Current and Recently Completed Research Projects (2022 to present chronologically)
Staff
|
Project Title
|
Role
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Duration
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Funding Sources
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Status
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Dr. Steve Fong/Dr. Kitty Mo |
Production of Parent Education Resource Package for Secondary Schools |
Project Coordinator/Team Member |
2025-2026 |
Education Bureau |
Current |
|
Dr. Steve Fong |
Navigating the Visual Tapestry: Unveiling Stress Coping in the Resilience Journey of Caregivers of Children with Special Educational Needs through Photovoice in Hong Kong |
Co-I |
2024-2026 |
UGC (FDS), Dr. Sandrine CHUNG (SYU, C&P) as PI |
Current |
|
Dr. Steve Fong |
Positive side to juggling between work and care? A mixed-method investigation on work-family enrichment among Hong Kong working caregivers for adults with long-term care needs |
Co-I |
2024-2026 |
UGC (FDS), Dr. Bobo LAU (SYU, C&P) as PI |
Current |
|
Dr. Steve Fong/ Dr. Ben Liu |
One-stop information gateway for carers |
Project Coordinator/ Co-PI |
2023-2026 |
HKJC |
Current |
|
Dr. Steve Fong/ Dr. Ben Liu |
Jockey Club Smart Navigation Portal for Carers |
PI/Co-PI |
2022-2025 |
HKJC |
Completed |
|
Dr. Steve Fong/ Dr. Ben Liu |
Mapping the grey digital divide and diversity in older ICT users post-COVID: A mixed-method research informing service and policy development |
Co-PI |
2023-2025 |
UGC/IDSC with Dr. Bobo LAU (SYU, C&P) as PC |
Completed |
|
Dr. Steve Fong/ Dr. Josephine Fung |
Research Study on the Effectiveness of the Sheltered Workshop Extended Care Pilot Project |
PI/Co-I |
2022-2025 |
Fu Hong Society |
Current |
8 |
Dr. Steve Fong |
Research Study on the Effectiveness of the New Future Teen for Brain Health Programme |
PI |
2023-2024 |
Hong Kong Children & Youth Services |
Completed |
9 |
Dr. Steve Fong/ Dr. Josephine Fung |
The Future Development of Caregiving Policy and Practice in Hong Kong: International Perspectives and Local Initiatives |
Co-PI/Co-I |
2024 |
UGC/IIDS with Prof A Chong (SFU) as PC |
Completed |
|
Dr. Steve Fong |
Supporting Informal Caregivers-Pioneering, Validating, Implementing, and Evaluating a Chinese Caregiving Planning Model in Hong Kong |
Co-PI |
2022-2024 |
CIHE (ITBG): Prof MS Tsui (SFU) as PC |
Completed |
11 |
Dr. Steve Fong |
Preparing for the launch of Esports: An interdisciplinary and holistic perspective in the prevention of teenage gaming addiction problem based on Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological model in the era of Esports |
Co-PI |
2021-2024 |
UGC(IDSC): Dr. Fu Wai (P&C, SYU) as PC |
Completed |
12 |
Dr. Linda Mok/Dr. Raymond Chui/Dr. Priscilla Chung/Dr. Josephine Fung/Mr. Toby Yip |
An Evidence-based Study: Child-focused In-law Relationships Enhancement in Multigenerational Families |
Co-PI/Co-I/Co-I/Co-I/Co-I |
2019-2024 |
Lee Kum Kee Foundation, with Dr. Tabitha Ng (VTC) as PI |
Completed |
13 |
Prof. Esther Chow |
Using Data to Transform Diabetes Care and Patient Lives |
Co-I |
2025-2029 |
UGC/Area of Excellence Fund, with Prof R Ma (CUHK) as PI |
Current |
|
Prof. Esther Chow/Dr. Bobo LAU (SYU, C&P)/Dr. G. LAU (HKU)/Prof L. Lou (SFU)/Dr. F.F. Fung (CityU) |
How Stroke-Survivor-Adult-Children-Caregiver Dyads Have Coped Interdependently in Achieving Well-being: A Mixed-Methods Study Informing Policy Decisions. |
PI/Co-I/Co-I/Co-I/Co-I |
2025-2026 |
UGC/FDS |
Current |
|
Prof. Esther Chow |
The use of Gerontechnology and its impacts on the well-being and depression/anxiety of older adults and the care effectiveness and burnout of healthcare professionals/providers in residential long-term care facilities: A mixed-methods concurrent nested study to inform policy decisions. |
PI |
2023-2026 |
HKSYU |
Current |
|
Prof. Esther Chow |
Identification of an Effective Two-stage Adaptive Intervention for Reducing Loneliness among Hong Kong Chinese Older Adults |
Co-I |
2024-2026 |
UGC/GRF; with Prof KL Chou (EdU) as PI |
Current |
|
Prof. Esther Chow |
Reducing loneliness among Hong Kong older adults: A 3-arm randomized controlled trial |
Co-I |
2023-2025 |
UGC/GRF; with Prof KL Chou (EdU) as PI |
Completed |
|
Prof. Petrus Ng |
A pilot study of creative connection: Group intervention for enhancing attention span and emotional regulation of younger learners. |
Co-I |
2025-2026 |
Lutheran Church Hong Kong Synod, Dr Renee Chiu, (CUHK) as PI |
Current |
|
Prof. Petrus Ng |
The effects of the Expanded Coming Out Proud group on reducing self-stigma of people with schizophrenia in Hong Kong |
PI |
2022-2024 |
UGC/GRF |
Completed |
|
Prof. Petrus Ng |
Photovoice intervention on reducing self-stigma of Chinese people with a mental illness in Hong Kong – a randomized control study |
PI |
2021-2023 |
HKBU FRG |
Completed |
|
Dr. Lina Chow |
Health Outcomes of the Public Transportation Fare Concession Scheme in Hong Kong |
PI |
2024-2026 |
Self-finance |
Current |
22 |
Dr. Raymond Chui/Dr. Josephine Fung |
Transformative and Resilient Youth (TRY) Gym: A School-based Co-creative Mental Health Training Programme |
PI/Co-I |
2023-2026 |
Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation |
Current |
23 |
Dr. Raymond Chui |
Positive Psychology 2.0: The Roles of Psychology of Spirituality and Transcendence in Facing Ever-Changing Environment and Life Adversities |
Co-I |
2024-2025 |
UGC (IIDS), Prof. Alex CHAN (TWC) as PI |
Completed |
24 |
Dr. Raymond Chui |
Neuropsychological Underpinnings of Mental Health Across Lifespan: From the Young to the Old in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic |
Co-I |
2023-2024 |
IIDS1 (UGC), Dr. Bess Lam (SYU) as PI |
Completed |
25 |
Dr. Priscilla Chung |
Empower Your Supervisory Experience - Engage in Constructive Dialogue with Reflective Supervision |
PI |
2023 |
Self-finance |
Current |
|
Dr. Charles Leung |
Internationalization and Indigenization of Social Work Education in China, Vietnam, Singapore, and Cambodia |
Co-I |
2024-2026 |
IASSW, Prof. Johnston WONG (BNU-HKBU) as PI |
Current |
27 |
Dr. Charles Leung |
Scoping Review of the Welfare Provision in the GHM Greater Bay Area: The case on elder care of Hong Kong people across borders |
PI |
2024-2025 |
HKSYU |
|
|
Dr. Ben Liu |
Developing a toolkit to support students from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds during practice learning in the United Kingdom– An impact project |
Co-I
|
2024-2025 |
ESRC, UK, Dr. Echo YEUNG (University of Hertfordshire) as PI |
Current |
29 |
Dr. Ben Liu |
Care for the carers through virtual and community-based peer support (照顧照顧者計劃 — “線上網下虛則實諮”) |
PI |
2023-2024 |
Phase 2 of Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme, Health Bureau, Hong Kong |
Completed |
30 |
Dr. Ben Liu/ Dr. Steve Fong |
Evaluation and Research Project on The Lifestyle Reactivation Project: Jockey Club Smart Homecare Solution (生活再動計劃:賽馬會居家安老新里程檢討及研究計劃) |
PI/Co-PI |
2022-2024 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong |
Completed |
31 |
Dr. Kitty Mo |
Phase Two of IT Consultancy Support Programme for NPOs |
PI |
2024-2027 |
The Hong Kong Productivity Council |
Current |
32 |
Dr. Kitty Mo/Dr. Steve Fong |
Quality transition strategies facilitating the transition from teenage to adulthood for persons with intellectual disabilities and their family carers |
PI/Co-I |
2023-2024 |
University Grants Committee (UGC): FDS |
Completed |
33 |
Dr. Kitty Mo/Dr. Priscilla Chung/Dr. Wallace Tsang |
Research on the Effectiveness of Nonviolent Communication in Enhancing Family Relationships |
PI/Co-I/Co-I |
2022-2024 |
Harmony House research funding |
Completed |
34 |
Dr. Wallace Tsang |
Breaking Transgenerational Trauma - Support Programme for Parents on Verge of Divorce/ Planning for Separation or Divorce and their Children |
PI |
2024-2027 |
Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (via Hong Kong Single Parents Association and The Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council) |
Current |
35 |
Dr. Wallace Tsang/Dr. Kitty Mo |
Jockey Club Playright Playful Community League Project |
PI/Co-I |
2024-2027 |
Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust via Playright Children's Play Association |
Current |
|
Dr. Wallace Tsang |
Building a free-play-friendly city: An interdisciplinary collaboration in place-making |
PI |
2025 |
UGC (IIDS) |
Completed |
37 |
Dr. Wallace Tsang |
My Choice: Divorce in a Rational Way |
PI |
2023-2024 |
Family Council via Hong Kong Single Parents Association |
Completed |
|
Dr. Wallace Tsang |
The Science of Design Thinking: Theories and Applications |
Co-I |
2023-2024 |
RGC (FDS); with Dr. Zerance S. P. Ng (SPEED, PolyU) as PI |
Completed |
|
Dr. Wallace Tsang |
Social Impact Assessment of Time Bank |
PI |
2022-2024 |
College of Professional and Continuing Education, HK PolyU |
Completed |
|
Mr. Toby Yip |
Developing a National and Values Education Online Learning Platform |
Domain Coordinator |
2023-2025 |
HKED |
Completed |