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Vision and Mission
The Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies aims to be an international leader in social science research and policy studies that empowers citizens with creative, critical, and transformational thinking skills, keen social, spatial and environmental awareness, and the confidence and empathy to serve actively to better local, national, and global societies and the natural environment.
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BSocSc(SEDS) students participated in the Entrepreneurship camp in the Greater Bay Area
1 December 2023
Three student representatives from the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Social Entrepreneurship and Development Studies participated in a three-day intensive entrepreneurship training camp, organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Centre for Entrepreneurship and Centre for Family Business, from 2nd to 4th November.
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SSPS & RBH seminar on “The Teacher in Chinese Culture: Reflections on a Lifetime of Personal Encounters”
23 November 2023
In this presentation, Prof. Hayhoe shared with us the features of Chinese culture that drew her into 50 years of interaction with Hong Kong and a broader China. She enlightened us to learn lessons from Chinese civilization that have given people agency, strength, resilience and hope in the time of drastic social changes. She guided us to understand a constant balancing between opposites rooted in Chinese culture - the discipline of Confucian learning patterns and the deep insights coming from Daoist thought.
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MPPM Policy Case Competition 2023
22 November 2023
The first MPPM Policy Case Competition, held by the Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM), was successfully organized on 18 November 2023. It was an attempt to provide a hands-on opportunity for students to analyze and resolve real-life public policy problems through case studies.
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Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies Regular Seminar Series 2023-2024 - December Session
12:30 – 13:30
D4 – LP – 03 or Online via Zoom