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Research Awards

Research Awards

The awards are established to recognize publications of outstanding quality, and the engagement and impact of staff and student research on the development of society.

  • Dean's Research Award: Journal Articles;
  • Dean's Research Award: Books; 
  • Dean's Research Award: Research Engagement and Impact; and
  • Dean's Research Award: Postgraduate Journal Articles


Research Awards 2025/2026

Dean’s Research Award: Journal Articles

Dr. BA Shen

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

  • Ba, S., Swiecki, Z., Tan, Y., Lu, G., Shaffer, D. W., & Gašević, D. (2026). Community of inquiry in motion: Modeling inquiry dynamics with movement analysis (MOVA). Computers & Education, 242, 105513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105513 

 

Dean’s Research Award: Books

Dr. Kevin YUNG

Department of Curriculum and Instruction
 

Dean’s Research Award: Research Engagement and Impact

Dr. Jess LUO

Department of Education Policy and Leadership

  • Leading and navigating higher education assessment in times of GenAI

 

Dean’s Research Award: Postgraduate Journal Articles

Ms. GU Jiahe

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

  • Gu, J., & Yan, Z. (2025). Effects of GenAI interventions on student academic performance: A meta-analysis. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 63(6), 1460-1492. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331251349620

 

Ms. WANG Lin

Department of Special Education and Counselling

  • Wang, L., Hua, M., Hu, X., Wang, Y., Xie, Q., Yang, G., & Chen, Y. (2026). Daily mindfulness and depressive symptoms among parents of autistic children: A dynamic structural equation modelling study. Autism, 30(6), 1576-1592. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613261439930 

 

Ms. XU Yu

Department of Early Childhood Education

  • Xu, Y., Qiu, S., Chen, J., Sun, J., & Li, J.-B. (2025). Chinese early childhood educators’ manifestations of social-emotional competence at work: A qualitative study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 165, 105161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105161

 


List of Recipients for Past Years

2024-25

Dean’s Research Award: Journal Articles

Dr. CHOI Soobin, Department of Education Policy and Leadership
Choi, S., Mao, X., & Park, S. (2025). Promoting school belonging for immigrant students: The interplay of inclusive school climate and multicultural education. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1–21. 

Dr. Eva LAU, Department of Early Childhood Education
Lau, E. Y. H., Wu, X. Y., Siu, C. T. S., Williams, K. E., & Bautista, A. (2025). Examining the effectiveness of a video-based parent-child program on executive functions for children 5 to 6 years old: A randomized controlled trial. Child Development

Dean’s Research Award: Books

Dr. Ivy HAN, Department of Education Policy and Leadership
Han, X. (2025). A Bourdieusian Analysis of Chinese Transnational Higher Education Policy Enactment: Policy Habitus. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032692043

2023-24

Dean’s Research Award: Journal Articles

Dr. JIANG Da, Department of Special Education and Counselling
Guan, Y., Jiang, D.*, Wu, C., Deng, H., Su, S., Buchtel, E. E., & Chen, S. X. (2024). Distressed yet bonded: A longitudinal investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s silver lining effects on life satisfaction. American Psychologist, 79(2), 268–284. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001188

Dean’s Research Award: Books

Dr. Adam POOLE, Department of Education Policy and Leadership
Poole, A. (2023). Teachers’ journeys into international school teaching in China:  Exploring motivations and mobilities. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003396291

2022-23

Dean’s Research Award: Journal Articles

Dr. WANG Hui, Department of Special Education and Counselling
Wang, H., & Klassen, R. M. (2023). Longitudinal relationships between teachers’ utility values and quitting intentions: A person-organization fit perspective. Teaching and Teacher Education, 127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2023.104109