Research & KT Excellence Awards 2026

Outstanding Researcher Award

Early Career Researcher Award

To recognize excellent comprehensive performance of our faculty members in publications, grants obtained, student training and international recognitions.

Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award

To celebrate projects supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme, General Research Fund and Early Career Scheme of the Research Grants Council (RGC) in the 2026/27 funding exercise.

Slideshow on our recent achievements in Research and Knowledge Transfer

Outstanding Researcher Award Awardees

Prof Chunmei DU

Department of History

[Winner]

Prof Yiwei LI

Department of Marketing and International Business

[Runner-up]

Prof Genghua HUANG

School of Graduate Studies

[Runner-up]

Early Career Researcher Award Awardees

Prof Benjamin Joseph KINDLER

Department of Cultural Studies

[Winner]

Prof Kai ZHAO

School of Graduate Studies

[Runner-up]

Prof Shengfan WU

Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies

[Runner-up]

Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award Awardees

RGC Grant (Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme)

RGC Grant (General Research Fund)

RGC Grant (Early Career Scheme)

Prof Jessica Li Wen TAN Department of Chinese	Prof Benjamin Joseph KINDLER Department of Cultural Studies	Prof Selina Chui Fun HO Department of Digital Arts and Creative Industries	Prof Corey Fanglei HUANG Department of English
Prof Andrew SEWELL Department of English	Prof Feifei ZHOU Department of English	Prof Chunmei DU Department of History	Prof James FANCIULLO Department of Philosophy
Dr Jennifer Nicole HEAD Department of Philosophy	Prof Dan MARSHALL Department of Philosophy	Prof Gary David O'BRIEN Department of Philosophy	Prof Daniel Steven PALLIES Department of Philosophy
Prof Leora Urim SUNG Department of Philosophy	Prof Dichu BAO Department of Accountancy	Prof Zhiwei SU Department of Finance	Prof Cong CAO Department of Marketing and International Business
Prof Sebastian Yu Ho CHUNG Department of Marketing and International Business	Prof Ling PENG Department of Marketing and International Business	Prof Jin YAO Department of Operations and Risk Management	Prof Jianhua YU Department of Operations and Risk Management
Prof Simon Cheng Ze FAN Department of Economics	Prof Jinfeng LUO Department of Economics	Prof Jocelyn Li LIN Department of Psychology	Prof Tin Yan NG Department of Psychology
Prof Alexandru-Codru PREDA Department of Sociology and Social Policy	Prof S. Joe QIN Division of Artificial Intelligence	Prof Jiaxing SHEN Division of Artificial Intelligence	Prof Xin YAO Division of Industrial Data Science
Prof Padmore Adusei AMOAH School of Graduate Studies	Prof Mark Hansley Yang CHUA School of Graduate Studies	Prof Maggie Ka Wai LAU School of Graduate Studies	Prof Liangliang LI Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Prof Shengfan WU Wu Jieh Yee School of Interdisciplinary Studies	Prof Chi Ho IP Division of Science	Dr Xinmiao SONG Lingnan University Creative and Cultural Innovation Research Institute