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Celebrating Faculty Excellence: Social Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award 2023-24
The Faculty is proud to announce that
Professor Benjamin IAQUINTO
,
Professor Peter KOH
from the
Department of Geography
, and
Professor Karson KUNG
from the
Department of Psychology
have been awarded with the
Social Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award for 2024
. These awards recognise their unwavering dedication to creating impactful learning experiences, developing innovative curricula, and supporting student success. Their achievements exemplify the Faculty's commitment to excellence in education and its vital role in shaping an enriching academic journey. The awardees have demonstrated outstanding teaching abilities, inspiring both students and colleagues with their innovative methods and commitment to fostering an engaging learning environment. Their significant contributions to teaching and learning have been widely recognised, and their dedication serves as a beacon of excellence within the academic community. Congratulations to Professor Benjamin IAQUINTO, Professor Peter KOH, and Professor Karson KUNG on this well-deserved accolade! Their enthusiasm for teaching and commitment to student achievement are truly remarkable, and we look forward to their continued impact in the realm of education.
Department of Geography
Professor Benjamin IAQUINTO Professor Peter KOH
Department of Psychology
Professor Karson KUNG
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Outstanding Young Researcher Awards 2023-24
The
Outstanding Young Researcher Awards (OYRA)
are presented by the University annually to honour exceptional research accomplishments of young researchers (under the age of 40). Our Faculty is honoured to have two young researchers receiving OYRA for the year 2023-24 in recognition of their outstanding research:
Professor Austin M Strange
Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration
Professor Strange researches and teaches international relations and Chinese foreign policy. He is also a fellow in the National Committee on United States-China Relations Public Intellectuals Program. His research examines the nature and impacts of China’s historical and contemporary roles in international development, global infrastructure provision, and other foreign economic policy domains. His work has provided internationally impactful data and analysis on China’s overseas development finance. He and colleagues were among the first to develop comprehensive, systematic, and publicly available evidence on Chinese aid and lending across the Global South.
“I am extremely grateful to collaborate with hard-working, passionate, and sharp students and colleagues at HKU and beyond. As a researcher I aim to pursue research projects that are rigorous, accessible to broader audiences, and targeted at important but misunderstood real-world issues. These kinds of projects often have a high degree of difficulty, but if successful, can make positive knowledge impacts for a wide range of stakeholders.” –
Professor Austin M Strange
Professor Zhenci Xu
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Professor Xu is a human-environment researcher with focus on sustainable development goals, footprint, food-energy-water carbon nexus, ecosystem service, ecology, and China development. He is interested in taking a holistic approach to address the complexity of human-environment interactions and related sustainability issues such as sustainable development progress assessment, impacts of distant interactions on local sustainable development, and synergies and trade-offs between various kinds of ecosystem services.
“Receiving the Outstanding Young Researcher Award is an exciting honor. This is a great recognition that has inspired my research team and me. My research focuses on human-environment interactions, contributing to the promotion of global sustainable development. We explore holistic approaches to characterize environmental and socioeconomic interactions across spatial and temporal scales. By examining these interconnected systems, we can better understand the multifaceted challenges and opportunities that arise in the progress toward global sustainability.
With my research team and researchers’ collaborations, we aim to amplify scholarly insights on global sustainable development through high-quality academic output. I hope our research will contribute to a more sustainable and equitable future.” –
Professor Zhenci Xu Join us in congratulating them on their outstanding contributions to academia!
Publications
Professor Tatia Lee’s Research Study Shows that Loneliness is More Likely to Cause Depression if One Keeps Ruminating on How Lonely They are
Honours
Faculty Members Honored with the Early Career Teaching Award 2024
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Honoring Female Leadership in Social Sciences
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2023 Stanford’s List of World’s Top 2% Scientists
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Historic Moment for the Faculty of Social Sciences – Rosie Young 90 Medal for Outstanding Young Woman Scholar 2023
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Professor Tatia Lee elected as a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences
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Highly Cited Researchers 2023
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Professor Ben Gerlofs and Austin Strange awardee for Social Sciences Outstanding Research Output Awards 2022-23
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Professor Paul Yip awarded the RI Centenial Award of Significant Contributions
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Professor Shirley Li and Professor Ran Lishan awardee for HKU Excellence Awards for 2022 – Outstanding Researcher Award
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Professor Austin Strange awarded the HKU Excellence Awards for 2022 – Early Career Teaching Award