Karson Shek

20 April 2023

Detecting Trajectories of Smart City Development in China

“Smart city” is the new buzzword aiming for sustainable development among nations. Dr HU Wanyang of CityU’s Department of Public and International Affairs and her research team studied the SMC policies in 341 Chinese prefectural cities to examine how the concept plays out in reality.
27 April 2023

關注露宿者生活需求及心理健康 學者促推無家者友善政策 (Chinese Version Only)

隨着露宿者人數不斷增加,城大社會及行為科學系陳紹銘教授進行全港最大型的無家者人口普查活動,希望研究數據能有助推動政府改善無家者政策及服務。
4 May 2023

社交媒體融入內地企業 研究指有助改善員工與公司的關係 (Chinese Version Only)

城大媒體與傳播系王遠教授發現內地企業利用社交媒體與員工溝通,改善員工關係及企業口碑,呼籲香港企業更善用社交媒體改善公司營運效果,有助公司化解公關危機。
21 May 2023

Combatting ‘job-hopping’ isn’t the solution, solidarity with Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers is

Commenting on the government’s narrative on job-hopping, Professor Lydia CATEDRAL of CityU's Department of Linguistics and Translation revealed migrant domestic workers' struggles during pandemic.
1 June 2023

研發嶄新溝通框架 助中醫提升臨牀診症成效 (Chinese Version Only)

中醫問診及跟病人溝通的手法各有不同。城大英文系潘國雄教授研發了一套適用於中醫治療的臨牀溝通模式,期望幫助中醫師更全面了解病人的需要及情況。
20 June 2023

Storytelling Reduces Aggression and Bullying in Young Schoolchildren

Storytelling brings various psychological and educational benefits to young children. Children learn valuable life lessons through listening to an adventure story or a fairy tale. Instead of giving lectures to children to teach them good behaviour and morals, storytelling is a more effective way to instill good deeds in children. Dr Annis FUNG Lai-chu, Associate Professor of CityU’s Department of Social and Behavioural Science, has conducted a first-ever study to investigate the positive impacts of a storytelling intervention based on the social information processing (SIP) model in reducing reactive and proactive aggression among schoolchildren.
20 September 2023

Survey Reveals Hong Kong Citizens Mentally Overcome Pandemic Gloom But Information Fatigue Looms

Since the World Health Organization declared an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency, Hong Kong citizens’ lives have gradually resumed normal. Professor Christine HUANG Yi-hui, Chair Professor of CityU’s Department of Media and Communication (COM), and her research team* conducted online surveys with 1,913 Hong Kong citizens aged 20+ from April to July 2023. The objective is to understand their perceptions of psychological, living and interpersonal well-being.
5 October 2023

傑出教學獎2023|城大教授將AI融入歷史教育 激發學生主動求證 (Chinese Version Only)

城大中文及歷史學系徐力恒教授獲2023年教資會傑出教學獎,表揚他將人工智能融入歷史教育,克服傳統教學方式的限制。
16 November 2023

Nurturing Medical Professionals to be Pioneer in Medical Education Research

Prof Jack PUN of CityU’s Department of English is an expert in health communication and has extensive experience in conducting qualitative research in medicine. Invited by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, he organised a workshop at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Innovative Centre for Medicine to share his expertise and provide research training to its faculty members and related clinicians in Hong Kong.
22 December 2023

First Corpus-based Quantitative Exploration of Verb-Frame Distribution in Chinese Textbooks

Textbooks serve as a vital language input for language acquisition, as indicated by usage-based accounts of language acquisition. Prof LIU Meichun and Prof John LEE Sie-yuen from CityU’s Department of Linguistics and Translation conducted a research project analysing verb-frame diversity and distribution trends by difficulty levels based on a corpus of primary school Chinese textbooks.