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Join Our Research Team 

About the Lab

Since December 2018, the IDLE Lab has grown into a lively, international research group. We bring together postdocs, PhD (RPg/EdD) and Master’s students, research assistants, and mentees from universities like UCL, Edinburgh, Teachers College, Johns Hopkins, Queensland, Nazarbayev, HKU and SNU. With our 'Pathway to Impact' mentorship model, our team has co-authored 13 journal articles (12 A*, 1 A) and 2 book chapters.   

Why Join Us?

Grow your skills. Make an difference. Build your future.

By joining our team, you'll gain hands-on experiences and open doors to careers in: 

• Academia: Professor, researcher, or postdoc 
• Education: Teacher, principal, or education bureau roles
• EdTech & Innovation: R&D, educational content design, AI education consultant
• Global Impact: Program officer, policy researcher, evaluation expert
• Entrepreneurship: Independent consultant, startup founder

Open Positions

We welcome applications for: 

• Junior Research Fellow Scheme (JRFS) 
• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) 
• Research Postgraduate (RPg) 
• Doctor of Education (EdD)    
• Visiting Researcher

How to apply:

Fill out the Supervision & Collaboration Request form. 

For (virtual) internships:

Email your CV and a short statement about your research interests and goals. 

Meet Our Team  

[Internal]

Postdoc (Supervisor): 

• Artem Zadorozhnyy (Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2022-2025): Revisiting pedagogies for developing L2 digital literacies: Participatory action research among undergraduate students of Hong Kong

RPg (Supervisor):

• Han Xie (HKPFS, 2025–): Exploring EFL Learners' Emotions in AI-mediated Informal Digital Learning of English Speaking
• Nguyen Hoang Mai Tram (Belt and Road Scholarship, 2025–): From Passive to Active: Transforming Learners with Short-Form Social Media Videos in Informal Digital Learning of English
• Wan Yee Lai (Winsy)(RPg Studentship, 2023–): Imagining Futures Through Student-Centered AI-Informal Digital Learning of English practices in a resource-limited EFL context

Associate supervisor:

• Artem Zadorozhnyy (HKPFS, 2018–2021): Informal digital learning of English in Kazakhstan: The case of pedagogical higher education institutions (PS: Baohua Yu)

EdD (Supervisor): 

• Shuxin Liu (Beca) (2025–): Effects of the Brain-Targeted Teaching (BTT) Model in Higher Education ESL Courses 
• Men Fangyu (Fiona) (2025–): The Role of Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) in Developing Career Competencies among University Students in China
• Xian Liu (Chrystal) (2024–): The Impact of Informal Digital Learning of English on English speaking proficiency: Insights from less-resourced ethnic region
• Xinwei Pan (Queenie) (2024–): Linking students’ psychological needs to L2 Chinese use: Role of informal digital learning of Chinese and emotions
• Jiana Liu (Nana) (2022–2025): The Impact of positive psychology on intercultural competence of Chinese EFL students: Informal digital learning of English as a mediator 
• Lu Qiao (Gloria) (2021–2025): Informal Digital Learning of English among young EFL learners in Mainland China: Ecological systems theory perspectives
• Linlin Liu (Postgraduate Students Publication Awards, 2020–2024): Why do EFL learners’ willingness to communicate, enjoyment, and anxiety in an online class fluctuate dynamically? Adopting an  idiodynamic method     

Associate Supervisor:

• Shanshan Guo (2022–): Principal Synergizing Teacher Support and GenAI in Extramural English to Enhance the Speaking Skills of Chinese Undergraduate Students (PS: Ruth Wong)
• Hetian Yu (2022–): EFL students’ emotion regulation in response to feedback (PS: Lan Yang)

Internal Examiner:

• Zhang Chang (2025): An exploration of meaning-making strategies in university students' digital multimodal composing (PS: Lixun Wang)

MA  

• Yiling Lai (2023): Teacher emotional well-being and student enjoyment
• Ying Lu (2020): Ideal L2 self and willingness to communicate

[External]

Visiting researcher:

• Seunmin Eun (Seoul National U, 2025): Willingness to Communicate with AI (PS: Young Hoan Cho)

PhD Co-supervision:

• Joshua Lee (U Macau, 2024–): Extramural language learning (PS: Barry Reynolds)

PhD dissertation reviewer: 

• Nedaa Alshehri (Western Sydney U, 2023): Using digital storytelling to promote authorial agency in learning English as a foreign language: A case study of female EFL college learners in Saudi Arabia (PS: Lynde Tan and Criss Jones Díaz)
• Deyed Ali Soyoof Jahromi (Monash U, 2023): Using digital technologies  for English language learning at home (PS: Janet Scull and Katrina Tour)

PhD dissertation proposal reviewer: 

• Phan Phuong Thao Nguyen (Edith Cowan U, 2024): Informal Digital Learning of English: a case study of Vietnamese English as a second language pre-service teachers from a cultural historical activity theory perspective (PS: Nicola F. Johnson)