University Research and Development Centres
The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change
The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC) at The Education University of Hong Kong is committed to advancing the field of educational leadership through cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and innovative leadership development programs. In this endeavor, the APCLC strives to be the priority partner for top-tier universities, renowned researchers, educational organizations and practitioners in the region and across the globe. Through its commitment to excellence and global partnerships, APCLC will continue to influence the future of educational leadership, ensuring that its work resonates across diverse contexts.
The missions of the Centre are:
- Bridging – to build bridges between regional and international leadership understandings in order to create cross-culturally valid knowledge with global relevance;
- Spreading – to disseminate indigenous leadership knowledge through research reports, professional development programmes and leadership stories, making our insights accessible to a global audience;
- Bonding – to form and sustain reciprocal relationships with regional researchers and educational practitioners, enhancing their ownership of the APCLC network and promoting collaborative growth.
The Centre's R&D agenda focuses on:
- Identifying indigenous characteristics of successful leadership across different cultural and geographical contexts;
- Fostering research and development on leadership for innovation and entrepreneurship;
- Exploring the link between leadership and well-being (self, students, teachers, and other stakeholders);
- Understanding and describing inclusive and culturally responsive leadership practices in various contexts; and
- Developing knowledge-based and technology-oriented tools that increase the effectiveness of leadership preparation and development.
Analytics\Assessment Research Centre
Analytics\Assessment Research Centre (ARC) is a university-level research centre dedicated to analysing data to cultivate wisdom. Our problem-solving publication circles foster connections among researchers, especially junior ones, and help them win grants. We build infrastructure for automated statistical analysis, and use a multidisciplinary approach to analyze Big Data. Our research is shared widely around the world, and we work to build strong research networks.
Under the governance of Prof CHIU Ming Ming (Director), Dr Joyce KWAN Lok-yin (Associate Director), and Dr Angel LEUNG Nga-man (Assistant Director), ARC thrives with the support of 7 fellows with diverse expertise. During 2021-2025, ARC has conducted over 74 funded/awarded research and development (R&D) programmes. Recent grants include (in alphabetical order):
Analytics\Assessment Research Centre (ARC) is a university-level research centre dedicated to analysing data to cultivate wisdom. Our problem-solving publication circles foster connections among researchers, especially junior ones, and help them win grants. We build infrastructure for automated statistical analysis, and use a multidisciplinary approach to analyze Big Data. Our research is shared widely around the world, and we work to build strong research networks.
Under the governance of Prof CHIU Ming Ming (Director), Dr Joyce KWAN Lok-yin (Associate Director), and Dr Angel LEUNG Nga-man (Assistant Director), ARC thrives with the support of 7 fellows with diverse expertise. During 2021-2025, ARC has conducted over 74 funded/awarded research and development (R&D) programmes. Recent grants include (in alphabetical order):
- Detecting COVID-19 Fake News on Social Media across Four Languages: Followers, Emotions, Relationships, and Uncertainty
- Global competence and Online Social Networks: Identities, Cognitive skills, and Sociocultural Factors as Facilitators and Barriers to using Diversity as a Strength
- Online Social Network Influence on Policy Effectiveness & Educational Equity: School Marketing, Educational Outsourcing
- Social Media Analytics Research Teams (SMART)
Research Centre for Creative Arts and Public Value (RCCAPV)
The Research Centre for Creative Arts and Public Value (RCCAPV) aims to become an internationally recognised university-level centre at EdUHK. In the context of the RCCAPV, the arts are construed broadly, to encompass such well-established forms of expression as literature, music, cinema, dance, and theatre, but also new and emerging types of creative expression (e.g. Non Fungible Token art), as well as the transformation of traditional art forms through technology-assisted experimentation, for example in ‘collaboration’ with AI or robots. Equally important are the spaces, virtual and physical, where art making is undertaken and shared, including by means of platformisation, digitization, and blockchain. Clearly focused on the creative arts, the RCCAPV develops and supports innovative (practice-based, policy-oriented) research that describes, analyses, explains, defends, and strengthens the arts’ contributions to society, across the full spectrum of value. That spectrum includes cultural value, social value, ethical value, spiritual and religious value, but also the value of health and well-being, of inclusion, diversity, voice, and recognition. These are all types of value that have a clear public dimension, due to their role in creating the conditions for cohesive, well-integrated, sustainable societies where human beings are able to flourish, in harmony with other species and the natural world of which they themselves are a part.
The Research Centre for Creative Arts and Public Value (RCCAPV) aims to become an internationally recognised university-level centre at EdUHK. In the context of the RCCAPV, the arts are construed broadly, to encompass such well-established forms of expression as literature, music, cinema, dance, and theatre, but also new and emerging types of creative expression (e.g. Non Fungible Token art), as well as the transformation of traditional art forms through technology-assisted experimentation, for example in ‘collaboration’ with AI or robots. Equally important are the spaces, virtual and physical, where art making is undertaken and shared, including by means of platformisation, digitization, and blockchain. Clearly focused on the creative arts, the RCCAPV develops and supports innovative (practice-based, policy-oriented) research that describes, analyses, explains, defends, and strengthens the arts’ contributions to society, across the full spectrum of value. That spectrum includes cultural value, social value, ethical value, spiritual and religious value, but also the value of health and well-being, of inclusion, diversity, voice, and recognition. These are all types of value that have a clear public dimension, due to their role in creating the conditions for cohesive, well-integrated, sustainable societies where human beings are able to flourish, in harmony with other species and the natural world of which they themselves are a part.
University Research Facility of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (UDSAI)
The University Research Facility of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (UDSAI) strives to foster an interdisciplinary approach by leveraging the power of computers and information technology to address a diverse range of research questions.
The UDSAI is equipped with advanced high-performance computing facilities and strives to leverage the power of computers and information technology to address a diverse range of research questions.
The University Research Facility of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (UDSAI) strives to foster an interdisciplinary approach by leveraging the power of computers and information technology to address a diverse range of research questions.
The UDSAI is equipped with advanced high-performance computing facilities and strives to leverage the power of computers and information technology to address a diverse range of research questions.
University Research Facility of Human Behavioural Neuroscience (UHBN)
The University Research of Human Behavioral Neuroscience (UHBN) is the designated facility to conduct studies related to understanding the biological and neurophysiological based of individuals' behavioral, psychological, mental and social processes.
The UHBN is formed by seven laboratories. These labs collectively provide a wide range of cognitive and intelligence applications to children and adults, which aimed at understanding the interrelationships between human brain and behavior, and accelerate neuroscience development.
The University Research of Human Behavioral Neuroscience (UHBN) is the designated facility to conduct studies related to understanding the biological and neurophysiological based of individuals' behavioral, psychological, mental and social processes.
The UHBN is formed by seven laboratories. These labs collectively provide a wide range of cognitive and intelligence applications to children and adults, which aimed at understanding the interrelationships between human brain and behavior, and accelerate neuroscience development.
