研究专长

Comparative and international education; Policy studies; Philosophical anthropology; Sociology; Governance (history and theory)

Diversity, equity and inclusion in education, ‘out of school’ / dropout / school failure issues, ethnic minority education, inclusive leadership, critical discourse, ICT in education, and acculturative stress and coping behaviour

Educational reform, leadership preparation, middle leadership, and leadership in international schools

Higher education policy and management, Institutional theory, Comparative and Finnish Education, Internationalisation of higher education, Triple Helix model of innovation, Universities’ societal engagement, and Graduate employability

Extra-curricular activities, privatisation and educational service, juvenile delinquency and student discipline, and team building in school

Educational beliefs on teaching, learning, and assessment, teacher effectiveness and development, teacher emotions, and structural equation modeling

Experiential learning; Life and values education; Reflective practices; Vocational education and training

Education reform, paradigm shift in education, internationalisation of higher education, leadership, teacher education and development, school autonomy, and 21st century learning 

Educational leadership, school organization, school improvement, global citizenship, and quantitative research

Education law, human rights, human rights education, rule of law, and rule of law education

Sociology of Education; Minority Education; Higher Education; International Student Mobility

Instructional leadership, leadership development, professional learning, work attitudes, equity in education, systematic reviews, and quantitative research

Critical Policy Analysis; International/Transnational Higher Education; Foucault and Bourdieu Studies

Middle leadership, teacher professional development, entrepreneurial behaviour, business and personal financial education, and entrepreneurship education

The nature and aims of moral education; Teaching controversial issues; Education for patriotism; Philosophy in schools; The nature and aims of religious education; The justifiability of faith schools; Relationships and sex education; Autonomy as an educational aim; Punishment in schools; Education against extremism

Educational inequality, sociology of education, early childhood education, play-based learning, child and family studies

Collaborative learning communities, Policy analysis in education, Private supplementary tutoring in basic education, Project-based learning and electronic portfolio, School principalship and educational leadership, Teacher Professional Development through Action Research

Philosophy of Karl Popper; Philosophy for Children; Critical Thinking; Confucianism

Teacher Professionalism, Students’ Wellbeing, Business and Personal Financial Education

International education and development; Curriculum and instruction; Teaching and learning of science; STEM education

Teacher development and leadership, inquiry learning, and assessment for learning

Stratification, parenting, and policy

Critical pedagogy, Civic education, Experiential learning, School-community partnership, Democratization of schools, Teacher professionalism and agency

Privatization of education (shadow education, social inequality issues in education); Parental involvement in schools; Comparative and international education and development

Philosophy of education; Civic/moral/multicultural education; Politics of education; Comparative and international education; 
China and Hong Kong studies

School management team, simulation-based training, work-life role interaction, cooperation and competition in leadership, teamwork and conflict management, and affect at work

Learning-oriented assessment and feedback, competency development, AI implications for higher education/teacher education, intercultural education, qualitative methods

Comparative and international education and development; Complexity theory and educational change; Ethics and education; Culture and comparative education; Critical reasoning and education

higher education, academic leadership, intellectual leadership, academic ethos, freedom, ethics, and practice

Globalisation and international higher education, Global research system, Knowledge production, Higher education policy, Higher Education in Southeast Asia, Higher Education in West Asia

Higher education policy studies; academic leadership and governance; academic agency, freedom and responsibilities; world-class universities; international research collaborations; internationalization; post-soviet transformation

Sociology of education, primary and secondary education, and teacher professionalism

Sociology of education, educational policy and equality, identity studies, and school ethnography

Sociology of higher education (especially higher education and society in East Asia), Futures studies and future imaginaries in education, Academic profession, Academic entrepreneurialism, Graduate employment and its paradigm shifts, Ecological paradigm of the 'post-entrepreneurial university', Youth studies. 

Field Experience, mentoring, teacher assessment, teacher professional development

Teachers' work, teachers' emotions, job burnout, education governance, and school leadership and management 

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics; Political Philosophy; History of Philosophy; Critical Thinking; Pedagogy & Philosophy

Educational leadership, comparative educational leadership, curriculum leadership, leader development, education & development, school effectiveness and school improvement, school organisation and educational administration, education and politics, qualitative methods

Diversity and minority education, refugee education, teacher education, citizenship education, moral and servant leadership, teacher leadership

Experimental learning, life and death education, and moral education

Hong Kong educational policy; Comparative education and glonacal development; Teacher professional development and middle-manager learning; Chinese culture and philosophical ideas; Civic, life and national education

International higher education; Indigenous and ethnic minority education; Higher education policy and management; Higher education for sustainability; Faculty professional development; Liberal arts education

Sociology of education, educational policy studies, intercultural education, equity, diversity and inclusion in education, teachers’ professional ethics and identity, qualititative methodology