
Exploring New Avenues with Naresuan University
Dr Napisa Waitoolkiat, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, and her distinguished team from the Naresuan University visited the EdUHK on 24th April.
During the visit, Dr Fox Hu, Acting Head of the Department, with his team, discussed around three key areas: the exchange of staff and students, enhanced collaboration on cross-boundary research, and the expansion of joint student activities.
The visit was a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to deepen academic collaboration and foster meaningful partnerships with the Naresuan University.

Prof. Cheung received the article of the year 2023 award from ASPA_SCPA
Professor Peter Cheung’s co-authored article titled “Influence of external authorities on collaborative friction” (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/puar.13616), published in Public Administration Review, has just received the article of the year 2023 award from the Section on Chinese Public Administration (SCPA) of American Society for Public Administration. As commented by SCPA, this article stood out among hundreds of publications in 2023 for “its significant contribution to public and nonprofit administration literature, its relevance to the Chinese context, and its exceptional research quality including theoretical, methodological, and analytical rigor”.

社會創業與發展研究榮譽社會科學學士舉辦拾荒者支援計劃分享會
社會創業與發展研究榮譽社會科學學士日前舉辦「拾荒者支援計劃分享會」,並邀請到再生玩具店創辦人黎俊業先生擔任分享會講者。

SSPS organised the Inspiring Minds: Prominent Industry Speaker Series
The Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies recently organised the “Inspiring Minds: Prominent Industry Speaker Series”. This series aims to provide attendees with invaluable insights into the complexities of strategic communication within the business context.

Dr. Tao Receives William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award
Dr. Tao Lei, research assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong, along with his co-authors, have been chosen as the 2024 recipients of William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award by American Society for Public Administration. This award was presented to them for their paper "Advancing the Frontiers of Genomic Public Administration: From Genetics to Administrative Attitudes, Behaviors, and Practices" (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/puar.13744), which was selected as the best academic article of 2023 in Public Administration Review (PAR), one of the top-ranking journals in the field of public administration.