Research Projects
SAKAMOTO, Arthur
Department Chair & Professor
| 1 | Socioeconomic characteristics of Asian Americans; Exploitation and economic class structure of contemporary societies; Inequality and the institutions of East Asian societies. |
KOO, Anita C.H. 顧靜華
Professor
| 1 | Vocational/Professional Training against a Changing Landscape of Higher Education in Hong Kong |
| 2 | Non-traditional Students’ Choices of Professional Training in the Expanded Higher Education Sector in Hong Kong |
LAI, Gina W.F. 賴蘊寬
Professor
| 1 | School-to-Work Transition in Urban China: High School Students from Urban Nanjing as a Case Study. Project Number: GRF HKBU245612. | Read More | |
| 2 | Pathways and Social Consequences of High School Transition in China: An Exploratory Study of High School Students in Urban Nanjing. Project Number: GRF HKBU2456. | Read More | |
CHAN, Kwok Shing 陳國成
Associate Professor
| 1 | Property and Chinese Lineage Villages in the New Territories of Hong Kong, 1905-2012. Project Number: HKBU 240813. | Read More | |
| 2 | The Making of a New Macau: A Study of Fujianese Immigrants in Macau [commissioned by the Macau Foundation] | Read More | |
| 3 | Transnational Pilgrimage, Tourism and Identity Politics: An Anthropological Study of the Cult of Mazu (The Goddess of Heaven). Project Number: HKBU 240210. | Read More | |
CHEUNG, Adam K.L. 張家樂
Associate Professor
| 1 | “Loving my political opponents”: Political disagreements and marital quality in Hong Kong. Funded by RGC. General Research Fund. Project number: HKBU/12600021. (PI) |
| 2 | Stranger/Helper at Home: An Integrated Framework on Hiring Domestic Help and Family Relations in Hong Kong. Funded by RGC. Early Career Scheme. Project Number: HKBU/28603817. (PI) |
| 3 | Family Policies, Social Norms and Fertility Decisions: A Survey Experiment. Public Policy Research Funding Scheme. Project Number: 2017.A5.032.17D. (Co-I, with Dr. Lake Lui) |
| 4 | Masculinities of Young Men in Hong Kong. Funded by The Women's Foundation. (Co-PI, with Dr. Anita Chan) |
| 5 | Gender Difference in STEM Aspiration and Educational Choices in Hong Kong. Funded by The Women’s Foundation. (Co-PI, with Dr. Anita Chan) |
PENG, Yinni 彭銦旎
Associate Professor
| 1 | When China’s Only Children Become Parents: Gender, Family, and Parenting in Urban Singletons in Post-Reform China | Read More | |
| 2 | “Mainland Chinese students’ transition into skilled migrants in Hong Kong.” Project Number: HKBU FRG1/15-16/032. | Read More | |
| 3 | Trans-local Parenting: How the Intersection of Social Structure and Individual Agency Reconstructs Parenthood among Migrant Workers in South China. Early Career Scheme (ECS), funded by the UGC. ECS Project Number: HKBU258513. | Read More | |
SIU, Kaxton Y.K. 蕭裕均
Associate Professor
| 1 | Chinese Investors in Vietnam and Cambodia and their Impact on Industrial Relations Systems and Labour Standards. |
| 2 | Industrial Trainees from China and Vietnam in Japan: An Entry Point into the Key Issues of International Labour Migration and Skill Transfer. |
| 3 | Urbanization, Migration and Welfare in China: A Comparative Study of Migrant Families, Social Service Provisions and Welfare Policies in Greater Bay Area and Yangtze River Delta. |
JIANG, Jin 江晉
Assistant Professor
| 1 | Emerging ‘Triple Lost’ Young Graduates in Mainland China: A Mixed-Method Approach, Funded by Research Grants Council, General Research Fund (GRF). | Read More | |
| 2 | Staying in the Nest? A Study of Young Adults’ Co-residence with Parents in the United Kingdom, Mainland China and Hong Kong, Early Career Scheme (ECS), Funded by Research Grants Council, Early Career Scheme (ECS). | Read More | |
| 3 | The Greater Bay Area and Career Opportunity for Hong Kong Youth: Integrating Big Data Analysis and Survey Experiments, Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme. | Project Leaflet (English) | | Project Leaflet (Chinese) | | Read More | |
GHEORGHIU, Iulia
Lecturer
BARBALET, Jack 齊傑
Emeritus Professor
| 1 | Classical Sociological Theory and China. |
| 2 | Chinese Social Structure. |
| 3 | Classical Chinese Thought as Social Theory [including GRF project: ‘Sociological Focus, Chinese Lens: Daodejing as a Philosophical Foundation for Sociology’]. |
RUAN, Danching 阮丹青
Emeritus Professor
| 1 | Social Capital and Social Inequality - A Study of Rural Migrants in Shanghai. Project Number: HKBU2142/03H. | Read More | |
| 2 | Educational Stratification in China - A View from the Top. Project Number: FRG/05-06/I-21, FRG/05-06/II-15, SOX/05-06/CERAS-18 and HKBU 2447/06H. | Read More | |
| 3 | Social Capital and Self-employment in Urban China. Project Number: FRG1/12-13/051. | Read More | |