Student Voices
I am studying towards my PhD at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, where I found it an exceptionally good fit to pursue my research interests in ageing and health.
Currently, my research lies in the field of environmental gerontology. I am fascinated by the complex interplay between individual and environment in everyday life praxis. Through the lens of healthy ageing, I am seeking a deeper understanding of the meaning of age-friendly city by investigating how our physical and social environment can be shaped to promote health and well-being in old age.
Peichao Liang
PhD (Social Work and Social Administration)
I am interested in exploring how people experience embitterment in their suffering, how people can embrace life amid adversity, and transform suffering into resilience, wisdom, and growth. By researching on these shared, yet unique, human experiences of vulnerability and resilience, I wish to be a part of the collective effort in supporting and empowering people who suffer.
My experience with the department of SWSA at HKU has been fruitful and insightful. I am encouraged to pursue my passion and interest, and to ponder on how I could contribute to people and society. Comprehensive support, guidance and resources are provided for us to foster our growth, improve our capability, and actualize our potential.
In our department, students are inspired to continuously strive for research excellence, have deep compassion for people, and be motivated to translate research into social practices; and this is the kind of researcher I aspire to be!
Janelle
PhD (Social Work and Social Administration)Major Research Areas
Department of Geography 
- Remote Sensing
- Geographic Information System
- Geospatial analytics
- Climate Change & Carbon Neutrality
- Urban & Rural Landscapes
- Sustainability
- Urban, Regional, & Global Political Economy
- Future Cities & Social Wellbeing
- Innovation, Creativity, and Mobility
- Aesthetics, Politics, and Everyday Life
Journalism and Media Studies Centre
- Computational Social Sciences
- Digital Media
- Digital Research Method
- International Journalism
- Journalism Education
- Media and Journalism in Greater China
- Misinformation Ecosystem
- News Literacy
- Press Freedom
- Public Health Communication
- Social Media Analytics
Department of Politics and Public Administration
- Comparative Politics
- International Relations
- Political Theory
- Public Administration and Public Policy
Department of Psychology
- Behavioural Neuroscience
- Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology
- Cognition and Perception
- Educational and Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
Department of Social Work and Social Administration
- Ageing and gerontology
- China studies
- Expressive Art and Dance-movement therapies
- Families, children and youth
- Family violence and child welfare
- Fertility transition
- Gender and sexuality
- Mental health
- Labour migration and social protection
- Life and death education
- Newly arrived immigrants and assimilation and acculturation
- Poverty alleviation
- Social policy, planning and community building
- Social work education
- Suicide Prevention
- Youth Empowerment and policy
Department of Sociology
Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (inc. the Centre of Asian Studies)
- Quantitative history
- Asian religion and spirituality
- Chinese business history
- Urban culture and heritage
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