and to foster in Hong Kong and China the interest and knowledge in other countries and other regions of the world, especially of Europe.

Research work at GIS covers Comparative Government and Politics, International Relations, European and China Studies, and Language Studies. The main current research themes devel-oped at GIS include Hong Kong and Chinese politics, European politics, integration and security, social movements and protests in China, political transitions and democratization both in Europe and Asia, Chinese foreign and security policies in particular in Central Asia and Africa, Taiwan politics and relations across the Taiwan Strait, and European comparative language policies.

Selected Current/Recent Student Research Topics:• The Securitization of the European Refugee Crisis• Securitization Theory Copenhagen School of Security Studies• Brexit and European Disintegration

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Dr. SHIM, Jaemin Assistant Professor Mass-elite Representation Gap in Old and New Democracies, with Speci�c Focus on Causes, Measurement Strategies, and Normative Implications; Comparative Welfare States of OECD Countries, with Special Focus on East Asian Countries

Dr. YUEN, SamsonAssistant Professor Contentious Politics; Civil Society; Food Politics; Politics in Hong Kong and China

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The Department has established a reputation in historical research. Members have published widely in academic journals, books, and edited volumes. Our research, teaching, and publications cover a variety of topics, periods, and regions, and are delivered in di�erent languages.

LIST OF SUPERVISORS

Prof. CHUNG, Po Yin Stephanie Professor Social and Economic History; Business History; History of Business Laws and Customs; Trading Diasporas in South China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Dr. HOSHINO, Noriaki Assistant ProfessorModern Japanese and East Asian History; Asian American History; Transpaci�c History of Migration and Empire; Culturaland Postcolonial Studies; Intellectual History.

Dr. COBB, Elvan Assistant ProfessorHistory of Architecture and Urbanism;History of the Modern Middle East and the Ottoman Empire; History of Infrastructure;History of Archaeology; History of Travel and Tourism.

Dr. DIETZ, BettinaAssociate ProfessorEarly Modern Europe; Intellectual History; History of Science and Knowledge; Eighteenth-century Natural History; The Enlightenment.

Dr. LADDS, CatherineAssociate Professor Social, Cultural, and Political History of Colonialism; The Chinese Treaty Ports; Global History; Asia-Europe Relations(1800-1949); History of Expatriate Communities.

Dr. LI, Kin Sum Sammy Associate ProfessorArt History and Archaeology of Ancient China; Cultural Exchanges along the Silk Routes; History of Mass Production; History of Industrial Revolutions across World Civilizations.

Prof. WONG, Man Kong Timothy ProfessorHistory of Public Health in Hong Kong; History of Christianity and Christian Missions in China; Late Qing to EarlyRepublican China; Hong Kong and China since 1949; Oral History.

Dr. KWONG, Chi Man Associate ProfessorModern Military History, 1500-1945; Modern Chinese and East Asian History, 1860-1949; British Military Presence in Hong Kong, 1840-1997.

Dr. LIU, Oiyan Assistant ProfessorColonial Southeast Asia – China Connections; Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality Studies; The Chinese Diaspora; Imperialism; Maritime Asia.

Dr. SCHLEY, David Assistant ProfessorNineteenth-Century US History; Urban History; History of Capitalism; Environmen-tal History.

Dr. MANN, Jatinder Assistant ProfessorTransnational and comparative history, with a focus on Australia, Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the British World. In particular exploring citizenship, ethnicity, Indigeneity, migration, multiculturalism, nationalism, Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand cultural, intellectual, political, and social history, Australian diplomatic and military history, and legal history.

Dr. KOEHLE, Natalie Research Assistant Professor History of Chinese Medicine and the Body; History of Ayurveda; History of Tibetan Medicine.

Dr. TAM, Ka-chai Assistant ProfessorHistory of the Ming Dynasty; Chinese Legal History; Economic Development and Social Order of Ming-Qing China; Maritime and Transportation History; Historical Geographic Information System.

Dr. ROBINSON, Rebecca Research Assistant Professor Early Chinese History (500 BCE – 220 CE); Comparative Ancient History (China/Greece/Rome); Environmental History of China; Ritual and Religion in Early China.

Prof. HO, Wing-chung Clara ProfessorWomen and Children in Chinese History; Engendering Imperial Chinese History; Aging and the Elderly in Chinese History; Eunuchs in Chinese History; Traditional Chinese Historiography; Bibliography.

Prof. CHU, Yik Yi Cindy ProfessorModern and Contemporary China; Cross-Cultural Studies; Cultural Relations; International History; History of the Catholic Church in China; Chinese Foreign Relations; Sino-Vatican Relations; Sino-American Relations; Hong Kong History.

Chronological span: from the ancient era through the contemporary period.

Geographical coverage: East, South, and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Oceania, and Africa, plus global, transnational, and comparative studies.

Thematic expertise: archaeology, architecture, art, business, childhood, colonialism, diseases, environment, ethnicity, historical anthropology, historical GIS, historiography, gender, law, leisure, material cultures, maritime defence, migration, military, medicine, multiculturalism, museum studies, politics, religions, science, and urbanism.

Selected Current/Recent Student Research Topics • Late Imperial China: Gender, Law, and the Maritime World• Modern China: Chinese Diaspora; Military and Naval Development• History of Hong Kong: British Policies and Merchant Communities

DEPARTMENT OFHISTORY

DEPARTMENT OFSOCIAL WORK

LIST OF SUPERVISORS

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Research is a crucial component of social work education. Excellent social work education and social work professional practice must be informed by rigorous research endeavors. Therefore, contemporary social work theories have to be critically inspected, indigenized, and translated into e�ective practice for coping with emerging social conditions and social problems locally and globally. Against this background, the academics of the Department have been actively engaged in various research studies pursued along three major research streams: Mental Health and Wellbeing, Social Policy and Community Development, and Youth Studies.

Mental Health and Wellbeing research resonates with the challenges of mental health issues for various populations, investigates cutting-edge intervention strategies, and promotes mental health on micro, meso, and macro scales. The stream of Social Policy has been critically examining and reexamining various social policies to address pertinent social issues; whilst Community Development advocates vibrant advancement of the society by promoting community participation in the changing global and local contexts. The research areas of Youth Studies are multifaceted that cover youth work, youth development and empowerment, as well as youth policy.

As social scientists, the Department of Social Work embraces a wide spectrum of research areas and research methodologies. As such, we welcome all who have creative ideas, a strong aspiration to immerse in scholarly research, and contribute to the society, to join us.

Prof. NG, Yat-nam PetrusProfessorPsychiatric Rehabilitation; Mental Health and Well-being; Group work

Dr. FUNG, Kwok-kin Associate Professor Social policy,; Community Development; Housing and Urban Studies; Globalization and Welfare Changes; Gender and Social Policy

Prof. WONG, Cheong-wing Victor ProfessorYouth Studies and Youth Work; Career Development and Interventions; Empowerment and Narrative Practice; Health Care and Social Policy

Prof. HUNG, Suet-lin Shirley ProfessorWomen and Families; Violence Against Women; Social Work Practice; Group Work and Community Development; Narrative Therapy; Collective Narrative Practice

Dr. YU, Wai-kam Sam Associate ProfessorWelfare Ideologies; Comparative Social Policy

Dr. CHAN, Tak-mau Simon Associate ProfessorClinical and Family Practice and Research; Men-in-Trauma Studies; Intimate Partner Violence; Special Education Need

Dr. CHO, Yin-nei Esther Assistant Professor Comparative Child Wellbeing, Child Poverty; Ethnic Minority Issues; Economic Vulnerability of Women

Selected Current/ Recent Student Research Topics‧The Role of Non-state Actors in the Process of Policy Transfer: A Case of Community Social Workers and the Transfer of Policy Ideas of Sustainable Regeneration in Hong Kong

‧Perceiving and Practicing Citizenship: A Study on Youth Activists' Experience in Social Movement in Hong Kong

‧Active Aging - Ideas and Strategies from the Perspectives of Adults with Intellectual Disability

‧Developing an E�ective Strength-Based Assessment and Intervention Approach for People with Mental Illness

Dr. YOUNG, Kim-wan Daniel Associate Professor Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Mental Health Counselling; Dementia Care; Spirituality and Mental Health; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Dr. NAN, Kin-man Joshua Assistant Professor Arts Therapies & Holistic Wellbeing; Nonverbal and Verbal Processes in Counseling; Life/Death Education & Hospice Care; Arts Therapies for Social Change

Dr. SHUM, Hei-yan Michelle Assistant Professor Law and Social Policy; Third-sector Study; Social Service Management; Eldercare; Rehabilitation

Dr. PAN, Jiayan Associate Professor Migration and Mental Health; Resilience in Acculturation; Post-migration Growth; Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Chinese International Students; Scale Development and Validation; Quantitative Research Method

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Selected Current/ Recent Student Research Topics

‧An Exploratory Study on Online Communication Media use and Social Networking Practices among Older Adults in Urban China

‧"I want to be like Beyonce": Body Work among Ghanaian Women

‧Organizing an 'Unorganized' Movement: Support and Logistics in Hong Kong’s Anti-extradition Bill Movement

‧Social Capital, Institutional Constraints, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from University Graduates in China

‧The Role of Social Networks in E-Commence Entrepreneurship in China: A Study of Private E-Business in Anhui Province

‧Understanding the Nation: Young People’s Online Music Creating and Listening Practices in Contemporary China – A Study of Banal Nationalism in the Chinese Context

LIST OF SUPERVISORS

Prof. LAI, Gina W.F. ProfessorSocial Networks; Gender Studies; Mental Health

Dr. CHEW, Matthew M.T.Associate Professor Cultural Sociology; Contemporary Chinese society; Globalization; Social Theory; Sociology of Popular Culture

Prof. RUAN, Danching ProfessorSocial Network Analysis; Social Strati�cation; Social Inequality; Sociology of Chinese Societies

Prof. CHU, Yin Wah Professor East Asian Development (State-business Relations; Democratization; Labor Conditions); Social and Political Movements

Dr. CHAN, Kwok Shing

Associate ProfessorChinese Family and Kinship;

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Anthropology of Welfare; Property Management and Transfer Practice; Religion, Tourism and Identity Politics; Chinese Customary Mortgage

Dr. PENG, Yinni Associate Professor

Dr. WONG, Day K.M. Associate Professor

Dr. CHEUNG, Adam K. K. Assistant ProfessorFamily Demography; Household Division of Labor; Gender Roles; Domestic Violence

Dr. Li, Yao-Tai Assistant ProfessorRace and Ethnicity; International Migration; Culture and Identity; Social Media; Social Networks

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Faculty research interests of the Department cover the following �elds: ageing studies; Chinese societies, including Hong Kong Society and Culture; comparative Asian studies; cultural sociology; gender and sexualities; globalization and development; health and illness; inequalities and social strati�cation; kinship and social organizations; marriage and the family; migration; popular culture; population studies; race and ethnicity; social media; social movements; social networks; sociology of consumption; urban sociology; work and industry; youth studies.

Gender studies; Sexualities; Feminist and Queer (LGBTQIA+) Movements

Dr. JIANG, Jin

Sociology of Education; Social Strati�cation and Mobility; Labour Markets; International Higher Education

Assistant ProfessorMigration; Gender and Family; Labor Politics; Digital Technologies and Social Media

The research areas among the colleagues in the Department include physical recreation and wellness, physical activity, prevention of obesity, physiological demands of sporting activities on children and adults, lifetime sports and recreation, sport injury prevention, gender and aging issues on sports, sports and leisure management, as well as sport psychology and mental health.

Dr. HONG, Sungil Assistant Professor Demand in Sport; Stadium Financing; Innovation Di�usion in Professional Sports

Dr. DUAN, Yanping Assistant Professor Exercise Psychology; Theory- and Evidence-based Physical Activity Behavior Promotion

Dr. GAO, Yang, Gemma Associate ProfessorPhysical Activity and Injury; Lifestyle and Obesity; Air Pollution, Physical Activity and Health; Wider Health Determinants; Systematic Review

Dr. HUANG, Yajun, Wendy Associate ProfessorPhysical Activity and Sedentary Behavior

LIST OF SUPERVISORS

Prof. CHEUNG, Siu Yin, MH Professor Sport and Exercise Psychology; Aging; Physical Education; Gymnastics; Sport and Leisure Management

Prof. LAU, Wing Chung, Patrick ProfessorExercise & Overweight Children’s Behavioral Modi�cation; Olympic Studies

Prof. CHOW, Bik Chu ProfessorTest & Measurements; Fitness Testing; Women in Sport; Children's Physical Activity

Dr. LOUIE, Hung Tak, Lobo Associate Professor Measure and Evaluation in Physical Activity; Sports Medicine & Injury Prevention

Prof. CHUNG, Pak Kwong Professor Health Fitness; Exercise Physiology; Sports Psychology

Dr. TONG, Kwok Keung, Tomas Associate Professor Exercise Physiology; Sports Training

Dr. KIM, Seungmo Associate ProfessorOrganizational Theory/Behavior & Human Resource Management

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Selected Current/ Recent Student Research Topics• Sport and Exercise Psychology• Physical Activity Behavior • Health Promotion• Sport Policy and Sport Study

DEPARTMENT OFSPORT, PHYSICAL EDUCATION& HEALTH

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Prof. Julien S., BAKERProfessor Exercise and Immune Function; Hormonal Control and Exercise; Applied Physiology; Exercise Biochemistry; Cardiovascular Disease; Obesity and related Co-morbidities; Biomechanics