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A Supportive Environment for Growth

The IDLE Lab is a global network of researchers and practitioners dedicated to empowering lifelong, autonomous language users in a post-AI world. Our lab is built on authentic mentorship and inclusive collaboration. Guided by our Pathway to Impact model, we don’t just work alongside one another—we co-create. This collaborative spirit leads to co-authored publications, community-driven projects, and professional growth that extends beyond academia to directly benefit the under-resourced and marginalized communities we serve.

Current Opportunities 

We invite passionate individuals at all levels to advance this mission with us. Applications are open for: 

• Junior Research Fellow Scheme (JRFS) 

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) 

• Research Postgraduate (RPg) & Doctor of Education (EdD)   

• Visiting Researcher positions

How to Apply

If our mission resonates with you, we’d love to hear your story. To begin the conversation, please complete our Supervision & Collaboration RequestForm. For inquiries about (virtual) internships, email your CV and a brief statement of research interests directly to our team.

[Internal Supervision]

Postdoctoral Fellows 

• Artem Zadorozhnyy (PDFS, 2022-2025): Revisiting pedagogies for developing L2 digital literacies

RPg Students

• Le Chau Kim Khanh (HKPFS, 2026–): EFL teachers’ professional development in the AI era

• Santipap Upara (HKPFS, 2026–): AI-mediated IDLE for EFL teacher training innovation

• Boyang Di (RPg Studentship, 2026–): Growth mindset, IDLE behaviours, and learner resilience

• Han Xie (HKPFS, 2025–): AI-IDLE coaching and longitudinal development of engagement, WTC, and speaking proficiency

• Nguyen Hoang Mai Tram (HKPFS; Belt & Road Scholarship, 2025–): IDLE engagement among Vietnamese EFL learners

• Wan Yee Lai (Winsy)(RPg Studentship, 2023–): AI-supported IDLE for enhancing EFL speaking proficiency in Indonesia 

EdD Students

• Jiang Ye (2026–): AI-assisted home English learning, WTC, and vocabulary among young EFL learners

• Shuxin Liu (Beca, 2025–): Enhancing EFL learners’ WTC through AI-IDLE coaching: Roles of enjoyment and anxiety 

• Men Fangyu (Fiona, 2025–): AI-IDLE coaching and EFL learners’ WTC via self-regulated strategies

• Xian Liu (Chrystal, 2024–): AI‑mediated IDLE coaching: Effects on anxiety, enjoyment, WTC, and speaking

• Xinwei Pan (Queenie, 2024–): Informal digital learning of Chinese and WTC: SEM and experience sampling

• Jiana Liu (Nana, 2022–2025): The Impact of positive psychology on intercultural competence of Chinese EFL students: IDLE as a mediator 

• Lu Qiao (Gloria, 2021–2025): IDLE among young EFL learners in Mainland China: Ecological systems theory perspectives

• Linlin Liu (2020–2024): Why do EFL learners’ willingness to communicate, enjoyment, and anxiety in an online class fluctuate dynamically? 

Master’s Students  

• Yiling Lai (2023): Teacher emotional well-being and student enjoyment

• Ying Lu (2020): Ideal L2 self and WTC

Undergraduate Students  

• Laura Jiayu Hu (Honours College, 2026–)

Research Assistants 

• Chuxu Yu (Tricia, 2025–): AI-IDLE and EFL learners’ affective experiences
• Jianzhu Chen (2021–2022): IDLE and Teaching EIL

[Internal Co-Supervision]

RPg Students

• Artem Zadorozhnyy (HKPFS, 2018–2021): IDLE in Kazakhstan (PS: Baohua Yu)

EdD Students 

• Yue Qi (2024–): Self‑regulated learning and exam score trajectories (PS: Ali Siyoof)

• Shiyuan Wen (2024–): IDL-LOTE (PS: Ellen Zhang)

• Hetian Yu (2022–2026): Emotion regulation in response to feedback (PS: Lan Yang)

• Shanshan Guo (2022–2025): Teacher support and speaking development in AI-IDLE (PS: Ruth Wong)

[International Supervision and Collaboration]

PhD Co-supervision

• Joshua Lee (U. of Macau, 2024–): Extramural language learning, narrative tasks, and fluency (PS: Barry Reynolds)
• Dau Thi Le Hieu (HUST, 2026–): Work-integrated learning models for Vietnamese EFL students (PS: Le Hieu Hoc)

[Visiting Researchers]

• Lanfang Sun (HKU, 2026—present)
• Zuliati Rohmah (Universitas Brawijaya, 2026)
• Boris Vazquez-Calvo (U. of Seville, 2026)
• Seunmin Eun (Seoul National U., 2025)

[Examiner Roles]

PhD Dissertation Examiner

• Nina Inayati (UNSW, 2026): Online informal English learning in Indonesian higher education (PS: Andy Gao)

• Lanfang Sun (HKU, 2026): Vlog-assisted informal language learning (PS: Chin-Hsi Lin)

• Nedaa Alshehri (Western Sydney U., 2023): Digital storytelling and authorial agency (PS: Lynde Tan)

• Ali Soyoof (Monash U., 2023): Digital technologies and home-based English learning (PS: Janet Scull)

Ph.D. Proposal Defense Examiner

• Phan Phuong Thao Nguyen (Edith Cowan U, 2024): IDLE: Vietnamese ESL pre-service teachers (PS: Nicola Johnson)

Internal PhD Examiner

• Zhang Chang (2025): Digital multimodal composing and meaning-making (PS: Lixun Wang)