HKIAPS

Congratulations to Prof. Ying-yi Hong for being named RGC Senior Research Fellow

29 July 2021   |   Online

Hearty congratulations to Professor Ying-yi Hong, Co-Convenor of the Global China Research Programme, for being awarded the Research Grants Council’s (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) 2021/22 for her distinguished research achievement.

The RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) aims to provide sustained support and relief from teaching and administrative duties to exceptionally outstanding researchers at Associate Professor or full Professor rank at UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong, with a view to facilitating their full dedication to research and training of young researchers, thereby helping local universities attract and retain research talents. Each SRFS awardee will be conferred the title “RGC Senior Research Fellow” and is funded with a fellowship grant of around HK$7.8 million over a period of 60 months to conduct their research project.

Prof. Hong’s award-winning research project is “Understanding the Psychological Underpinnings of Identities and Intergroup Relations during Socio-Political Transitions – The Case of Hong Kong”. It aims to elucidate the psychological underpinnings of maintaining positive intergroup relations in the current Hong Kong context. The research project will also develop a testable framework for researchers and policymakers to generate novel predictions on how policy and social change may affect intragroup and intergroup relations in Hong Kong and beyond. The research findings will have global implications.■

Delivering the Denmark Gunvald Award Talk at the International Council of Psychologists

22–24 October 2021   |   Online

Prof. Fanny M. Cheung presented a talk entitled “Interfacing Scholarship & Action in Promoting Gender Equality” for her ICP Denmark-Gunvald Award for feminist research and service. She joins the ranks of past recipients who have sustained a career of research and service that has directly benefited the health, promotion, and well-being of women in the world.

In this talk, Prof. Cheung shared her serendipitous journey of becoming a feminist psychologist. She has capitalized on opportunities to promote gender research while advocating gender equality. Prof. Cheung stated that the challenges faced by the women that she has encountered have informed her research and efforts to establish research infrastructure. She stated that gender research and action have been intertwined throughout this journey.■

Centre for Social and Political Development Studies

Attending the 26th International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress of Political Science

10–15 July 2021   |   Online

Organized by the IPSA, The IPSA World Congress of Political Science is the preeminent international gathering of political scientists, working in academia, research and consulting, who present their research over four days and over 500 panels. It is held every two years. Dr Kevin Wong (Research Associate, HKIAPS) was invited to give a presentation on “Outbreak of Hong Kong’s Anti-extradition Bill Protests in 2019” in the panel “Asia in World Politics”. The paper was co-written by Dr Wong, Dr Victor Zheng and Ms Po-san Wan. The research team aims to explain public support for the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-extradition bill movement which was the largest social movement since the handover, when then continued for over a year. The study was based on empirical analyses of probabilistic telephone surveys for which the target population is all adult residents of Hong Kong, including a series of short monthly surveys and a long survey conducted at the end of 2019.

Results of statistical tests based on surveys conducted in the later stage of the movement showed that attitudes towards the force used by police against the protestors was an importantdeterminant of public support for the movement. People more strongly supported the movement if they had a stronger disagreement over the level of force used by the police against
protestors of the movement.■

For details: https://wc2021.ipsa.org/wc/paper/outbreak-hong-kongs-anti-extradition-bill-protests-2019

Congratulations to Dr Victor Zheng for winning at the Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards 2021

14 July 2021   |   Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Hearty congratulations to Dr Victor Zheng, Associate Director (Executive) for winning at the Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards 2021. Dr Zheng received the Publishing Award in Business and Management for his co-edited book 《永安家族——百年百貨基業的承傳與創新》. The book introduces the legacy of the Kwok family, which founded Hong Kong’s most famous Department Store – Wing On. The award is organized by the Hong Kong Publishing Professionals Society.■

Centre for Youth Studies

Arts in the Time of COVID-19 Project

20 February 2021   |   Online

Prof. Anthony Y. H. Fung was invited to give a presentation titled, “Digital Divide under COVID-19, Digital Media, Creativity and Capitalism in the Age of COVID-19”. The online symposium was organized by Post-Media Research Network (PMRN) at the Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.■

Online Talks – Culture(s) Groundworks

4 March 2021   |   Online

Prof. Anthony Y. H. Fung was invited to give a presentation titled “Culture and Labor: Working Condition”. The online talk was part of Jornadas de Reflexão, organized by Associação Cultural Teatromosca.■

Economic Research Centre

APEC Study Centre Consortium 2021

6–7 July 2021   |   Online

The Consortium was co-organized with APEC New Zealand. It is believed that foreigners’ participation in local markets leads to an increase in product prices, and thus hurts locals. By restricting outsiders/foreigners from participating in a market, local people could therefore pay less for what they want. However, Prof. Travis K. H. Ng found that restricting foreigners does not necessarily help locals, as it is thought. For example, without foreign participation, even if the prices do not go up, the producers do not have incentives to maintain the overall quality of their products.■

Belt & Road Global Forum Annual Roundtable 2021

3 September 2021   |   Online & Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

The Greater Bay Area and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Initiative are two important programmes of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and echo China’s recent Dual-Circulation development strategy. Prof. Liugang Sheng participated in the event with a presentation on “Driving Growth through Connectivity—Harnessing the new momentum of the GBA and RCEP”, in which he analysed the opportunities and challenges which have been brought about by these two schemes. ■

Chinese Law Programme

Asian Legal History Conference

24–25 July 2021   |   Online

The conference brought together a diverse and interdisciplinary group of scholars, researchers, and graduate students to share their research findings on topics relating to legal history in Asia. Dr Zhaoxin Jiang was invited to give a presentation titled “China’s Constitutional Court vs Taiwan’s Constitutional Court: A Holistic View of the Council of Grand Justices (1948–2007)”.■