Distinguished Professors in Lingnan

Lingnan University's faculty includes many world-class scholars and a large number of fine up-and-coming younger academics. The diversity of research expertise among staff means that the university can offer expert supervision in many areas, including supervision of interdisciplinary projects. Further details of individual staff members are available in the department websites which can be accessed here.

Lingnan offers highly personalized and attentive supervision, with regular meetings, prompt return of draft thesis work, and ample opportunities for participation in research seminars. Each PhD candidate has a Chief Supervisor and at least one Co-Supervisor.

Lam Man Tsan Chair Professor of Comparative Policy

Prof. Mok Ka-ho, Joshua, Department of Sociology and Social Policy

BA (CityU); MPhil (CUHK); PhD (LSE, London)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: Comparative development and policy studies; Comparative social policy and governance; Comparative and international education; Education policy and governance.

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Lee Shau Kee Foundation Chair Professor of Political Science

Prof. Shalendra Sharma, Department of Government and International Affairs

BA, MA (Simon Fraser); PhD (Toronto)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: International relations; International political economy; Globalisation; International organisations; American politics and post-war US foreign policy; Comparative politics of Asia; Economics, politics and society in Asia with focus on South Asia.

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Lam Woo & Co Ltd Chair Professor of Applied Psychology

Prof. Siu Oi-ling, Department of Psychology

BEd (Strathclyde); AdvDipEd, MPhil (HKU); PhD (Liverpool)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: Occupational Health Psychology, specifically occupational stress, psychology of safety and work-life balance

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Lee Wing Tat Chair Professor of Chinese Literature

Prof. Cai Zong-qi, Department of Chinese

MA (Sun Yat-sen); MA (Umass Amherst); PhD (Princeton)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: Classical Chinese poetry and poetics; Literary theory; Comparative literature; Aesthetics; Philosophy.

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Chair Professor of Cultural Studies

Prof. Pun Ngai, Department of Cultural Studies

BA (CUHK); MPhil (HKU); PhD (SOAS, London)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: Migration; Labour; Gender; Social economy; Socialist history; China

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Sydney S. W. Leong Chair Professor of Economics

Prof. Qiu Dongxiao Larry, Department of Economics

BSc (SYSU); MA, PhD (UBC)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: Industrial Organization; International trade; Foreign direct investment.

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Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of English

Prof. Huang Yunte, Department of English

BA (Peking), PhD (SUNY Buffalo)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: American literature; Poetry and poetics; Transpacific literature; Translation studies

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Lam Wong Yiu Wah Chair Professor of Visual Studies

Prof. Yeh Yueh-yu, Emilie, Department of Visual Studies

BA (National Sun Yat-sen); MA (Maryland, College Park); PhD (Southern California)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: Film industry and policy; Early Chinese film history; Hong Kong film history; Media industry; East Asian cinema.

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Chair Professor of Computing and Decision Sciences

Prof. Leng Mingming, Department of Computing and Decision Sciences

BEng (SIT); MEng (WUT); PhD (McMaster)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: Game theory (with a focus on cooperative game theory); operations and supply chain management; interface between operations and other disciplines

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Chair Professor of Psychology

Prof. William Gordon Hayward, Department of Psychology; School of Graduate Studies

BA, MA (Canterbury); MS, MPhil, PhD (Yale)
Email: [email protected]

Research Interests: Visual Cognition: Face perception, object perception, and visual attention, using behavioural techniques; eye-tracking; EEG

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