Academic staff in the Department of Social Sciences are actively engaged in research and scholarship in areas of key social concern in Hong Kong, China, and internationally. With each of us taking our own specific topical and methodological approaches, we share research expertise and interest in several core areas. See below for links to the profiles, projects, and publications of individual academic staff engaged in research on these areas of interest.
Business and Economics
姚偉梅教授
教授
Career and Life Planning Education
Field Experience in Teacher Education
Human Competence Conception, Development and Assessment
Business, Entrepreneurship and Personal Financial Education
Pedagogical Strategies and Online Learning Activities
Field Experience in Teacher Education
Human Competence Conception, Development and Assessment
Business, Entrepreneurship and Personal Financial Education
Pedagogical Strategies and Online Learning Activities
趙永佳教授
社會學講座教授
Hong Kong studies
Economic and development sociology
Youth studies (identities and school to work transition)
Social movements
Liberal Studies
Chinese medicine
Economic and development sociology
Youth studies (identities and school to work transition)
Social movements
Liberal Studies
Chinese medicine
譚偉強博士
副教授
Corporate Social Responsibility, Household finance, Financial Technology, Sustainable Finance
Citizenship and Education
趙永佳教授
社會學講座教授
Hong Kong studies
Economic and development sociology
Youth studies (identities and school to work transition)
Social movements
Liberal Studies
Chinese medicine
Economic and development sociology
Youth studies (identities and school to work transition)
Social movements
Liberal Studies
Chinese medicine
潘甦燕博士
副教授
Sociology of Education
Theories of Development (including Modernization, Dependency, World-System, and Globalization discourses)
International Academic Mobility
International Educational Relations
Governance, Legislation and Educational Policymaking
Citizenship and Citizenship Education
China Studies
Theories of Development (including Modernization, Dependency, World-System, and Globalization discourses)
International Academic Mobility
International Educational Relations
Governance, Legislation and Educational Policymaking
Citizenship and Citizenship Education
China Studies
Politics and Governance
Prof HARRIS, Paul
全球與環境研究講座教授
Global environmental politics, policy and ethics.
Climate change, including international governance of climate change, climate ethics and justice, the politics and foreign policy of climate change, and American and Chinese climate change policies
Climate change, including international governance of climate change, climate ethics and justice, the politics and foreign policy of climate change, and American and Chinese climate change policies
莫家棟博士
助理教授
Moral responsibility of civilian participants in politics/political movements in totalitarian regimes.
The intellectual foundations of the idea of pragmatic politics.
The moral foundation of public support of homeownership.
The intellectual foundations of the idea of pragmatic politics.
The moral foundation of public support of homeownership.
羅金義博士
副教授
Political sociology of East Asian societies
Geopolitics of Laos
Political relations between Hong Kong and Taiwan
Integration of South Asian population in Hong Kong
Geopolitics of Laos
Political relations between Hong Kong and Taiwan
Integration of South Asian population in Hong Kong
Urban and Environmental Affairs and Climate Change
詹志勇教授，榮譽勳章，太平紳士
研究講座教授 (地理及環境科學)研究講座教授 (地理及環境科學)
Urban ecology, urban biodiversity and nature conservation
Urban forest and soil management for arboriculture
Urban climate, thermal comfort and climate-change adaptation
Urban green infrastructure as nature-based solutions
Urban spatial-environmental planning
Urban forest and soil management for arboriculture
Urban climate, thermal comfort and climate-change adaptation
Urban green infrastructure as nature-based solutions
Urban spatial-environmental planning
Prof HARRIS, Paul
全球與環境研究講座教授
Global environmental politics, policy and ethics.
Climate change, including international governance of climate change, climate ethics and justice, the politics and foreign policy of climate change, and American and Chinese climate change policies
Climate change, including international governance of climate change, climate ethics and justice, the politics and foreign policy of climate change, and American and Chinese climate change policies
譚偉強博士
副教授
Corporate Social Responsibility, Household finance, Financial Technology, Sustainable Finance
裴卿博士
社會科學系副系主任及副教授
Human and Environmental Geography
Environmental Humanities and Environmental Economics
Geo-Statistics and its Application
Environmental Humanities and Environmental Economics
Geo-Statistics and its Application
莫家棟博士
助理教授
Moral responsibility of civilian participants in politics/political movements in totalitarian regimes.
The intellectual foundations of the idea of pragmatic politics.
The moral foundation of public support of homeownership.
The intellectual foundations of the idea of pragmatic politics.
The moral foundation of public support of homeownership.
馬健行博士
講師 I
Popular religion in south China
Death management in Hong Kong
Intangible cultural heritage
Social history of Hong Kong
Death management in Hong Kong
Intangible cultural heritage
Social history of Hong Kong
劉淑雯博士
高級講師 II
Tourism and Sustainable Development
Nature-based Tourism
Tourism and Climate Change
Cultural Tourism
Nature-based Tourism
Tourism and Climate Change
Cultural Tourism
Youth, Gender and Social Transformation
趙永佳教授
社會學講座教授
Hong Kong studies
Economic and development sociology
Youth studies (identities and school to work transition)
Social movements
Liberal Studies
Chinese medicine
Economic and development sociology
Youth studies (identities and school to work transition)
Social movements
Liberal Studies
Chinese medicine
杜維真博士
助理教授
Gender studies
Migration studies
Family studies
Chinese societies
Intergenerational relations
Migration studies
Family studies
Chinese societies
Intergenerational relations
潘甦燕博士
副教授
Sociology of Education
Theories of Development (including Modernization, Dependency, World-System, and Globalization discourses)
International Academic Mobility
International Educational Relations
Governance, Legislation and Educational Policymaking
Citizenship and Citizenship Education
China Studies
Theories of Development (including Modernization, Dependency, World-System, and Globalization discourses)
International Academic Mobility
International Educational Relations
Governance, Legislation and Educational Policymaking
Citizenship and Citizenship Education
China Studies
