PEOPLE

Prof. Emily Y. Y. Chan

  • Position(s)
    • Director, Centre for Global Health, CUHK
    • Director, Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response, CUHK
    • Assistant Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
  • Education
    • MD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  • Research Expertise
    • Climate change and health
    • Disaster and humanitarian medicine
    • Ethnic minority health
    • Global and planetary health
    • Injury and disaster epidemiology
    • Remote rural health

Prof. Johnson C. S. Chan

  • Position(s)
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  • Research Expertise
    • Place branding
    • Sustainable tourism
    • Accessible and multi-sensory tourism

Prof. Kalok Chan

  • Position(s)
    • Wei Lun Professor of Finance, CUHK
    • Chairman, Department of Finance, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Ohio State University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Asset prices behaviour
    • Market microstructure
    • Market volatility
    • International finance
    • Emerging financial markets

Prof. Wai-ling Cheong

  • Position(s)
    • Professor and Programme Director, Master of Arts in Music, Department of Music, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Cambridge)
  • Research Expertise
    • Reception of Soviet and Central European music theory in China
    • Music and theoretical writings of Messiaen
    • Scriabin and octatonicism
    • Stravinsky and rhythmic studies

Prof. Alan C. K. Cheung

  • Position(s)
    • Chairman and Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, CUHK
    • Director, Centre for University and School Partnership, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Brigham Young University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Education marketization
    • Higher education
    • Quantitative methods
    • School effectiveness and school improvement
    • School evaluation

Prof. Waiman Cheung

  • Position(s)
    • Director, Asian Institute of Supply Chains and Logistics, CUHK
    • Director, Centre of Cyber Logistics, CUHK
    • Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), CUHK Business School
  • Education
    • PhD (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
  • Research Expertise
    • Management information systems
    • Database systems
    • Decision support systems
    • Information systems integration
    • E-commerce and logistics

Prof. Chi-yue Chiu

  • Position(s)
    • Choh-Ming Li Professor of Psychology, CUHK
    • Dean of Social Science, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Columbia University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Multiculturalism and creativity
    • Social psychology of globalization
    • Polycultural psychology

Prof. Susanne Y. P. Choi

  • Position(s)
    • Co-Director, Gender Research Centre, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK
    • Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK
  • Education
    • DPhil (Oxford University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Gender
    • Family
    • Migration
    • Sexuality

Prof. Terence T. L. Chong

Prof. David Faure

  • Position(s)
    • Emeritus Professor, Department of History, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Princeton University)
  • Research Expertise
    • The history of the lineage in south China
    • Chinese business history
    • Chinese social and business history, historical anthropology
    • The history of Hong Kong
    • Local history in China

Prof. Anthony Y. H. Fung

  • Position(s)
    • Director, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (HKIAPS), CUHK
    • Director, Centre for Youth Studies, HKIAPS, CUHK
    • Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, CUHK
    • Co-Director, Global Studies Programme, Faculty of Social Science, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Minnesota)
  • Research Expertise
    • Creative Media
    • Popular culture and cultural studies
    • Transnational and Digital Media
    • Youth studies

Prof. Michael K. Y. Fung

  • Position(s)
    • Executive Director, Aviation Policy and Research Centre, CUHK
    • Professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Western Ontario)
  • Research Expertise
    • Air Transportation
    • International economics
    • Business economics
    • Chinese economy

Prof. Esther S. C. Ho

  • Position(s)
    • Director, Hong Kong Centre for International Student Assessment, CUHK
    • Research Professor & Emeritus Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, CUHK
    • Founding Member of Steering Committee of Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific, UNESCO
  • Education
    • PhD (University of British Columbia)
  • Research Expertise
    • Education policy
    • Educational leadership
    • Gender studies
    • Quantitative methods
    • School and community
    • School effectiveness and school improvement
    • Sociology of education

Prof. Jan Kiely

  • Position(s)
    • Director and Professor, Centre for China Studies, CUHK
    • Associate Director, Universities Service Centre for China Studies, CUHK
    • Associate Editor, Twentieth Century China
  • Education
    • PhD (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Research Expertise
    • 20th century Chinese history
    • Legal and penal history, history of thought reform and security systems
    • Buddhism and other religions in history
    • Local social histories of war

Prof. Pan-chiu Lai

  • Position(s)
    • Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, CUHK
  • Education
    • BA (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
    • MDiv (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
    • PhD (University of London)
  • Research Expertise
    • Inter-religious encounter
    • Christianity and Chinese culture
    • Modern religious thought
    • Environmental ethics

Prof. Kin-che Lam

  • Position(s)
    • Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK
    • Environmental Consultant (project basis), The World Bank
  • Education
    • PhD (University of New England)
  • Honour(s)
    • Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS); J.P.
  • Professional Qualification(s)
    • HonFCIWEM; HonFHKIEIA, HonFHKIOA, FHKIQEP
  • Research Expertise
    • Environmental impact assessment
    • Environmental policy and governance

Prof. Pierre Landry

  • Position(s)
    • Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Michigan)
  • Research Expertise
    • Asian and Chinese politics
    • Comparative local government
    • Quantitative comparative analysis
    • Survey research

Prof. Frederick Lau

  • Position(s)
    • Department Chair and Professor, Department of Music, CUHK
  • Education
    • DMA (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Research Expertise
    • Chinese and Western music
    • Music and identity
    • Musical hybridity
    • Western avant-garde music

Prof. Gabriel N. C. Lau

  • Position(s)
    • Co-Director, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, CUHK
    • AXA Professor of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK
    • Co-Director, CUHK/University of Exeter Joint Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Washington)
  • Research Expertise
    • Structure and dynamics of atmospheric circulation systems
    • Large-scale atmosphere-ocean interaction
    • Model simulation of atmospheric variability on different time scales
    • Regional impacts of climate change

Dr Cheung-kwok Law

  • Position(s)
    • Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK
    • Director of Policy, Aviation Policy and Research Centre, CUHK
  • Education
    • BSSc (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
    • M Econ (Thammasat University, Thailand)
    • PhD (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • Research Expertise
    • Hong Kong/China/ASEAN
    • Economic and financial policy
    • Aviation policy
    • Public policy

Prof. Ho-fung Leung

  • Position(s)
    • Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CUHK
    • Professor (by Courtesy), Department of Sociology, CUHK
    • Director, MSc Programme in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of London), DIC
  • Research Expertise
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Ontologies
    • Intelligent agents
    • Complex systems
    • Social computing

Prof. Yuen-sang Leung

  • Position(s)
    • Director, Research Centre for Contemporary Chinese Culture, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), CUHK
    • Emeritus Professor; Research Professor, Department of History, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of California, Santa Barbara)
  • Research Expertise
    • Confucianism and Christianity in modern China
    • Cities and cultures: Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen
    • Overseas Chinese communities: Singapore and Los Angeles

Prof. Chen Li

  • Position(s)
    • Associate Professor, Centre for China Studies, CUHK
    • Research Fellow (by courtesy), Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Cambridge)
  • Research Expertise
    • China’s Political Economy
    • Comparative public policy and international development
    • Financial regulation and governance
    • State-business relations
    • Institutional analysis

Prof. Minhua Ling

  • Position(s)
    • Associate Director and Associate Professor,
      Centre for China Studies, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Yale University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Migration and Mobility
    • Urbanization and Rural-urban Relations
    • Education and Equality
    • Youth Culture and Identity
    • State-society Relations
    • Socioecological Transformation

Prof. Carlos W. H. Lo

  • Position(s)
    • Director, Centre for Business Sustainability, CUHK
    • Head and Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Flinders University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Chinese Legal System
    • Corporate Environmental Management in China and Hong Kong
    • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in China and Hong Kong
    • Cultural Heritage Management in China
    • Environmental Management in China and Hong Kong
    • Public Sector Management in China and Hong Kong

Prof. Mee-kam Ng

  • Position(s)
    • Associate Director, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (HKIAPS), CUHK
    • Associate Director, Institute of Future Cities, CUHK
    • Vice-Chairperson and Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK
    • Member, Research Centre for Urban and Regional Development, HKIAPS, CUHK
    • Director, Urban Studies Programme, Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • Research Expertise
    • Urban planning and governance
    • Production of space and the politics of planning
    • Urban regeneration
    • Sustainable development
    • Community planning

Prof. Dongshu Ou

  • Position(s)
    • Associate Director, Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research, CUHK
    • Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Columbia University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Economics of education
    • Education policy
    • Immigration/migration and education

Prof. Ling Qin

  • Position(s)
    • Director, CUHU SZ-HK Innovation Technology Research Institute (Futian)
    • Director, Innovative Orthopaedic Biomaterials and Drug Translational Research Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHK
    • Professor and Director, Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, CUHK
    • Assistant Dean (Mainland Affairs), Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Cologne, Germany)
  • Research Expertise
    • Musculoskeletal Disorders, including Osteoporosis, Osteonecrosis and Osteoarthritis
    • Musculoskeletal Injury and Repair, including Fracture and Tendon-Bone Insertion Repair
    • Innovation, Research and Development of Biodegradable Metals for Orthopaedic Applications

Prof. Liugang Sheng

Prof. Anthony M. C. So

  • Position(s)
    • Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, CUHK
    • Associate Dean (Student Affairs), Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Stanford University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Algorithm design
    • Optimization

Prof. Michael Z. Song

Dr Tim Summers

  • Position(s)
    • Assistant Professor, Centre for China Studies, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  • Research Expertise
    • Belt and Road Initiative
    • China and International Relations and Global Political Economy
    • China’s Regions, especially Southwest China, and Hong Kong

Prof. Yun-wing Sung

  • Position(s)
    • Associate Director, Shanghai-Hong Kong Development Institute, CUHK and Fudan University
    • Associate Director, Economic Research Centre, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK
    • Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Minnesota)
  • Research Expertise
    • International trade and development
    • Economy of China
    • Economy of Hong Kong
    • Economic integration of the Chinese Economic Area (Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong)
    • Trade and investment of the Chinese economy

Prof. Tony H. W. Tam

  • Position(s)
    • Chairman and Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Chicago)
  • Research Expertise
    • Chinese societies and comparative: Inequality of labor market, mobility, health, education, and gender
    • Chinese societies and comparative: Sociology of education
    • Mainland china: Subjective well-being and social mentality
    • Economic sociology
    • Mobile apps-based survey methodology, including vignette, behavioral games, and experiments

Prof. Sze-wing Tang

  • Position(s)
    • Chairman and Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK
    • Director, T. T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre, Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK
    • Director, Research Centre for Linguistics, Shenzhen Research Institute, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of California, Irvine)
  • Research Expertise
    • Syntax
    • Chinese dialectal grammar
    • Parametric study of linguistic variation
  • Profile Page: http://www.swtang.net

Prof. Kelvin Tsoi

  • Position(s)
    • Research Fellow (By Courtesy), Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre, CUHK
    • Associate Professor, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
  • Research Expertise
    • Big data research on health system and disease burden
    • Evidence-based medicine for clinical research
    • Multidisciplinary research for healthcare devices and platforms

Prof. Lutz-Christian Wolff

  • Position(s)
    • Wei Lun Professor of Law, CUHK
    • Dean, Faculty of Law, CUHK
  • Education
    • Dr iur (University of Passau, Germany)
    • Dr iur habil (University of Passau, Germany)
  • Research Expertise
    • International and Chinese business law
    • Comparative law
    • Private international law

Prof. Kam-fai Wong

  • Position(s)
    • Director, Centre for Innovation and Technology, CUHK
    • Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, CUHK
    • Associate Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Engineering, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Edinburgh)
  • Research Expertise
    • Chinese information processing
    • Databases
    • E-Commerce development in Southeast Asia
    • Information retrieval

Prof. Seanon Wong

  • Position(s)
    • Director, International Affairs Research Centre, HKIAPS, CUHK
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of Southern California)
  • Research Expertise
    • International relations theory
    • Security studies
    • Diplomacy
    • Political psychology
    • Identity and intergroup conflicts
    • International relations of East Asia

Prof. Suk-ying Wong

  • Position(s)
    • Associate Vice-President, CUHK
    • Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK
    • Master, CW Chu College, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Stanford University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Sociology of education
    • Comparative and historical sociology
    • Institutionalism and social organizations
    • Higher education

Prof. Chao Xi

  • Position(s)
    • Director, Chinese Law Programme, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, CUHK
    • Professor and Outstanding Fellow, Faculty of Law, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of London)
  • Research Expertise
    • Chinese law
    • Corporate law and governance
    • Securities regulation
    • Financial regulation
    • Law and political economy

Prof. Yuan Xu

  • Position(s)
    • Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, CUHK
    • Programme Leader, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (Princeton University)
  • Research Expertise
    • Air pollutant mitigation strategy and policy
    • Energy development
    • Innovation in the field of energy and the environment

Dr Andrew C. L. Yuen

  • Position(s)
    • Director of Policy and Knowledge Transfer, Aviation Policy and Research Centre, CUHK
    • Academic Director, MBA Programmes, CUHK
    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, CUHK
    • Associate Dean (General Education), S.H. Ho College, CUHK
  • Education
    • PhD (University of British Columbia)
  • Research Expertise
    • Transport economics
    • Industrial organization
    • Environmental economics
    • Chinese economy