Message from the Vice-President
Professor Joshua MOK Ka Ho
Vice-President
Lam Man Tsan Chair Professor of Comparative Policy
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
It has been another year of Lingnan University’s continuous advancement in research and knowledge transfer (KT) work. According to the QS Asia University Rankings 2020, Lingnan’s score of Citations per Paper has risen from 76.2 to 78.4, which is a further step up from 42.3 to 76.2 in the year before, representing a jump of 29 places from 117th to 88th in that year, and a leap of 140 places over the preceding year. In QS terms, Lingnan “performed among the top 21% in the QS Asia University Rankings 2020”.
Further encouraging records are marked in the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings 2020 that Lingnan University is ranked world 2nd for Quality Education which measures the social and economic impact of universities based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Among these goals, Lingnan is also among the Top 50 in promoting NO Poverty and Top 100 in promoting Decent Work and Economic Growth. Such international recognitions underpin Lingnan’s core values – Education: Care for Learning, Research: Impact with Care.
With Lingnan’s particular strengths in research and knowledge transfer (KT) of high social value and relevance, cumulative income received in 2018/19 from social projects, and the total contract value of on-going projects, were at record high of $14 million and $101 million, representing increases of 84% and 102% respectively. Of these, two are new projects funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust at a total of $48 million. Overall, the total income received from KT projects and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses rose by 142% from $30 million in the previous year to $74 million. We are glad to see our keen effort bearing fruits in our apt response to changing needs for professional skills in the job market, and our new master’s programmes in health & social services management and comparative social policy having won the UGC Fellowships for Taught Postgraduate Programmes.
We shall continue to make bold and innovative moves to build on our strengths to excel in scholarship and better serving society.
102%
41,000+ in cumulative income from social projects 2018/19 84%
in total contract value of on-going projects 2018/19
people benefited from our KT activities in 2018/19
RESEARCH at Lingnan University: Impact with CARE
A tagline recently developed by the University encapsulates our research aspirations and summarises succinctly the nature and the scope of research conducted at Lingnan:
Committing to Society
a common theme of research conducted in our Social Sciences disciplines
Advancing Entrepreneurship
Business research that is of particular importance to our Strategic Plan in student development
Revitalising Heritage
an important area of research conducted in the Faculty of Arts
Embracing Sustainability
interdisciplinary research programmes (including research conducted by the Science Unit) that focuses on sustainability, a goal that spans many areas of human endeavours
Committing to Society
Advancing Entrepreneurship
Revitalising Heritage
Embracing Sustainability
Significant Support for Research & KT
Substantial Donations & UGC's Research Matching Grant
The University Grants Committee (UGC) launched this Grant in August 2019 to encourage community and industry contributions to university research work.
In the first processing cycle of the Grant, Lingnan had presented $44 million in donations for matching, with $42 million matching grants approved. The two sums will together support worthy causes of building up strong Research Centres, economic policy research, projects to revitalise cultural heritage, intergenerational
research projects and student research work. These are good testimonies to community support for our research and KT work.
In the second processing cycle, another $13 million has been presented for matching, with $8.6 million matching grants approved, including the generous donation for the “Lam Woo Research Fund” from the Lam Kei On Memorial Trust for the University to foster junior academic staff in advancing the University’s scholarly reputation.
$5 Million from Tin Ka Ping Foundation to promote Chinese Culture and Medicine
Happy Ageing with Chinese Medicine Project led by Prof Dickson CHAN Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies
Lingnan University Chinese Cultural Project led by Prof CAI Zongqi Department of Chinese
Meeting pressing societal need for Consulting and Counselling Psychology
With a generous donation by the social entrepreneur Dr Joseph LEE, the Wofoo Joseph Lee Consulting and Counselling Psychology Research Centre (WJLCCPRC) has been established under the leadership of Prof SIU Oiling, Dean of Social Sciences and Chair Professor of Applied Psychology.
The Centre not only conducts innovative and impactful research on psychology, but also offers psychological consulting and counselling services and courses for teachers, parents and students. Just months after the Centre’s establishment, seven schools in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun have been engaged by the Centre as partners in organising regular training courses on counselling tactics for teachers and parents, thereby enhancing the well-being of local communities.
Through further collaborations with schools, hospitals and non-governmental organisations, the Centre will actively conduct KT activities to promote mental wellness for positive impact on society.
Lingnan study finds work stress costs Hong Kong
$14.9 billion a year
Hong Kong employees play truant from work for an average of 8.3 days a year, incurring annual economic losses of $5.3 to $14.9 billion, according to a recent study led by Prof Siu Oi-ling. This survey forms part of the research conducted by Lingnan on the “Influence of Work Stress on Society and Economy in Hong Kong”, commissioned by the Occupational Safety and Health Council.
She suggests the government to take the lead in encouraging communication between employers and employees, and employers to provide adequate support for their staff, including updating equipment and supplies, more on-the-job training and flexible work arrangements - measures to enhance the worklife balance.
The study was widely covered in media channels such as The Standard, Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Hong Kong China News Agency, Oriental Daily News, Headline Daily, Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong Economic Times, Wen Wei Po, Economic Digest, Liberty Times Net and QS WOW News.
Prof Siu says stress at work can lead to absenteeism, family issues or feigned sickness and thus economic losses.
Success in Funds Bidding
over the preceding year in total sum received in GRF and ECS Funds 2019/20 from the Research Grants Council
Public Policy Research Funding Scheme
868,278
374,250
143,750
Effects of Social Movements: Initial Biographical Consequences of Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement 435,850 HK$ provided by
10,000,000
2,000,000
1,000,000 588,235
IT use in Smart Toilet - Timely response to public health concerns
Lingnan’s Faculty of Business is glad to sign an agreement with Triple Faith Engineering & Supply Limited to collaborate on a project using AIoT in Smart Toilet under the Partnership Research Programme of the Government’s Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF).
A total of $3.3 million from ITF and the industry partner is provided for the project “Smart Toilet: An AIoT Based Predictive Maintenance Solution”, a smart solution using Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) technologies for predictive maintenance of public toilets. Led by Prof Eric SEETO of the Department of Computing and Decision Sciences, the project is an exemplary case of cooperation among the Government, industry, academia and research sector ( 官產學研合作 ).
$6.9 million for Conservation of Environment
Prof Jonathan FONG of the Science Unit has been actively engaging community members and partners in the very attractive “Citizen Scientist” activities for the conservation of amphibians and reptiles through his research and knowledge transfer projects with strong funding support.
Prof Jonathan FONG
General Research Fund
Conservation genomics of two endangered Hong Kong turtles - the big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) and Beal’s eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei) 1,032,078
Early Career Scheme
Developing environmental DNA approaches to study the ecology and conservation of endangered Hong Kong turtles 827,773
Environment and Conservation Fund
Building a natural history collection of Hong Kong’s amphibians for conservation and education, with a genetic case-study on the endangered Romer’s tree frog (Liuixalus romeri) 1,094,304
Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong
Conservation genomics of the critically endangered golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata) and application to ex-situ breeding and wildlife DNA forensics 599,722
Croucher Chinese Visitorship
• Comparison of gut microbiota of wild and captive turtles
• Identification for Bellamya species based on DNA sequence
• Managing captive breeding of Beal’s eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei) 432,000
Prof SUNG Yik Hei
Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department
• Camera Surveillance & Trap Search in Freshwater Turtle Population Key Sites
• Study on the Conservation Status of Platysternon Megacephalum in Hong Kong
• Study on the Genetic Provenance of Elaphe taeniura in Hong Kong 1,440,000
Environment and Conservation Fund
Uncover the underground - Distribution and population status of endemic blind snakes and Bogadek’s burrowing lizards 482,400
488,544 Prof Paulina WONG
Environment and Conservation Fund
Fine particulate matter pollution from incense burning at temples in Hong Kong 499,920
Total: 6,896,741
Prof SUNG Yik Hei and Prof Paulina WONG of the Unit share the same dedication to creating positive impact on society.
Innovation & Impact for Intergenerational Well-being
Embracing the young and the old is quite a unique feature of many Lingnan University Knowledge Transfer (KT) projects where much intergenerational work is involved. This is built on our strengths in KT generated from research of high social relevance, and our conviction as a liberal arts university that for the people whom we seek to benefit in making knowledge and innovations work for their needs, we treasure their ideas and participation, whether they are from different generations or walks of life. The concept of humanities in innovations will pervade the Four Focus Areas of our KT endeavours in the new triennium 2019-22 - Social Innovations, Gerontechnology, Rediscovering Heritage, and Greater Bay Area.
Young & Old team up for Social Innovations
With the generous donation of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charitable Trust which supports our “We Care, We Serve & We Learn @ Tuen Mun” Programme, the Office of Service-Learning (OSL) organised the I-Gen Series 2018 to enable university students, secondary school students and the elderly to come together to learn about the concept of social innovation, explore new projects for the ageing population and benefit from being trained as social leaders. Exciting activities in which these participants might not have the opportunity to take part as a team before include:
• visiting the co-working space “Dream Impact”, a community that gathers social entrepreneurs to promote innovative thinking and the concept of social enterprise
• getting some ideas of the business operations and visions of different start-ups
• designing a diverse intergenerational community project under the guidance of Dream Impact facilitators
傳統新體驗
Embracing 同行共創 & Old 耆 青 theYoung
Rediscovering Heritage Greater Bay Area Social Innovations Gerontechnology
大灣區發展
研究
社會事業 創新 樂齡科技
In a social environment where people of different generations struggle to appreciate each other’s views, these KT activities offer precious chances for the seem-to-be disparate groups of the young and old to learn, innovate and grow together - not only in terms of skills, but also, importantly, in terms of understanding each other’s ways of thinking, and thus promote social understanding
Understanding Our Elderly and Promoting Smart Ageing
With the nomination for the HKSAR Chief Executive’s Community Project List, our Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies (APIAS), the flagship centre of Lingnan in promoting active ageing and providing elderly care training, is supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust with a donation of $19.68 million for the “LU Jockey Club Gerontechnology and Smart Ageing Project” which runs for three years over 2019-2022.
Led by Prof Ka Ho MOK , our Vice-President and Lam Man Tsan Chair Professor of Comparative Policy , the project aims to promote Gerontechnology and support smart ageing Socialpreneurship development. It serves as an educational platform to provide training courses and workshops on “Gerontechnology in Healthcare, Dining, Living and Transport”.
Healthcare Dining Living Transport
Lingnan is teaming up with government and business organisations, and providers of healthcare and social services to launch a wide array of initiatives such as:
• LU Jockey Club Gerontech-X Lab
• Gerontechnology Practitioner Training Courses
• Socialpreneur Incubation Courses
• Gerontechnology & Socialpreneurship Incubator
• Gerontechnology Public Seminars
• Gerontechnology Mobile Lab
• Social Enterprise Intelligent Hub
Building an age-friendly community is a mission put into action by APIAS. Significant projects being conducted in the reporting year included the following which together have so far benefited more than 18,000 people and 300 households:
• Jockey Club Age-Friendly City Project (Pilot Phase), $7.13 million
• Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project (Phase Two), $7.12 million
• Jockey Club Intergenerational Communication and Health Promotion Programme, $8.8 million
The “Business Genius in Silver Age” project which is newly funded by the Elder Academy Development Foundation will provide our senior citizens with new learning opportunities in multimedia production.
LU Jockey Club Gerontech-X Lab
Establishing the LU Jockey Club Gerontech-X Lab on the Lingnan campus in Tuen Mun is a significant milestone. It is the first lab of its kind in the New Territories West area, with indoor and outdoor facilities spanning an area of 2,000 square feet where the elderly can try out gerontechnology products on the spot. In turn, the user experience recorded will plough back to baseline studies for building a database on Gerontech products and services, social innovations and start-ups, and thus addressing the actual needs of the users and contributing to our vision in offering policy recommendations for the industry and Government.
Woo Fung, honorary fellow of Lingnan University, shared his experience in using smart products and encouraged fellow elders to memorise phone numbers as a way to train up their memory. The over-80-year-old said he was living his best life through lifelong learning.
'Old Camp' at Lingnan for elderly-youth harmony
Lingnan University endeavours joined hands with RTHK Radio 5 to organise this first ever two-day, one-night university camp for 100 seniors, bringing together Lingnan student ambassadors and 90 secondary school students to fill the Lingnan campus with energy.
Exciting opportunities that gerontechnology can bring in enhancing elderly care were enthusiastically shared by Dr LAM Ching-choi, Executive Council Member and Chairman of the Elderly Commission
‘Gerontechnology
Development Blueprint’ Public Seminar
‘HealthCare with eHealth’ Public Seminar
Mr Clube NG, CEO of eHealth Research Institute Limited , and Mr Ivan WAN, co-founder of Qualify Hong Kong Limited were invited to share their experience in the use of technology in healthcare management and to promote innovative gerontechnology products and services for domestic use.
Rural Neighbourhood Development
A Sharing Session cum Certificate of Recognition Presentation Ceremony was held to raise public awareness towards older people residing in the Tuen Mun and Yuen Long rural areas in this university-led district-based programme. There was sharing of experiences and good practices, as well as recognition for Rural Befrienders of this project.
Gerontech Carnival
Humanities in Innovations
LEI Platform
It was a ground breaking move of the University to set up the Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative (LEI) - a collaborative platform to develop students into social entrepreneurs in a liberal arts context and to cultivate an entrepreneurial culture on campus. Unlike conventional entrepreneurship centres working on inventions of science and technology for the development of commercial products, the LEI well distinguishes itself in what it nurtures students to:
• create holistic and practical solutions to real-world problems with a human-centred focus, so that there is the humanistic touch to fill possible gaps in pure technology considerations;
• innovate together with the elderly in intergenerational projects for the ageing population, so as to (i) move beyond the traditional thought that entrepreneurship is only the young people’s business, (ii) unlock the creativity of the aged, and (iii) develop products and services that have the participation of the potential beneficiaries, and for their actual needs.
Entrepreneurship at Lingnan echoes what many liberal arts universities like to quote: “It is in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.” (Steve Jobs: “Technology Alone Is Not Enough”)
Facilities and Infrastructure
L.E.I. Beta (β) Lab
Collaborative work space is available on campus for a creative and dynamic community of potential social innovators and entrepreneurs to incubate their projects/ start-ups.
Social Innovation Hub (SIH)
The Hub has been established in collaboration with member institutions of the Global Liberal Arts Alliance (GLAA), and the Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities (AALAU) as initiated by Lingnan. It will be a pioneer in Asia to foster students’ competence in creativity, STEM knowledge and spirit of entrepreneurship.
Training and Exposure
Asia Design Innovation Meet-up and Gallery with d. school of Stanford University
This 2-day workshop was first organised at Lingnan in 2019. More than 40 participants from 8 different countries and 10 Hong Kong NGOs and co-working spaces were attracted to learn more about design thinking and how it can be effectively integrated into the university classroom.
Joint Humanitarian Entrepreneurship Summer Academy 2019
Participants of this programme which took place in Hong Kong and Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2019 gained a deeper understanding of Sustainable Development Goals, develop better research skills in humanitarian work, and receive hands-on training in areas such as arduino, 3D-printing, autonomous devices and underwater robotics.
GLAA Conference on humanitarian innovation and entrepreneurship
Lingnan University hosted this annual conference of the Global Liberal Arts Alliance (GLAA) in December 2019 at which more than 40 chief members and scholars from GLAA member institutions gathered to
discuss Humanitarian Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Sustainable Development Goals Impact through ServiceLearning. Graduation badges were also presented to the University Innovation Fellows on the occasion.
Merit Award for Lingnan students in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
A team of Lingnan students from the Master of Science in eBusiness and Supply Chain Management programme won the merit award of The 5th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition with their “BB Plan” project.
Innovation & Impact Fund
For a stronger synergy of Lingnan’s efforts in responding to the advocacy of the HKSAR Chief Executive and the UGC for innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialisation of research outputs, the Office of Research Support (ORS) has rolled out this new Fund which incorporates the internal KT Project Fund (KPF) and Entrepreneurial KT Fund (EKT), and a new scheme to support faculty members’ entrepreneurial initiatives.
The former KPF and EKT have funded 50 projects and proven to be effective catalysts of innovative ideas for translating research into impact. The new IIF is designed to take the step forward by building an innovative culture and a supportive environment for innovations and social entrepreneurship. Students and staff may use the fund to develop prototypes for a new product or to prove a new concept leading to or aimed at a start-up for impact on humanity.
Two programmes under the IIF:
a) KT Programme
b) Entrepreneurship Programme Faculty Stream Student Stream
Plaudits for Achievements
To honour the achievements of our faculty and to fuel the energy of research and impact, the Office of Research Support organised the University’s second Research and Knowledge Transfer Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony in 2019. Academics were presented awards for their exemplary cases as supported by our KT Project Fund (KPF) in extending their research findings and expertise to achieving outstanding social and cultural impact.
RGC Competitive Grants Award Awardees
Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme
Prof CHAN Tak-hung Leo Department of Translation
General Research Fund
Prof LAU Yin-ping Grace Department of Chinese
Prof Diana Lucy LEMBERG Department of History
Prof Derek Clayton BAKER Department of Philosophy
Prof ZHANG Jiji Department of Philosophy
Prof SU Lixin Nancy Department of Accountancy
Prof ZHANG Tianle Department of Economics
Prof TAM Wai-keung Department of Political Science
Early Career Scheme
Prof Roberto Carlos CASTILLO BAUTISTA Department of Cultural Studies
Prof ZHANG Lei Department of History
Prof Simon David GOLDSTEIN Department of Philosophy
Prof MAO Ying Department of Accountancy
Prof QIANG Wei Department of Accountancy
Prof WONG Chi Vincent Department of Marketing & International Business
Prof YUEN Wai-hei Samson Department of Political Science
Research Output Excellence Award
Prof HUI Ting-yan Isaac Department of Translation
Prof SU Lixin Nancy Department of Accountancy
Prof ZHANG Tianle Department of Economics
Knowledge Transfer Excellence Award
Award-winning Projects & Leaders/Collaborator
Job seeking practices of South Asian youths in Hong Kong – Evaluation of employment support services
Prof LEUNG Yuk-ming Lisa
Developing intergenerational education partnerships to encourage conservation of reptiles and amphibians in Hong Kong
Prof Mark McGINLEY and Prof Jonathan FONG Science Unit
Honours to the University
International prize for translation work
Head and Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies, Prof Tejaswini NIRANJANA , was awarded DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018 for her English translation of No Presents Please , a collection of stories set in Mumbai written in the southern Indian language of Kannada by poet and short story writer Jayant KAIKINI.
US National Book Critics Circle Award
This is the first time that a translated work has won the prestigious prize, which rewards the best writing about south Asian culture from writers of any ethnicity and from all over the world. Prof Niranjana and Kaikini shared the US$25,000 (£19,100) prize.
The book “Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History” of Prof Yunte HUANG, Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of English was listed as a finalist under the “biography” category - along with 31 others - for the National Book Critics Circle Award, which is one of the most prestigious book awards in the US. The book was deemed as one of the Best Books of the Year in 2018 by Newsweek, New York Times, National Public Radio and San Francisco Chronicle.
A Top 5 scholar in international higher education research
Prof Ka Ho MOK , Vice-President and Lam Man Tsan Chair Professor of Comparative Policy, is ranked among the Top 5 scholars in the world in citations relating to research on international higher education (Science Mapping in the Research of Higher Education Internationalisation from 2013 to 2018: Asian Trends).
Prof Mok’s International and transnational education for whose interests?
A study on the career development of Chinese students is recognised as a top cited paper in Higher Education Quarterly - “TOP CITED ARTICLE 2018-2019”.
Greater Bay Area
The Outline Development Plan for the GuangdongHong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA), published by the Central Government earlier last year, confirms Hong Kong’s strategic position in the Area. Lingnan is committed to making its contributions through a number of collaborations and new initiatives.
Roles of Public Research Universities in Hong Kong
In the $4.37 million project “Accelerating the Development of a Global Innovation and Technology Hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area: The Roles of Public Research Universities in Hong Kong” which is funded by the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of the HKSAR Government under the Strategic Public Policy Research Funding Scheme 2018-19, Lingnan is a collaborator with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as the lead institution. Prof Ka Ho MOK our Vice-President and his team will work closely with researchers of the collaboration to help strengthen the roles of public research universities in Hong Kong in this strategic development initiative.
New Joint Research Centres
Lingnan-SCUT Joint Research Centre for Greater Bay Area Social Policy and Governance
Responding to the exciting development opportunities that the GBA may present, Lingnan and the South China University of Technology (SCUT) bring together social scientists with a wide variety of disciplinary skills and experience to co-launch this Joint Centre. Under the four interconnected themes - Well-being and Quality of Life, Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Economic & Social History , and Comparative Bay Area Studies , the Joint Centre serves as a platform for faculties, students, policy analysts and practitioners in the wider community to engage in research and KT projects on understanding the people in the 11 cities in the Area as they become more mobile in the region and what will then be the implications for social policy and governance.
The first release of research findings by the Joint Centre in the project “Surveys on Youth and University Students’ Perceptions on Development Opportunities in the Greater Bay Area” was broadcast by the TVB and widely cited by media channels such as the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Ming Pao Daily, Sing Tao Daily, Bastille Post, THINK HK, Orange News, Wen Wei Po, Headline Daily and Hong Kong China News.
Professor Ka Ho MOK, Dean of School of Graduate Studies and Co-Director of this LU-SCUT Joint Research Centre, was invited by the Professional Development & Training Division of the Education Bureau, HKSAR Government to provide professional training for more than 100 school teachers to prepare them to go for field visits in the GBA. Prof Mok shared about the policy context, development strategies and recent developments of the GBA, and how Hong Kong young people perceived and evaluated the development opportunities in the GBA based on the above-mentioned joint survey with SCUT.
Lingnan-Wuyi Joint Centre for Ageing in Place
In timely response to ageing issues in the GBA, Lingnan and Wuyi University signed an Agreement of Collaboration for the establishment of this Centre to jointly conduct research on elderly policies in the mainland and Hong Kong and to provide recommendations to the authorities.
Coming up
Lingnan UniversitySun Yat-sen University Greater Bay Area Research Institute for Insurance and Risk Management
Three Joint Centres in Business
Lingnan UniversityGuangdong University of Technology Research Centre for eBusiness and Logistics
Lingnan UniversitySouth China University of Technology Joint Research Centre for Management and Decision Sciences
Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) funding
The School of Graduate Studies (GS) has secured a major research centre grant provided by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK in collaboration with the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), the largest research centre in the world focusing on higher education and its future development. It is a
partnership of 14 UK and international universities led by the University of Oxford and the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education. The research partnerships involved is expected to further enhance Lingnan’s international research profile.
International Collaborations in the UK
Oxford-Lingnan Higher Education Symposium
Prof Leonard CHENG, President of Lingnan University, led a delegation of Lingnan University to give presentations at this Symposium and discuss with prominent scholars in higher education and China studies under the theme “Expansion of Higher Education in China for Two Decades: Critical Reflections from Comparative Perspectives”.
Centre for Research in Education in China and East Asia
Lingnan University is a key partner of this new Centre, and co-organised the launch event with the University of Bath in 2019. Led by the President, a team of Lingnan scholars joined this event which opened Asian-European dialogues on knowledge exchange, cross-cultural educational trends and methodologies in Education and Social Sciences.
Lingnan-Oxford International Postgraduate Summer School 2019
With successful experiences in the preceding two years, Lingnan’s School of Graduate Studies and the Hertford College of the University of Oxford in the UK co-hosted the three-week Summer School over June and July 2019. It attracted the participation of postgraduate students and faculty members from different universities in mainland China, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Scholars and students discussed some critical issues on interdisciplinary studies which enriched the horizon of participants from traditionally discipline-based academic backgrounds. The first week at Lingnan in Hong Kong was followed by a two-week programme at Hertford College. Other co-organisers of the Summer School this year were Ewha Womans University, National Chengchi University, National Chung Cheng University, Peking University, South China University of Technology, and Zhejiang University.
PhD Applicants from 30 Countries
96.71% of applicants for Lingnan's PhD Fellowship Scheme 2020/21 are non-locals from 30 countries spanning the Europe including the UK, Asia, Africa, North and South America including the US.
Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership (APHERP)
Since 2018, Lingnan became the new Secretariat of this international partnership originally based in the US, with Lingnan’s Vice-President Prof Ka Ho MOK as the current Co-Director. It is a membership organisation comprising universities, ministries of education and quality assurance entities.
Research team members of APHERP include many from renowned institutions such as the University of Bath, Bath Spa University, University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, University College London, King’s College London, National Chung Cheng University and National University of Singapore.
Around 120 speakers and 80 postgraduate students from approximately 30 countries and regions participated in the 2019 Conference for Higher Education Research (CHER) and the Asian Conference on the Liberal Arts (ACLA) co-hosted by Lingnan, APHERP and the International Academic Forum (IAFOR).
The themes of the three-day conference were Uncertain Futures: Repurposing Higher Education and Uncertain Futures: The Role of Liberal Arts Education, which drew experts from all over the world to explore the precarious nature of global socio-economic development today and suggest solutions.
Earlier in 2019, Lingnan co-hosted the international symposium on “Internationalization and Quality Management in Higher Education” with APHERP in collaboration with the School of Public Administration of South China University of Technology, and School of Education of Guangzhou University. The Symposium invited distinguished scholars from Japan, Malaysia, mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong to discuss how tertiary institutions from different regions in the Asia Pacific region responded to internationalization and its challenges to quality management in higher education.
Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities (AALAU)
Research Collaboration Workshop
To promote regional and international research collaboration among partnering institutions of the Alliance, the Office of Research Support organised the two-day Research Collaboration Workshop under the central theme of Comparative Asian Studies to facilitate Lingnan scholars and academics from Duke
Kunshan University and National Chengchi University to explore and discuss research collaborations on the topics: (1) Liberal Arts Education: Asian and Comparative Perspectives; (2) Comparative Culture and Literature; (3) Ageing Studies in Asian Countries; and (4) Smart Cities, Digital Culture and Urban Governance.
International Symposium at National Chengchi University
The Symposium with the theme “Economic Globalisation and Regionalisation: Implications for Higher Education, Graduate Employment and Intergenerational Equality” was co-organised by the National Chengchi University, Lingnan University, Tunghai University and the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan. It was part of the collaborative research projects of AALAU with the support of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. The event had attracted scholars from Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Haiti and Taiwan.
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2019 Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) Annual Conference Best Paper Award
Prof Vincent WEN Zhuoyi Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies
Words from the President of the Association on the paper:
Prof JIANG Jin School of Graduate Studies
Your contribution “How China Expands Social Insurance Coverage: The Informal Sector as a Testing Ground” makes a very important contribution to the field of research on social insurance coverage in contemporary China. The paper is empirically rich as well as theoretically sound—and opens an inspiring new perspective on the interplay of formal and informal dimensions of Chinese politics!
Hong Kong Sociological Association Best Thesis Awards
Dr Ruby LAI Yuen-shan Research Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Mr Gary YIP Yui-fung MPhil graduate
Only one of these coveted annual awards is given to the best theses at the PhD and MPhil levels respectively, submitted by all higher institutions in Hong Kong.
Conferences and Postgraduate Seminars
Exploring ways to build a smarter Hong Kong
In response to the Government’s call for building a smarter city in the Smart City Blueprint, Lingnan University and Smart City Consortium held the “Smartcity: How Big Data Reinvent Hong Kong Future” Conference in 2019 at the Hong Kong Productivity Council to gather together corporations and the public for a better understanding of the various issues related
to big data and the future direction of Hong Kong’s development as a smart city. Representatives included those from the MTR, HK Electric, Airport Authority, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Observatory, 3 Hong Kong, Tai Cheung Holdings, Hong Kong Federation of Industries, Hong Kong Chinese Manufacturers Association, Cyberport and more.
Postgraduate Conference on Interdisciplinary Learning supported by the RGC Grant
With a firm conviction to positioning the young academic scholars for excellence, the Conference brought together over 100 speakers and participants not only from Lingnan University but also other local universities like the University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
and City University of Hong Kong. Overseas speakers and postgraduate students from University of Bristol, University of York, National University of Singapore, Fu Jen Catherine University, Central China Normal University and University of Shanghai for Science & Technology also joined the conference.
Competition Commission and Lingnan University co-organises
Inaugural Competition Enforcers and Academics Summit
The Hong Kong Competition Commission and the Centre for Competition Policy and Regulation of Lingnan University hosted the Competition Enforcers and Academics Summit to foster collaboration among
leading academics and competition enforcement agencies in joint projects such as market studies and merger reviews. This regional summit was held in Hong Kong on 1-2 August 2019.
More Conferences
1. Academy of International Business Southeast Asia Regional Conference 2019 (5-7 December 2019)
2. Lingnan-Peking-Wisconsin Education Forum (11 November 2019)
3. The IAFOR Conference for Higher Education Research 2019 (8-10 November 2019)
4. Symposium on “Proactivity: Past, Present, and Future” (8 November 2019)
5. The 6th International Conference of Social Policy and Governance Innovation cum The Launch Conference of the LU-SCUT Joint Research Centre for Greater Bay Area Social Policy and Governance (22-23 October 2019)
6. Creating an Impact: Lingnan Transfer Pricing Forum (20 September 2019)
7. Improvising Space: A symposium on Creativity, Pedagogy, and Music Improvisation (12 September 2019)
8. Competition Enforcers & Academic Summit 2019 (1-2 August 2019)
9. The Sixth South-South Forum on Sustainability (24 June - 3 July 2019)
10. International Conference on “Facing the West: Circulation, Cooperation and Contestation in the Post-War Development of Sociology in Asia” (5-6 June 2019)
11. 《嶺南學報》復刊學術會議之七：「中國 文學抒情和敘事兩個傳統的交響共鳴」 國際研討會 (31 May - 1 June 2019)
12. International Conference on “Western Critical Theory and Chinese Literary Scholarship” (23-24 May 2019)
Postgraduate Seminars
6 May 2019
18 April 2019
11 April 2019
Surfacing ‘Southern’ Perspectives on Student Engagement with Internationalisation: Doctoral Theses as Alternative Forms of Knowledge by Professor Catherine MONTGOMERY, Academic Director of International Partnerships, the University of Bath
Online Ethnography: Youth and Political Engagement in Hong Kong by Professor Iam Chong IP, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
Breaking Boundaries: cross-cultural trade and integration of Africans in China by Professor Roberto CASTILLO, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University
21 March 2019 “It’s our version of Arabic”: Connecting the global and the local through design by Professor Kristiane LINDLAND, University of Stavanger
13 March 2019
7 March 2019
28 February 2019
21 February 2019
14 February 2019
31 January 2019
24 January 2019
Translating an idea to a top journal publication by Professor Alex HE Jingwei, The Education University of Hong Kong
Strategic Spatial Planning and the Greater Bay Area by Professor Roger CHAN, Department of Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong
Poverty, deprivation and health inequalities in Hong Kong by Professor David GORDON, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, University of Bristol
Housing Policy Challenges for the 21st Century by Professor Ray FORREST, Director, Centre for Social Policy and Social Change, Lingnan University
Research Smarter with Citation Databases by Ms Maggie LAM, Clarivate Analytics
Religion, Policies, and Politics of Migration in European States by Dr Konrad PĘDZIWIATR, Cracow University of Economics
Fractures in the Education-Economy Relationship: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections by Professor Hugh LAUDER, Department of Education, International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM), University of Bath
13. International Symposium on “Deconstructing Inequality and Well-being between China and Africa” (9-10 May 2019)
14. United Nations World Press Freedom Day: The State of Press Freedom in Hong Kong & Around the Globe (3 May 2019)
15. Postgraduate Conference on Interdisciplinary Learning: Positioning the Young Scholar for Academic Excellence (29 - 30 March 2019)
16. Launch Event of the Centre for Research in Education in China and East Asia: AsianEuropean Dialogues (26 March 2019)
17. Conference on “Modality in Structural/Naturalist Ontologies” (21-22 March 2019)
18. ‘Follow the Practice’: Tracing Formations of Culture & Knowledge in Asia (21 March 2019)
19. “Ecowriting: Tradition and Modernity” Conference (16-17 March 2019)
20. Symposium on “Internationalization and Quality Management in Higher Education” (26 February 2019)
21. Performance Studies x Cultural Studies Colloquium: Cultures in Motion, Performance in Transit (22 February 2019)
22. “Smartcity: How Big Data Reinvent Hong Kong Future” Conference (23 January 2019)
23. International Symposium on “Wellbeing and Inequality in the Digital Age” (10-11 January 2019)
24. International Forum on the Change of American Trade Policies and the Possible Responses from China (18 December 2018)
25. Academy of International Business Southeast Asia Regional Conference 2018 (6-8 December 2018)
中國古典詩學高端論壇 (2 November 2018)
New Books
Hong Kong’s New Identity
Politics: Longing for the Local in the Shadow of China
Author Prof Iam Chong IP Department of Cultural Studies
香港哥爾夫球會走過的 130 年
Author Prof Chi Pang LAU Department of History
Museum Processes in China: The Institutional Regulation, Production and Consumption of the Art Museums in the Greater Pearl River Delta Region
Author Dr Chui Fun HO Department of Visual Studies
Skateboarding and Religion
Barriers down: how American power and freeflow policies shaped global media
Author Prof Diana Lucy LEMBERG Department of History
China's new united front work in Hong Kong: Penetrative politics and its implications
Authors Mr Hai Chi Jeff LOO Department of Political Science
Prof Sonny Shiu-Hing LO
HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education
Dr Steven Chung-Fun HUNG
The Education University of Hong Kong
The politics of the past in Early China
Author Prof Vincent Sueh Han LEUNG Department of History
香港史： 從遠古到九七
Authors Prof Chi Pang LAU Department of History
Prof Shuyong LIU
Hong Kong and South China Historical Research Programme
Author Prof Paul James O'CONNOR Department of Sociology and Social Policy 無處安放： 張愛玲文學價值重估
Author Prof Zidong XU Department of Chinese
福爾摩斯來中國：
偵探小說在中國的跨文化傳播
Author Prof Yan Vivien WEI Department of Chinese
Gu Hongming’s eccentric Chinese Odyssey
Author Prof Chunmei DU Department of History
East-West Symbioses: The Reconciliation of Opposites
Author Prof Eugene Chen EOYANG Lingnan University
規範性： 思想和意義之基
Author Prof Yujian ZHENG Department of Philosophy
解構滋味：
香港飲食文學與文化研究論集
Author Dr Yan Ho SIU Department of Chinese
The instrument of science: scientific anti-realism revitalized
Author Prof Darrell Patrick ROWBOTTOM Department of Philosophy
The unmasking style in social theory
Author Prof William Peter BAEHR Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Politics of Mega-Events in China's Hong Kong and Macao
Author Prof Pok CHU Department of Political Science
廿一世紀香港詩詞：
古典詩詞美學的前瞻與透視
Authors Prof Yim Tze Charles KWONG Department of Chinese
Mr Tsz Hong CHAN
Mr Tak Kam CHAN
細讀張愛玲
Author Prof Zidong XU Department of Chinese
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