Faculty of Social Science

Projects of this triennium (2019-2022) are funded under the following schemes:

  • General Teaching Development Projects

  • Funding Scheme for Development of the Credit-bearing Service Learning Programme

  • Funding Scheme for Engaging Postgraduate Students in Teaching and Teaching Development

  • Grant Scheme for Internationalization of Curriculum

  • Special Funding Scheme to Enhance Student Engagement and Address Student Learning Needs

  • Special Funding Scheme for Online Learning

  • Language Enhancement Projects



    • General Teaching Development Projects
    No. Project Title Principal Supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit    		 Co-supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit     		Duration Approved Budget (HK$)
    Faculty of Social Science
    59 Data-Driven Urban Studies – A Computational Toolkit for Analysing Complex Urban Data and Processes Professor VAN AMEIJDE Jeroen
    (School of Architecture)    		 Professor MO Kar Him
    (School of Architecture)
    Professor TIEBEN Hendrik
    (School of Architecture)    		 10.5 months 333,000.00
    60 Developing Modules and Case Studies for Urban (Big) Data Analytics and Smart City Governance Professor HE Ying Sylvia
    (Department of Geography and Resource Management)    		 Professor KWAN Mei Po
    (Department of Geography and Resource Management)    		 2 years & 4 months 460,000.00




    Funding Scheme for Development of the Credit-bearing Service Learning Programme (Supported by Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant 2019-22)

    No projects under this Funding Scheme.





    Funding Scheme for Engaging Postgraduate Students in Teaching and Teaching Development (Supported by Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant 2019-22)
    No. Project Title Principal Supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit    		 Co-supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit     		Duration Approved Budget (HK$)
    Faculty of Social Science
    15 Integrating Augmented-Reality with Design Thinking (AR-DT) in Self-directed Teaching and Learning by Postgraduate Architecture Students Professor CHUNG Wang Leung Thomas
    (School of Architecture)
    Professor FINGRUT Adam
    (School of Architecture)    		 Mr. HO Tsz Wai Jimmy
    (School of Architecture- student)
    Mr. GOEPEL Garvin
    (School of Architecture- student)    		 1 year 199,520.00




    Grant Scheme for Internationalization of Curriculum (Supported by Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant 2019-22)
    No. Project Title Principal Supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit    		 Co-supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit     		Duration Approved Budget (HK$)
    Faculty of Social Science
    19 Internationalisation at Home through Introducing Virtual Field Trips to Geography Teaching and Learning Professor CHUNG King Lam
    (Department of Geography and Resource Management)    		 Professor LEE Fung Harry
    (Department of Geography and Resource Management)
    		 11 months 85,650.00




    Special Funding Scheme to Enhance Student Engagement and Address Student Learning Needs
    (Supported by Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant 2019-22)
    No. Project Title Principal Supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit    		 Co-supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit    		 Duration Approved Budget (HK$) Focus Areas
    29 Virtual Reality (VR) for Integrated 3-Dimensional eLearning, Making and Immersive Communications Professor FINGRUT Adam
    (School of Architecture)    		 Dr. NG Ka Yan Hilary
    (Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research)    		 1 year and 1 month
    		 151,204 - Student engagement
    - Student learning needs
    - Peer and teacher interaction and communication
    - Other: Online engagment, Design Thinking, E-Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Virtual Lab/Studio
    30 E-mentors Hub for Data Science and Policy Studies Students Dr. CHAN Wai Yin
    (Data Science and Policy Studies Programme)
    Professor WONG Wai Ho Wilson
    (Data Science and Policy Studies Programme)
    (w.e.f August 2021)
    		 Professor WONG Wai Ho Wilson
    (Data Science and Policy Studies Programme)
    Professor CHU May
    (Data Science and Policy Studies Programme)
    Dr. HO Chi Pui
    (Data Science and Policy Studies Programme)    		 1 year and 7 months
    		 195,395 - Student engagement
    - Student learning needs
    - Transition from secondary to university education
    - Other: Develop learning community
    31 SDGs Related Virtual Activities for Large Classes - Developing System Thinking in Zoom Learning Environment Dr. LEE King Wa
    (Department of Sociology)    		 Professor HO Ching Wai Chris
    (Department of Sociology)    		 1 year 100,000 - Students engagement and student needs
    - eLearning (including multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning)
    - Pedagogy




    Special Funding Scheme for Online Learning supported by TDLEG
    No. Project Title Principal Supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit    		 Co-supervisor(s) and
    Faculty/ Department/ Unit    		 Duration Approved Budget (HK$) Category 
    36 Studying Public Space in Global Perspective from Home Professor TIEBEN Hendrik
    (School of Architecture)    		 Professor Miodrag Mitrasinovic
    (The New School / Parsons, New York)
    Dr. Luisa Bravo
    (The Journal of Public Space, Bologna, Italy)
    Mr. Manfredo Manfredini
    (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
    Professor Vera Tangari (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)    		 8 months  75,098 - instructional strategies/
       pedagogies
    - student engagement
    - learning materials
    - interaction with students
    37 Creating an Innovative Virtual Field Trip Platform for Online Teaching-learning Enhancement in Tourism Education Professor CHAN Chung Shing
    (Department of Geography and Resource Management)    		 -- 9 months  100,000 - curriculum design
    - learning outcomes
    - learning tasks
    - student engagement
    - learning materials
    - interaction with students
    38 Contextualizing the Use of Zoom Online Platform in Teaching and Learning Professor MARAFA Lawal Mohammed
    (Department of Geography and Resource Management)    		 Professor CHAN Chung Shing
    (Department of Geography and Resource Management)    		 9 months  99,800 - curriculum design
    - learning tasks
    - student engagement
    - learning materials
    - interaction with students




    Language Enhancement Projects

    No projects under this Funding Scheme.