Wu Jieh Yee School of Arts and Social Sciences

MPhil and PhD supervision across the humanities, languages, cultural studies, psychology and the social sciences, delivered by an internationally trained faculty.

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Strategic Research Areas

The School focuses its research postgraduate supervision on the following strategic areas. Prospective MPhil and PhD candidates are encouraged to align their proposals with one of these areas.

Strategic Area

Digital Humanities and Literature

Strategic Area

Public and Social Policy

Contact Person:

Dr CHAN Kar Yue, Kelly, Wu Jieh Yee School of Arts and Social Sciences

Tel: 2768 5730

E-mail: kkychan@hkmu.edu.hk

Before You Apply

For MPhil/PhD applications, please view the detailed procedures of application at the following links:

Research Postgraduate Programmes Guidebook for Research Postgraduate Programmes

Please note: Before submitting any formal applications, you should identify and contact a potential supervisor, and provide him/her with a detailed research proposal. If the potential supervisor thinks your research is feasible, you may start the discussion. Please only apply for the degree after you have reached a consensus with your potential supervisor.

Staff & Research Interests

Browse the School's academic staff and their research interests to identify a potential supervisor for your MPhil or PhD study.

Staff Member	Research Interests
AU Kwok Cheong, Ricky BSocSc, MPhil (HKU); PhD (UTokyo)	Experimental psychology Attention, perception, and memory Psychophysics
CHAN Kar Yue, Kelly BA (Hons), MA (CityU of HK); PhD (Edinburgh)	Literary translation Classical Chinese literature and translation Women's studies (Tang and Song dynasties) Translation of Cantonese opera
CHAN King Chung, Derwin BSSc (CUHK); MSc (Loughborough); PhD (Nottingham); CPsychol [BPS], FBPsS [BPS], CSci [UK]	Health Psychology Sport and Exercise Psychology Doping and Integrity in Sport Child Health and Development
CHAN Kwok Ho, Thomas BCogSc (HKU); MA, PhD (Boston College)	Labour economics Family economics Applied econometrics
CHAN Wai Yin BSSc, MPhil (CUHK); MCS, PhD (Lingnan)	Social inequality Sociology, culture and politics of health Social gerontology Social policy and services Death, dying and bereavement
CHAN Wing Lun, Wayne MSSc (NUS); PhD (HKU)	Police studies Criminal justice Criminology Social media Social capital Sociology
CHAN Wing Man, Venus BA (PolyU); PGDE (HKBU); MA (CUHK); MA (CUHK); PhD (HKU)	Educational technologies (e.g. AI & XR) Translation technologies Technology-Enhanced Language Learning Applied linguistics Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
CHAU, Dennis BA, MPhil (CUHK); PhD (Reading)	Sociolinguistics Digital discourse and literacies Language and identity Language ideology
CHEN Chih Ting, Timmy BA (NTU Taiwan); PhD (HKU)	Chinese-language cinemas and medias Song-and-dance films Experimental film Cinephilia studies Film festival studies
CHEUK Ka Chi Michael PhD (SOAS)	World Literature Critical AI Studies Global Hip Hop
CHEUNG Chi Leung, Eddie BCom (USyd); MSc (LSE); PhD (ANU)	Monetary economics Macroeconomics International finance
CHOW Yiu Fai BA (HON, HKU); MA (HON, University of Amsterdam); PhD (University of Amsterdam)	Cultural Studies Gender Studies Aging Studies Creativity Studies
HAU Chui Luen, Vera BA (Hunter College, CUNY); MA, PhD (Stony Brook, SUNY)	Cognitive neuroscience Working memory Attention Emotion
HO, Amic Garfield BA (Hons) Des (PolyU); MDes (PolyU), MEd (HKU); PhD Des (PolyU); FHEA; FCollT; FRSA; MISTD	Emotion and design Arts and design education Typography and font design Communication design Experience design
HO Man Yee, Shine BA (UQ); MPhil (CUHK); PhD (CUHK)	Forgiveness Couple relationships Emotional regulation Mental Health Spirituality
IP Tsz Ting, Penn BA with Honours (HKBU), MA (CUHK), rMA (UvA, NL), PhD (UvA, NL)	Affect Theory Cultural Economy Cultural Studies Gender and Women's Studies Media Studies Qualitative Research Methods Urban Studies Youth Culture
JAP, Bernard MSc (Groningen), PhD (Groningen & Macquarie)	Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics Cognitive neuropsychology (EEG/ERP) Language disorders and aphasia Reading and dyslexia
KUNG Wing Sze, Kaby PhD (London)	Comparative literature Gender studies Contemporary and transnational Chinese cinema Colonial and post-colonial literature in English
KWONG Wai Man, Raymond BA, MPhil (PolyU); MSc (CityU); PhD (Newcastle, UK); FRM; CFA	ESG integration Green finance Market microstructure International capital flow Asset price bubbles
LAI Chi Fu, William BEng (Hons) CS (HKUST); PhD (NTU Singapore); MIEE, MACM	Computer graphics and vision Art-Tech Computer-aided/Computational creativity, design, and optimization VR/AR/MR/Perceptual user interface and applications Human-computer interaction and gamification
LAM Oi Yeung, Beatrice BSocSc, MPhil (HKU); PhD (Manchester)	Ageing Family, gender and sexuality Sociology of education Social stratification and inequality
LAM Sui Kwong, Sunny BSocSc (Hons) (HKBU); MA (Kingston); MPhil (HKU); PhD (CUHK)	Advertising and cultural identities Ethnography and netnography Film and television production Globalization and comparative studies Health communication and community studies Social media and digital communication
LAU Chi Sum, Garfield BA (Hons), MPhil (CUHK); PhD (HKBU)	20th century English fiction African Anglophone literature Violence in literature
LAW Tsin Fung, Angela BA, MA, PhD (CUHK)	Film Music Studies Film Industry Studies Film Studies Creative writing Cultural Studies Hong Kong literature Chinese modern and contemporary literature Literary theory
LEE Chi Wai, Patrick MA (HKBU); MA ESP (CityU of HK); MBA (Leicester, UK); PhD (Newcastle, UK)	Second language acquisition Discourse analysis Chinese and English grammar analysis
LEE Lok Man BA (Hons), MPhil (LU); PhD (Tsinghua)	Confucian classics Chinese ritual studies Ancient Chinese texts Classical Chinese thought
LEE Wan Fai, Walter BA (Hons) (CUHK); PGDE (HKU); MA (Warwick); PhD (Auckland)	The Chinese School of IR and IL Worldview and ways of thinking Legal tradition and international legal thought Dance and world politics Photojournalism and world politics
LEUNG Mo Ling, Rebecca BA (CUHK); PGCE (HKU); MPhil, PhD (CUHK)	Chinese modern and contemporary literature Eileen Chang studies Literary theory Creative writing Chinese cinema
LI Tao BA (PKU), MA, PhD (Harvard)	Public policy analysis Public, labor, and political economics Political science
LI Tze Kwan, Sara BSSc (CUHK), MSc (Edinburgh), PhD (HKU), CPsychol [BPS], AFBPsS [BPS]	Music reading Music perception Visual word recognition Reading Expertise and cognitive training Cognitive health and cognitive reserve
LI Xiaoqiao BA (MPU); MA (UAL); PhD (HKBU)	Print Media Contemporary Art in Practice-based/led Research Visual Studies Digital Humanities Digital Media Experimental Moving Image
LIAO Qiuyan, Julie BMed (PKU), MPhil (HKU), PhD (HKU)	Risk perception Decision making Risk communication Health psychology and behaviour change Environmental psychology Population health
LO Man Chi, Christine BA (Hons), MPhil, PhD (CUHK)	Modern and contemporary Chinese literature Sino-Japanese literary relations Hong Kong literature
MA Yiu Chung, Arbitor BSocSc (Hon), MPhil, PhD (Lingnan)	Bank governance Managerial incentives Public policy
MAN Kit Wah, Eva BA (Hons), MPhil (CUHK); PhD (CUHK)	Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics Gender Studies Cultural Studies Cross-Cultural and Comparative Studies Arts and Culture Art History
NG Chak Kwan, Charlie BA (Hons), MPhil (CUHK); PhD (Edinburgh)	Romanticism Literary theory and criticism Literary animal studies Environmental humanities
NGAI Bo Wan, Jonathan Hon. Dip. (HKBU); PGDE (CUHK); MA (Birmingham); MA, MA, PhD (HKU)	Academic discourse Journalistic discourse
ORTMANN, Stephan MA, PhD (University Erlangen-Nuremberg)	Hong Kong politics Political change Civil society Environmental governance East and Southeast Asian politics
ROUMPAKIS, Antonios Ptychion (University of Crete); PhD (University of Bath)	Comparative Social Policy Analysis Ageing, family and care Debt, indebtedness and housing Labour mobility and rights Social Policy in Conflict Areas
SHAO Dong, Shawn BA (NJU); MPhil, PhD (HKU)	Modern and contemporary Chinese literature Hong Kong literature Film and cultural studies Creative writing Urban studies Sinophone studies
SHUM Chun Tat, Terence BSc (Essex); MSc (LSE); MSocSc, PhD (CityU of HK)	Migration and refugee studies Ethnic minorities, informality, and urban exclusion South Asian and African diaspora in Asia Diasporic culture, belonging, and intercultural relations Religion and intercultural citizenship
STIVAS, Dionysios LL.B. (The Hague University), LL.M (UoMaastricht), MA (College of Europe), PhD (HKBU)	Securitization European Politics EU-China Trust in Government Political Psychology
TIN Lai Man BA (Hons), MAMC (CityU); MHKDA	Aesthetics Machine creativity Media art Philosophy of technology
TONG Tsz Ben, Benson BA (Hons), MPhil, PhD (HKBU)	Classical Chinese poetry Literary criticism Stylistics Sinology Wang Anshi studies
TRAN, Emilie BA, MA (Catholic University of Paris); PhD (EHESS, Paris)	Global China China-Europe relations China-France relations China-Middle East and Africa relations Chinese migration and diaspora Public diplomacy, health diplomacy and digital diplomacy Smart city
TSANG Chi Chung, Gary BA, MPhil (CUHK); PhD (Tsinghua)	Classical Chinese literature Ci poetry Literary criticism
WONG Chi Hung BA (Hons); PhD; PGDE (HKU)	Literary criticism Modern and contemporary Chinese literature Du Fu studies Classical Chinese biography
YU Wenhan, Marvin BA (FJNU); MA, PhD (CityU of HK)	Creative writing Modern and contemporary Chinese literature Hong Kong literature Contemporary literary theory and criticism
YU Xuying BA (ZJU); MA (NJU); PhD (HKU)	Modern and contemporary Chinese literature Intellectual history of modern China Chinese independent film

Modified Date: 30 January, 2026