Research Postgraduate
Student Profiles
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ARKORFUL Vincent Ekow
PhD Student, Department of Government and International Studies
ORCID: 0000-0002-4230-3654
Research Interest(s):
Decentralization and Participatory Governance, Development Studies
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Fiscal Decentralization, Poverty Reduction, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Ghana

AYE Myat Myat Win
PhD Student, Department of Sociology
ORCID: 0000-0001-9177-0139
Research Interest(s):
Gender Studies, Internal Migration
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Gender-based Violence and Help-seeking Behaviour among Internally Displaced People (IDP) and Host Community Women in Myanmar
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CHAN Chun Kwan Hardaway
PhD Student, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health
ORCID: 0000-0002-8708-8740
Research Interest(s):
Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement in Elite Athlete
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Optimization of Strength and Power Capacity to Enhance Elite Athlete Performance

CHAN Yu Cheung
PhD Student, Department of Social Work
ORCID: 0000-0003-2930-035X
Research Interest(s):
Community Development, Social Policy
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Understanding the Community Capacity-building Process: A Study of Community Development Programs in Hong Kong

CHANIMBE Timothy
PhD Student, Department of Government and International Studies
ORCID: 0000-0001-7875-7319
Research Interest(s):
Chinese Influence in the UN, Africa and Non-EU Countries in Europe, Educational Policy in Africa
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Solidarity in a Global Assembly: China’s Influence on African Nations’ Behaviour in the United Nations

CHEN Qirong
PhD Student, Department of Social Work
ORCID: 0000-0002-0981-4364
Research Interest(s):
Mental Health, Strengths Perspective
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Strengths for Mental Health Recovery in the Chinese Context: Conceptualization and Assessment

CHENG Shishi
PhD Student, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health
ORCID: 0000-0002-3616-5654
Research Interest(s):
Health Psychology, Exercise Psychology
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Influencing Mechanism of Outdoor Physical Activity on Rumination: A Serial Multiple Mediating Role of the Experience of Connection with Nature and Mindfulness

CHEUNG Wing Kei
PhD Student, Department of Geography
ORCID: 0000-
Research Interest(s):
Energy Governance, Community Engagement, Technology Empowerment
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
The Influence of Energy Technologies towards Empowering Smart Energy Transitions

CUI Aihong
PhD Student, Department of Geography
ORCID: 0000-0001-9069-4306
Research Interest(s):
Drought, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Propagation from Meteorological to Terrestrial Water Storage-derived Hydrological Droughts and their Possible Drivers
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DEHIWALA LIYANAGE Ishanka Harshani Kusum Peiris
PhD Student, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health
ORCID: 0000-0001-8010-5686
Research Interest(s):
Social Psychology in Sport and Leisure, Physical Activity and Wellbeing and Olympism
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Achieving Health-related Outcomes through Active Classrooms in Sri Lanka
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FAN Pingyu
PhD Student, Department of Geography
ORCID: 0000-0003-3618-6639
Research Interest(s):
Thermal Comfort, Nature-based Solutions
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Landscape Approach for Spatially-heterogeneous Water and Energy Management based on Environmental Indicators

FENG Jie
PhD Student, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health
ORCID: 0000-0002-0417-2788
Research Interest(s):
Physical Activity and Health
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Twenty-four-hour Movement Behaviors and Health in Preschool-aged Children in Hong Kong

FENG Juxiong
PhD Student, Department of Social Work
ORCID: 0000-0002-4707-394X
Research Interest(s):
Social Capital and Community Development
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Integrating Social Capital into Community Development in Chinese Context

FU Yu
PhD Student, Department of History
ORCID: 0000-0002-7129-8719
Research Interest(s):
Intellectual History of Modern China, the History of Chinese Education, the History of Women’s Education, the History of Children’s Education
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
A Study of Tong Xiegeng’s Life, Publications, and His Contribution to Early Education in Late Qing and Republican China
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GAN Ling Gloria
PhD Student, Department of Education Studies
ORCID: 0000-0003-2302-8041
Research Interest(s):
Language Assessment
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Language Assessment Literacy Development of University English Instructors in China: An Ethnographic Case Study

GENG Qingge
PhD Student, Department of Geography
ORCID: 0000-0002-0954-1845
Research Interest(s):
Energy Geography and Governance, Belt and Road Initiative
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Understanding the Mechanism of Orchestration in Transnational Environmental Governance: A Theory-based Evaluation of BRIGC

GUO Yi
PhD Student, Department of Geography
ORCID: 0000-0001-6141-1880
Research Interest(s):
Transport Geography
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HE Langjie
PhD Student, Department of Social Work
ORCID: 0000-0001-7759-6197
Research Interest(s):
Gender Study
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
The Dominant Discourses on Lone Parents in Hong Kong and Mainland China

HE Qing
PhD Student, Department of Geography
ORCID: 0000-0002-3401-5898
Research Interest(s):
Climate, Hydrology
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Spatiotemporal Variations in Precipitation and Vegetation Cover driven by Large-scaled Atmosphere-ocean Oscillations over East and South Asia

HOSSAIN Md Lokman
PhD Student, Department of Geography
ORCID: 0000-0002-6103-4226
Research Interest(s):
Climate Extremes, Grassland Biodiversity, Global Change Ecology, Vegetation Dynamics
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Grassland Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Variability and Climate Extremes

HOU Yujie
PhD Student, Department of Social Work
ORCID: 0000-0001-7252-4944
Research Interest(s):
Health Inequality and Policy, Unbalanced Burden of Disease and Health, the Progress of Aging
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
The Status Quo of Elderly Care Issues under the Influence of Health Policies and Aging Issues in China

HUANG Xingmeng
PhD Student, Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health
ORCID: 0000-0001-9067-4225
Research Interest(s):
Olympic Studies
Thesis Title / Tentative Thesis Title:
Gender Equality Policy of the Olympic Movement in China's Sport Governing Bodies: The Case of Artistic Gymnastics, Diving and Volleyball