Celebrating Excellence: Department Faculty Secures Over $3.3 Million in Research Grants for 2025-26

We are thrilled to announce the exceptional achievement of our department’s faculty members in securing Research Grants Council (HKSAR) funding for the year 2025-26. This year, five of our esteemed faculty members have been awarded grants totalling over $3.3 million, a significant increase from last year. This outstanding result underscores the dedication, expertise, and innovative research efforts of our faculty in advancing impactful projects. Their success in securing such substantial funding not only highlights their individual excellence but also reflects the department’s commitment to pioneering research within our academic community.

1. Prof Denise Tse Shang TANG (General Research Fund)

Project Title: Mapping Links Between Trans and Non-Binary Experiences on Social Media and Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence among Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan Youth

Project Fund: HK$702,560

2. Prof Benjamin KINDLER (General Research Fund)

Project Title: Towards a Communist Life: The Challenge of Maoist Subjectivation and the Everyday, 1962-1966

Project Fund: HK$362,000

3. Prof Victor Kei Wah SHIN (General Research Fund)

Project Title: Reinventing Traditions in Post-Socialist and Capitalist Societies: A Comparative Institutional Study of the field of Cantonese Opera in Mainland China and Hong Kong since 1949

Project Fund: HK$1,145,868

4. Prof Shi Chi LEUNG (General Research Fund)

Project Title: Returning Waste to the Field: Human Excrement, Sustainability and Circularity in Contemporary Rural China

Project Fund: HK$584,000

5. Prof Lisa Yuk Ming LEUNG (Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme)

Project Title: Uncovering Histories of South and South-east Asian Minority Workers in Hong Kong – stories of migration, race and labour

Project Fund: HK$566,900

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to each faculty member for this remarkable achievement. Their dedication to research excellence is truly commendable, and we eagerly anticipate the profound impact their projects will have in advancing knowledge and innovation.