Humanities and Social Sciences Panel (Joint Research Schemes)
(as at 18 April 2024)
Member Sphere of Interest
Chairman
Professor Gigi Luk* Bilingualism; cognitive development; lifespan development; neuroimaging
Deputy Chairman
Professor Puiwa Lei* Educational psychology; counselling and special education; educational psychology; educational measurement and statistics; psychometrics
Members
Professor Jinfa Cai* Mathematics Education, Educational Assessment and Teacher Education
Professor Dennis Kat-hung Cheng East Asian History; East Asian Humanities; Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism
Professor Yin-cheong Cheng Education reforms; leadership development; paradigm shift; teacher education
Professor Bonnie Wing-yin Chow* Developmental psychology, with focus on language and literacy acquisition and bilingualism
Professor Samuel K. W. Chu Game-based learning; gamification in education; 21st century skills / transversal competencies; social media in education; digital literacies; School and academic librarianship; knowledge management and intellectual capital
Professor Kevin Kien-hoa Chung Linguistics and Languages; Teaching and Learning (Developmental Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities; Cognitive and Social-Emotional Development)
Professor Jacques deLisle* East Asia politics; international relations; international law
Professor Gemma Yang Gao Health promotion and disease prevention
Professor Piper Gaubatz* Urban geography; China; regional development; urban environment, urban form, urban planning
Professor Shenjing He Urban Planning and Design, Urban Studies and Planning, Human Geography (Urban and Regional Development, Housing Studies, and Urban Governance)
Professor Pasha L. Hsieh* Asian legal and comparative studies; public international law; regional and trade law
Professor Ann Katherine Isaacs* History, national, transnational and world history; higher education, higher education reform
Professor Daniel W. L. Lai Social work, Public Health (Multicultural/ Multiracial Research, Health/Mental Health, and Gerontology)
Professor Wai-yee Li* Early Chinese literature and historiography
Professor Angel Mei-yi Lin Education: Research on Teaching & Learning; Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis (Translanguaging and Trans-semiotizing; Languages, Cultures and Literacies Across the Curriculum; Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Professor Edward Yan-yung Ng Sustainable design; green architecture; urban climate; thermal comfort; Earth architecture; daylighting; sustainable urban design and planning
Professor Jiayan Pan Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Mental Health; Post-migration Growth
Professor Céline Yunya Song Media and communication; journalism; online social networks
Professor Wilson Wai-san Tam* Environmental health; epidemiology and statistics
Professor William Shiyuan Wang Cognitive Neuroscience of Language; Linguistics and Languages (Biological and evolutionary bases of linguistic & cognitive abilities; Historical development of languages; Chinese phonetics and phonology)
Professor Hong-biao Yin Education: Curriculum Reform, Teacher Emotion, Teacher Change, Learning Environments, Student Motivation, and Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
Professor Carine Yiu Syntax; semantics; typology; Chinese linguistics (Cantonese); Chinese dialectology
Professor Xiaoling Zhang Housing and urban cities; environmental studies; real estate management
Professor Shuhua Zhou Media and Communication (audience research, digital news, media effects, and psychology)
Secretary
Ms Milly NG Assistant Secretary-General (Research)1, UGC

*Non-local Members