Sub-Committee on Research

Membership

  • Professor Fanny Cheung (Chairman, Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Vice-President)
  • Professor Chan Wai Yee (Deputy Chairperson, Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences)
  • Professor Samuel Sun (Professor, School of Life Sciences)
  • Professor Andrew Yao (Distinguished Professor-at-Large)
  • Professor Liu Pak Wai (Emeritus Professor, Department of Economics)
  • Professor David Faure (Wei Lun Research Professor of History)
  • Professor Leung Yee (Research Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management)
  • Professor Jimmy Yu (Professor, Department of Chemistry)
  • Professor Walter Ho (Secretary, Director of the Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services)

Terms of Reference

  • To review the AoE awards and results of the RAE to identify disciplinary strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
  • To review the past performance of the five focused areas of research adopted in the 2006 Strategic Plan.
  • To evaluate the potential strategic development of the new interdisciplinary research units.
  • To propose the strategic areas of research development in the 2016 Strategic Plan to the Strategic Planning Committee.
  • To propose capacity building strategies for supporting research initiatives to the Strategic Planning Committee.
  • To review policies and propose initiatives to promote academia-industry partnership, knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship to the Strategic Planning Committee.