Lingnan University’s Global Talent to Create Scholarly Impact in Strategic Areas
A global leader in quality education and high impact research, Lingnan University (LU) attracted over 80 academic and teaching staff, including scholars from top universities around the world including University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, University of Oxford, Columbia University, Harvard University, New York University, Ohio State University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Washington, Yale University, National University of Singapore, etc., who joined LU in the 2022/23 academic year to create a critical mass in the teaching and research of various priority disciplines and strategic thematic research areas.
Our new tenure-track, research-track and teaching-track academic staff across various disciplines are as follows:
Professor HAYWARD William Gordon
Chair Professor of Psychology
School of Graduate Studies / Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Hayward is the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. He is a renowned scholar in the field of face and object perception as well as visual attention, with a strong record in academic leadership covering teaching, research and administration.
Strategic areas:
• Visual perception and cognition • Face perception • Object perception • Visual attention
Professor LI Lianjiang
Professor
School of Graduate Studies / Department of Government and International Affairs
Professor Li is the Head of Department of Government and International Affairs. He is ranked No. 2 in the field of Chinese Politics by the Google Scholar Citation Report.
Strategic areas:
• Comparative Politics • Chinese Politics • Contentious Politics • Political Trust • Computational Social Science
Professor LEE Sangjoon
Associate Professor
Department of Visual Studies
Professor Lee is the Head of Department of Visual Studies (effective from 1 January 2023). He holds a Ph.D. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in Cinema Studies, and is an expert in Asian cinema with special focuses on Cultural Cold War, South Korean cinema and popular culture, etc.
Strategic areas:
• Cultural Cold War • International Film Festivals in Asia • South Korean cinema and popular culture • Asian film industries
Dr AMEYAW Edward Kwabena
Research Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies
Professor DU Huimin Helen
Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies
Professor HUANG Jing
Research Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies
Dr HUANG Yaoxuan Virginia
Research Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies
Professor YAN Yifei
Research Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies
Dr WANG Qi Vicky
Research Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies
Professor YU Baohua Lucy
Associate Professor
School of Graduate Studies
Professor CHAN Tak Hin Eric
Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies / School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr ZHAO Kai
Research Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies / Institute of Policy Studies
Professor SHI Cheng
Research Assistant Professor
School of Graduate Studies / Institute of Policy Studies
Professor CHEN Fangdai
Assistant Professor
Department of Chinese
Professor GU Yixin
Assistant Professor
Department of Chinese
Professor WANG Yuanfei
Associate Professor
Department of Chinese
Professor CHOI Wing Yee Kimburley
Associate Professor
Department of Cultural Studies
Professor KINDLER Benjamin Joseph
Assistant Professor
Department of Cultural Studies
Professor LU Miao
Assistant Professor
Department of Cultural Studies
Professor SHIN Kei-wah Victor
Assistant Professor
Department of Cultural Studies
Dr ZHOU Yang
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Cultural Studies
Professor CHAN Catherine See
Research Assistant Professor
Department of History
Dr CURTIS-TRUDEL André Emile
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
Professor GIBBONS Adam
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
Professor HILL Jesse Lewis
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
Dr PALLIES Daniel Steven
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
Dr PEDEN William John
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
Professor BAI Yunfei
Assistant Professor
Department of Translation
Professor MORAR Florin-Stefan
Assistant Professor
Department of Translation
Professor BAO Dichu
Associate Professor
Department of Accountancy
Professor WANG Rui Ray
Research Associate Professor
Department of Accountancy
Dr YEUNG Hau Yi Tracy
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Accountancy
Professor CHIU Ho Wing Billy
Assistant Professor
Department of Computing and Decision Sciences
Professor FONG Chi Kit Ken
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Department of Computing and Decision Sciences
Professor SHEN Jiaxing
Assistant Professor
Department of Computing and Decision Sciences
Professor CHEN Zhiyao Nicholas
Associate Professor
Department of Finance and Insurance
Professor AN Jiafu
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance and Insurance
Dr SIQIN Tana
Research Assistant Professor
Office of the Faculty of Business
Professor YAN Aihua
Associate Professor of Teaching
Office of the Faculty of Business
Dr WANG Huatian
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Psychology
Professor YE Han
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Professor YANG Xiangfeng
Associate Professor
Department of Government and International Affairs
Professor CHEN Xi Celia
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology & Social Policy
Dr HUANG Shixin Daisy
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology & Social Policy
Professor HUI Tin Yan Tommy
Research Assistant Professor
Science Unit
Dr LEE Ho Roger
Research Assistant Professor
Science Unit
Dr ZHANG Chen
Research Assistant Professor
The Advanced Institute for Global Chinese Studies
Dr FRATANTONIO Giada
Research Assistant Professor
Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre
Dr NG Tin Yan Hezul
Research Assistant Professor
Wofoo Joseph Lee Consulting and Counselling Psychology Research Centre
LU will continue to build scholarly capacity and strength through strategic recruitment in the following areas:
- Modern Chinese Literature
- Digital Culture and Social Media Studies
- Southeast Asian History
- Film Studies
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Disclosure
- Data Science
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainable Finance
- Applied Psychology
- Sociology and Social Policy
- Cities and Urban Governance
- Environmental Science
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Public Policy / Policy Studies