Prof. Adrian John BAILEY
Prof. Simmon Xiaobin ZHAO
Deputy Project Coordinator and Co-Principal Investigator (Founder), Enhancing Hong Kong’s Future as a Leading International Financial Centre, HK$15 mil., Hong Kong RGC Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS), 2012.8.31-2017.8.31.
Deputy Convenor, China Business and Economics, HK5 mil. (with HK5mil.(withHK2.5 mil. faculty matching fund), HKU Strategic Research Areas and Themes, 2014.8-2017.12.
International Fellowship (PRC), Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (US/MIT based), US$30k, 2014-15.
Co-Principal Investigator, Strategic Planning for Zhuhai Hengqin Special Economic Zone Financial Sub-centre and Service Industries, RMB¥0.48 mil., funded by Zhuhai Municipal Government, Guangdong, China.
Dr. Charles David LOWE
2014-pres. Co-investigator, “Negotiating a Self-Identity: Representations of Modern China.”. UIC Research Office. Conference and Book (298,000 RMB).
Dr. Benjamin BARBER
2020-Present Barber, Benjamin, Principle Investigator, “Signifying Nothing: Emil Cioran’s Apophatic Failure to Exist.” An independently funded book project.
Dr. Kam Tong CHAN
Research Project on Enabling Context and Policy for Social Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong(HK$ 427,280), funded by Research Grant Council, Hong Kong Government
Consultancy Study on the Lump Sum Grant Best Practice Manual(HK$ 1,400,000) commissioned by the Social Welfare Department of the HKSASR Government.
CommissionedStudy on Social Work Intervention in the Sichuan Earthquake Disaster(RMB 10,000) commissioned by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, PRC.
Comparative Study of Social Enterprises in East Asia, collaborative research project with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong research team (funded by the Yonsei University, South Korea)
Dr. Kanei Jianing CHEN
教育部人文社会科学研究一般项目“春秋青铜器铭文分域史征”，批准号09YJC770057，2010-2014。
Dr. Selcuk COLAKOGLU
Prof. John Blair CORBETT
At Glasgow University, John Corbett was Principal Investigator of the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech project (SCOTS), which received AHRB funding over three years, from April 2005.
From 2007-2010, the SCOTS project was followed by a cognate project on Modern Scottish Writing: AHRC funding was granted for a diachronic corpus (1700-1945) of written language in Scotland. See www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk
While at the University of Macau, John Corbett won two major Multi-Year Research Grants: one to work on a Corpus of Spoken Language in Macau and another to lead a research project on concrete poetry in English, Portuguese and Chinese. The corpus project was successfully completed in 2017, and the research project on concrete poetry resulted in an edited collection: Corbett, J. and T. Huang (eds.) The Translation and Transmission of Concrete Poetry. Routledge, 2020.
Dr. Andy Shui-Lung FUNG
Language Variations of Chinese Academic Writing: from the Perspective of Multidimensional Analysis, Humanities and Social Science Research Project, PI: Associate Professor Dr. ZHU Yu of Xiamen U, CI: UIC Associate Professor Dr. Andy FUNG，Associate Professor Dr. C. Y. HSIEH of Taiwan Kaohsiung Normal University, 2019-2020.
Study of Establishing Social Indicators System for Macao and and Construction of Greater Bay Area，this project was awarded 3rd Class Award of Open Group in the Annual Economic Paper Competition 2017 in JAN 2018，Team of Researchers: Vincent KO, K. Y. LO, UIC Professor Johnston WONG, UIC Associate Professor Dr. Andy FUNG, 2017-2018.
Yuanqu，UIC Research Fund Project，PI: UIC Ms. Lily LIANG, CI: UIC Associate Professor Dr. Andy FUNG，Ms. Angela LIU, 2014-2015.)
Role of Personality Traits of Raters in Leniency and Stability of Essay Rating of a Chinese Writing test, UIC Research Fund Project，PI: UIC Associate Professor Dr. Andy FUNG，CI: Associate Professor Dr. ZHU Yu of Xiamen U, 2013-2014.)
Writing Test Scores: Evaluating Task Types, Number of Tasks, Alternative Rating Schemes, and Various Rating Speeds, UIC Research Fund Project，PI: UIC Associate Professor Dr. Andy FUNG，CI: Associate Professor Dr. ZHU Yu of Xiamen U, 2011-2012.)
Zhuhai City Key Social Science Research Project，PI: UIC Professor Johnston WONG, CI: UIC Associate Professor Dr. Andy FUNG etc., 2014-2019.)
Traditional Chinese Family Education，National Key Social Science Research Project，PI：Prof. CHEN Yanbin of Jiangsu Normal University, Team of Expert Advisors: UIC Associate Professor Dr. Andy FUNG etc., 2015-2020.)
Dr. Jesse Owen HEARNS-BRANAMAN
Co-Principal Investigator, ‘Media Literacy Education Center’, United International College Research Office (2020 to present): Writing, producing, and supervision of students in creation of media education and literacy-themed video content, organizing of international media literacy conference, and other related tasks.
Principal Investigator, ‘Authenticity in Cultural and Heritage Tourism in Guangdong and Macau,’ United International College Research Office (2018 to present): Conducting interviews with tourists during fieldwork. Post-structuralist aesthetic analysis of tourist sites
Principal Investigator, ‘Discourses of the Fourth Estate,’ National Institute of Development Administration, (2013 to 2016): Organizing interviews with journalists in Thailand and China. Qualitative analysis of discourses journalists use to talk about truth and power. Recruiting and supervising interview facilitators, transcriptions, and translations
Prof. Tze-ki HON
Dao Companion to the Book of Changes
Zhu Xi's Commentary on the Yijing (Book of Changes)
This research project grew out of my 1-year research fellowship at the University of Erlingen-Nuremberg in Germany in 2014-2015. I plan to complete a book manuscript in next 3-5 years.
Wang Bi's Philosophy
I published 2 articles and 2 book chapters on Wang Bi's philosophy of change. I have received an advance contract from State University of New York Press to complete a book manuscript on Wang Bi's philosophy. Tentatively entitled, "Facing Adversity with Courage: Wang Bi's Philosophy of Change," my book will analyze Wang's strategies of using the 64 hexagrams to give readers hope in a hopeless situation.
The Philosophy of Change in the Yijing
On the philosophy of change in the Yijing, I wrote two books:The Yijing and Chinese Politics(2005) andTeaching the I Ching (Book of Changes) (2014). I have published articles inJournal of Chinese Philosophy, Monumenta Serica,andSungkun Journal of East Asian Studies.My 2018 article inStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophysummarizes my view on the philosophy of change in theYijing.
Dr. Fan HU
Education Department of Guangdong ProvinceUniversity Innovation and Enhancement Fund(2021-present, Principal Investigator)
BNU-HKBU United International CollegeFaculty Research Grant(2019-present, Principal Investigator)
BNU-HKBU United International CollegeFaculty Research Grant(2017-2019, Principal Investigator)
Education Department of Guangdong ProvinceUniversity Innovation and Enhancement Fund(2016-2018, Project Leader)
Dr. Wonkyung KIM
Ms. Carol Mengxun KONG
Dr. Richard Xiaying XU
2018-Present, Principle Investigator, Native Ads on Wechat Public Accounts.
2018-Present, Member of Editorial Board, Anthem Press Television Studies Series
Xu Xiaying, Rao Runshi & Zhao Mengmeng (2019) Seamless Transition: Genre Analysis of Native Ads on Wechat Public Accounts. Paper presented at the 12th International Forum on PRAD & The 6th Annual Conference of PRSC, Xiamen University, July 19, 2019.
XU Xiaying (2015) A Bar and a City: the London Lounge in Zhuhai. Paper Presented at the First Global Creative Industries Conference, HKU, April 19, 2015.
Dr. Vincent Hing Po LAM
Reviewer with Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education / Valley International Journals / Innovative Teaching and Learning
Dr. Maggie Xiaomeng LAN
Funded Research Project: 2021, Co-Investigator [Co-I], Policy Research Office of Shenzhen Municipal Government (DRCSZ) in support of “Shenzhen’s Global Brand Communication,” USD$54,000/ RMB￥350,000
Funded Research Project: 2019-22, Principal Investigator [PI], UIC Research Office in support of “Gamification of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Sequencing of Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Engagement,” USD$7,200/RMB￥49,000
Ongoing Research Project: Meeting Publics’ Expectations: Exploring Corporate Social Advocacy Communication in China [Co-I]
Ongoing Research Project: Agenda-Building Pathways in the Online Chinese Public Discourse about COVID-19 [PI]
Ongoing Research Project: Communicating Power Politics in International Aid [PI]
Ongoing Research Project: Ad Blocker Use and Ad Avoidance Predictors [Co-I]
Ongoing Research Project: Order Effects in Competitive Framing: An Attitude Congruence Perspective [PI]
Dr. Yiwei LI
Shanghai Jiao Tong University“Double First Class—Discipline Construction” Project Funds(2019-2021, Principal Investigator)
Macau University of Science and TechnologyFaculty Research Grants (2018, Co-Investigator)
Keio UniversityKeio Gijuku Academic Development Funds(2017, Co-Principal Investigator)
Macau University of Science and TechnologyFaculty Research Grants(2016, Co-Investigator)
Dr. Chally Chai Lee LIM
Funded by Ministry in Prime Minister Department, Malaysia (2014).
Funded by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman External Grant, Malaysia (2015-2016).
Funded by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman External Grant, Malaysia (2016-2018).
Funded by Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies, Malaysia (2017-2018).
Funded by Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia (2017).
Mr. Liming LIU
Project “The Future of the Media Welfare State”, Uppsala University & Södertörn University (2020), Research Intern
Dr. Edoardo MONACO
Jan 2019-June 2022, Principal Investigator “South-South cooperation for inclusive green growth: upscaling sustainable bamboo value chains through the “Sino-Dutch-East Africa Development Programme 2016-19”, UICRO Research Grant
Jan 2020-June 2023, Co-investigator “UIC Greater Bay Laboratory for Financial Integration and Green Development”, UICRO Research Grant, UICRO Research Grant
July 2018-April 2019, bursary from Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, to take part in research-based Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
October 2017, UICHRO grant to take part in Climate Change & Energy: Policy Making for the Long Term Programme at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, USA
April 2016, UICHRO grant to take part in Innovation for Economic Development Programme, at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, USA
February 2014, UICHRO grant to take part in Leading Economic Growth Programme Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, USA
Dr. Hong QIAN
June. 2021-Dec. 2021, DHSS Research Grant. Principal Investigator, Project Title: Technology Enhanced Learning: the Role of Students' Technology Quotient in Translation Teaching.
Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2021, The Research Grant of Higher Education Teaching Research and Reform of Guangdong Province. Principal Investigator, Project Title: Technology-infused Translation Curriculum Design.
Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2020. The Research Grant of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Zhuhai Municipality. Principal Investigator, Project Title: Building City Image: A Comprehensive Multimodal Approach to Study the English Website of Zhuhai Government.
2019. UIC Research Grant. Principal Investigator. Project Title: “Framing China：National Images Building in the Translation of Government Work Report”.
2017 - 2019. Department of Education, Guangdong Province Research Grant. Co-investigator. Project Title: “Innovating Translation Curriculum in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative”.
2017 - 2018. UIC Research Grant. Co-Investigator. Project Title: “Seed Funding for Key Discipline Project of Guangdong Province.”
Dr. Jenny Emma SAGER
Chinese Silent Shakespeare
Investigators: Dr. XU Xi and Dr. Jenny Sager
The principal objective of this project is to offer a radical reassessment of Chinese silent film adaptations of Shakespeare. The study will analyse the formalistic innovations in spectacle in two Chinese silent films: Qiu Yixiang’s 1927 film, The Woman Lawyer (Nü lüshi), sometimes referred to as The Bond of Flesh (Rouquan), which is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, and Bu Wancang’s 1931 film, A Spray of Plum Blossom (Yi jian mei), which is a reworking of The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Dr. Ge SONG
2021. Song, Ge. Principal Investigator. DHSS Research Fund. UIC-DHSS Project (Project Code: A2037)
2020-2022. Song, Ge. Principal Investigator. "Cultural Exchange along the Belt and Road Innitative Countries: A Case Study of the Translation of Art Discourses Between the Renaissance Italy and the Tang China". UIC Project (Project Code: R202035)
2020-2021. Song, Ge. Participant. "A Study of the Motivation for Adjusting Sentence Orders in Specific Chinese-Russian Translations". East China Normal University Research Fund for Young Scholars in Preparation for the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. (Project Code: 2020ECNU-YYJ010)
2019-2020. Song, Ge. Principal Investigator. "Re-conceptualizing Intersemiotic Retranslation: Three TV Versions of the Chinese Novel Journey to the West". UIC Project (Project Code: 201930)
Dr. Shuang WU
Complex Housing Tenure and Residential Relocation: the Case of the Hong Kong SAR.
Senior Research Assistant, Hong Kong Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (2019.A2.039.19D), Principal Investigator: Prof. Si-ming Li.
Dr. Yuanxin WANG
Prof. Johnston Hong-Chung WONG
2020, Citizens satisfaction towards waiting time in Public Offices, Gaoxin District, Zhuhai.
2018-21, Graduate Attributes Studies, RO, UIC;
2018-21, Facilitation of Learning with Mobile Devices among students, RO, UIC;
2018-19, Professional Standards for Social Work Services with Drug Abusers, Guangdong Provincial Social Workers Association;
2017-18, 13th5 Years Healthcare Plan (Zhuhai Healthcare Into 2020), Zhuhai Hygiene and Health Department;
2016-19, Social Indicators Studies in GD-HK-MO Greater Bay Area, Research Office, UIC;
2014-16, Seamless and Integrated Service System for Older People in Zhuhai, Zhuhai, Civil Affairs Department
Dr. Alice Xiaoping WU
2020.10 – present. Principal Investigator. 广东省哲学社会科学规划项目2020 年度青年项目《社交媒体建构公共危机事件的话语研究》(The discourse of crises constructed on social media) (RMB50,000)
Dr. Chuanli XIA
2021-present, Principal Investigator, “Can fact-checking be an antidote to misinformation? An empirical study of public understanding and use of fact-checking in Hong Kong and mainland China,” Start-up Research Fund, UIC.
2014-2017, Principal Investigator, “Hong Kong 20 years after the handover: the dynamics of public opinion, media attention, and government attention,” Departmental PhD Dissertation Grant, City University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Xi XU
2021-present. Co-investigator (with Dr. Jenny Sager) of a research project titled: Chinese Silent Shakespeare (project code: A2037) sponsored by the DHSS Research Fund, 25,000 RMB.
2019-2020, Principal Investigator, “Radio Broadcasting and Literary Modernism in the Early 20th-Century Britain,” UIC Research Grant, 13,350 RMB.
2017-2018, Co-Investigator, “Enhancing e-Learning Education with Interactive Software: Implementation of Online Interactive Modules,” funded by Guangdong University Innovation and Enhancement Programme.
2014-2017, Co-Investigator, “Negotiating a Self-Identity: Representations of Modern China in Mo Yan, Guo Xiaolu, Ha Jin and Yu Hua,” UIC Research Grant, 298,000 RMB.
Dr. Edith Mei-Yee YAN
2018 University Innovation and Enhancement Project, Department of Education of Guangdong Province. “Developing Pedagogical Innovations Through Action Research,” 2018-2021, RMB 100,000. Principal Investigator.
2017 University Innovation and Enhancement Project, Department of Education of Guangdong Province. “Enhancing e-Learning Education with Interactive Software,” 2017-2020, RMB 50,000. Principal Investigator.
UIC Research Grant. “Views, Practices and Language Learning Through Moodle Course Material: A Study of University English-Medium Classes in China,” 2017-2020, RMB 30,000. Principal Investigator.
UIC Research Grant. “Exploring an Optimal First-language Use in Foreign Language Classrooms: A Survey of Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes and Classroom Practices in China,” 2013-2015, RMB 20,000. Principal Investigator.
Dr. James Zhixiang YANG
Yang, J (April 2021). Balancing Chinese Education with Western Education: Jiang Menlin’s Fusion of Confucian Learnings and John Dewey’s Pragmatism. The Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA) (Online meeting).
Yang, J. (November 23 2019). Jiang Menglin’s Dissertation and His Cultural Syncretism. Conference of Alterity& Connectivity. BNU-HKBU United International College, Zhuhai, China.
Yang, J (May2019).Forging an Educational Dialogue between Confucius and John Dewey. The 23rdInternational Conference on ISO & TQM. Zhuhai, China.
Yang, J. (April 2019). An Analysis of Philosophical Motivations behind Hu Shih’s Application of John Dewey’s Pragmatism to Chinese Literary Revolution. The John Dewey Society Annual Conference, Affiliated with the 2019 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada
Yang, J. (April 2018). New Confucian Liang Shuming’s Transformation of John Dewey’s Philosophy in Chinese Rural Education. The Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA), New York City, New York.
Yang, J. (October 2017). The Influence of John Dewey’s Pragmatism on the Chinese Literary Revolution. Organization of Educational Historians Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Yang, J. (July 2017). The Role of Classical Learning in College Education. Forum of Chinese College Literature and Language, Xi’an, China.
Yang, J. (November 2016). How John Dewey’s Pragmatism Influenced Chinese Literary Revolution during the May Fourth Period. American Educational Study Association Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Yang, J. (September 2016). A Philosophical Encounter between John Dewey, Tao Xingzhi, and Wang Yangming. Society of Philosophy and History of Education Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Yang, J. (September 2014). Influence of the Civil Service Examination on Contemporary Chinese Education. Organization of Educational Historians Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Yang, J. (April 2014). Hu Shih and New Literary Revolution: From Confucian Evidential Learning to American Pragmatism. Oklahoma Educational Studies Association Conference, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Yang, J. & Frick, W.C. (April 2013). When Confucius Encounters John Dewey: A Brief Historical and Philosophical Analysis of Dewey’s Visit to China. Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA), San Francisco, California.
Yang, J. (September 2012). From Confucian Beauty to Revolutionary Sublime: Encounter Between Education and Female Aesthetic Perception in China. Society of Philosophy and History of Education Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
Yang, J. (March 2012) . From Confucian Beauty to Revolutionary Sublime: Encounter between Education and Female Aesthetic Perception in China. Oklahoma Educational Studies Association Conference, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Yang, J. & Frick, W. C. (November 2007). Will the Leadership of Chinese Education Follow the Footsteps of American Education? A Social-Political Analysis. Annual Convention of the University Council for EducationalAdministration,Alexandria, Virginia.
Dr. Jackie Lay Kean YEOH
Using videos to promote active learning in teaching listening skills, Developing Pedagogical Innovations Through Action Research, co-PI.
Dr. Jungmo YOUN
2019-Present, Jungmo Youn, Principal Investigator, “No Circe with Wicked Charms: Dialectical Mediation of Time in South Korea’s Cultural Formation in the 1980s”, A book project
