{"id":41590,"date":"2025-04-29T14:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/visiting-professorship\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:38:54","slug":"visiting-professorship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.socsc.hku.hk\/tc\/visiting-professorship\/","title":{"rendered":"\u7814\u7a76\u751f\u734e\u5b78\u91d1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Visiting Professorship<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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HKU Visiting Professors Scheme<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Visiting Professors Scheme, initiated by the University Central, is designed to elevate our University’s research competitiveness and visibility on the global academic stage. This initiative aims to drive the advancement of targeted academic areas and foster substantial international collaborations by connecting with world-class scholars and leading institutions. Under this scheme, distinguished scholars can be appointed as Visiting Research Professors for either long-term or short-term engagements, allowing flexibility to tailor to the specific needs of the host Faculty or Department and the availability of the scholars.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Social Sciences Visiting Fellowship Scheme<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Social Sciences Visiting Fellowship Scheme underscores the Faculty\u2019s dedication to international engagement through collaborative efforts on a global scale to elevate the Faculty\u2019s research competitiveness and academic prominence. This scheme stimulates a vibrant intellectual network by inviting globally renowned academics to conduct aligned research with the Faculty, serving as a platform to foster not only fresh collaborative research prospects but also to bolster long-term strategic goals. Two streams operationalise these objectives, namely the Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/em><\/strong> and the\u00a0Social Sciences Visiting Professors<\/em><\/strong> Scheme<\/em><\/strong>. Scholars under this Scheme are appointed as Visiting Professors.<\/p>

The Faculty also offers a fellowship scheme specifically designed to promote academic exchange with scholars from the Global South region. This scheme opens for applications twice a year. For more details, please refer to the HKU Social Sciences Global South Fellowship Scheme<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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List of Visiting Fellows<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2024-2025<\/span><\/i><\/div>
Visiting Fellow<\/strong><\/td>Host Department\/Unit<\/strong><\/td>Scheme<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Professor Trevor Barnes
Professor of Geography
The University of British Columbia, Canada<\/td>		Geography<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Dr. Christof Brandtner
Assistant Professor of Social Innovation
Emlyon Business School, France<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Social Sciences Visiting Professors Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Frank Dobbin
Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology
Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences
Harvard University, US<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Cindy C. Fan
Professor of Geography and Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement
University of California, Los Angeles, US<\/td>		Geography<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Dr. Kuishuang Feng
Associate Professor
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, US<\/td>		Geography<\/td>Social Sciences Visiting Professors Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Jixi Gao
Director and Professor of Satellite Application Center for Ecology and Environment
Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, China<\/td>		Geography<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Lingxin Hao
Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor in Public Policy
Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, US<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Yixuan Ku
Professor, Department of Psychology
Sun Yat-Sen University, China<\/td>		Psychology<\/td>Social Sciences Visiting Professors Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Mich\u00e8le Lamont
Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies
Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies
Harvard University, US<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Wei Li
Professor, School of Geographical Science and Urban Planning
Arizona State University, US<\/td>		Geography<\/td>Social Sciences Visiting Professors Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Zhenchao Qian
Professor of Sociology
Interim Director of Population Studies and Training Center
Brown University, US<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor James Raymer
Professor of School of Demography
Australian National University, Australia<\/td>		HKU Research Hub of Population Studies<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Dr. Ralf Schwarzer
Emeritus Professor and Professor of Psychology
Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Germany<\/td>		Social Work and Social Administration<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Wanxiao Sun
Professor, Geography and Sustainable Planning Faculty
Grand Valley State University, US<\/td>		Geography<\/td>Social Sciences Visiting Professors Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Dr. Tobias Wolbring
Chair of Empirical Economic Sociology
Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, Germany<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Xiaogang Wu
Yufeng Global Professor of Social Science
Director of Center for Applied Social and Economic Research
New York University Shanghai, China<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n <\/div>
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2023-2024<\/span><\/i><\/div>
Visiting Fellow<\/strong><\/td>Host Department\/Unit<\/strong><\/td>Scheme<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Professor Tak Wing Chan
Professor of Quantitative Social Science
University College London, UK<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke
Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience
King’s College London, UK<\/td>		Psychology<\/td>HKU Visiting Professors Scheme<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n <\/div>
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2022-2023<\/span><\/i><\/div>
Visiting Fellow<\/strong><\/td>Host Department\/Unit<\/strong><\/td>Scheme<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Professor Terrence D. Hill
Professor of Sociology and Demography
The University of Texas at San Antonio, US<\/td>		Sociology<\/td>Distinguished Social Sciences Scholars Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
Professor Alexander B. Murphy
Professor Emeritus
Department of Geography, University of Oregon, US<\/td>		Geography<\/td>HKU Visiting Professors Scheme<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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