Research & KT Excellence Awards 2025

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 2025/26 funding exercise.

Slideshow on our recent achievements in Research and Knowledge Transfer

Outstanding Researcher Award Awardees

Prof Paulina Pui Yun WONG

Science Unit

[Winner]

Prof Feng WU

Department of Accountancy

[Runner-up]

Prof Alexandru-Codru PREDA

Department of Sociology and Social Policy

[Runner-up]

Early Career Researcher Award Awardees

Prof Chi Ho IP

Science Unit

[Winner]

Prof Celia Xi CHEN

Department of Sociology and Social Policy

[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 Benjamin Joseph KINDLER Department of Cultural Studies	Prof Shi Chi LEUNG Department of Cultural Studies	Prof Victor Kei Wah SHIN Department of Cultural Studies	Prof Denise Tse Shang TANG Department of Cultural Studies
Prof Carmen Chung Man TSUI Department of History	Prof Lei ZHANG Department of History	Prof Adam Lee BRADLEY Department of Philosophy	Prof Peter Michael HAWKE Department of Philosophy
Prof Gary David O'BRIEN Department of Philosophy	Prof Rachel Wai Chu LUNG Department of Translation	Prof Lai WEI Department of Finance	Prof Nancy Yifeng CHEN Department of Management
Prof Yolanda Na LI Department of Management	Prof Mingming LENG Department of Operations and Risk Management	Prof Weixin SHANG Department of Operations and Risk Management	Prof Qianlong LIU Institute of Insurance and Risk Management
Prof Simon Cheng Ze FAN Department of Economics	Prof Fuhai HONG Department of Economics	Prof Larry Dongxiao QIU Department of Economics	Prof Junji XIAO Department of Economics
Prof Kai YANG Department of Government and International Affairs	Prof William HAYWARD Department of Psychology	Prof Plamen AKALIYSKI Department of Sociology and Social Policy	Prof Stefan KÜHNER Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Prof Ruby Yuen Shan LAI Department of Sociology and Social Policy	Prof Raymond Hon Fu CHAN School of Data Science	Prof Sam Tak Wu KWONG School of Data Science	Prof S Joe QIN School of Data Science
Prof Liupengfei WU School of Data Science	Prof Helen Huimin DU School of Graduate Studies	Prof Genghua HUANG School of Graduate Studies	Prof Kai ZHAO School of Graduate Studies
Prof Inga CONTI-JERPE Science Unit	Prof Chi Ho IP Science Unit	Prof Ho LEE Science Unit	Prof Hin Fat TSANG Science Unit
Prof Vicky Yuqi NA Lingnan University Creative and Cultural Innovation Research Institute