Awards, promotions and appointments

Awards and external appointments

The following FLASS scholars were either appointed to a major position to contribute their experiences and expertise for the benefit of the community, or they have recently won a major external or internal award.

 

Professor Chou Kee-lee

Chair Professor of Social Policy, Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies

 

Award

  • General Research Fund award 2023 (Project name: Identification of an Effective Two-stage Adaptive Intervention for Reducing Loneliness among Hong Kong Chinese Older Adults)

Dr Zoran POPOSKI, FRSA

Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts

 

Awards

  • 53rd USA Film Festival, Finalist, International Short Film and Video Competition, Dallas, US

  • 56th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Finalist, Experimental Film and Video, Houston, USA

Professor Paul Harris

Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies, Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies

 

Appointment

  • Climate Social Science Network Scholar
Promotions and appointments

We also congratulate the following FLASS colleagues who have taken up new roles in teaching, research and administration.

 

Professor Eric Tsang Po-keung

Professor (Practice), Department of Science and Environmental Studies

 

Appointed Registrar, effective from 1 September 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Dr Li Wai-chin

Associate Professor, Department of Science and Environmental Studies

 

Appointed Associate Registrar, effective from 1 September 2023 to 30 June 2025.

Dr Bill Yeung Chi-ho

Associate Professor, Department of Science and Environmental Studies

 

Appointed Acting Associate Dean (Quality Assurance and Enhancement), effective from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023.

Dr Prudence Lau Leung-kwok

Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts

 

Appointed Acting Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies and Student Learning), effective from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023.

Professor Keith Ho Wing-kei

Professor, Department of Science and Environmental Studies (SES)

 

Appointed Acting Head of SES, effective from 1 September 2023 until further notice.

Dr Fox Hu Zhiyong

Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies (SSPS)

 

Appointed Acting Head of SSPS, effective from 1 September 2023 until further notice.

Professor Lo Sing-kai

Chair Professor of Social Research, FLASS

 

Appointed as Associate Vice President (Internationalization), effective from 1 August 2023 to 30 June 2025.

Dr Gary Cheng Kwok-shing

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Information Technology

 

Appointed Executive Co-Director of Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology (LTTC), effective from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2025.

Dr Fu Hong

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Information Technology

 

Appointed Associate Director of LTTC, effective from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2025.

Dr Henry So Chi-fuk

Senior Lecturer I, Department of Mathematics and Information Technology

 

Appointed as Associate Director of LTTC effective from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2025.

Dr Kevin Kam Wai-keung

Dr Kevin Kam Wai-keung, Senior Lecturer I, Department of Health and Physical Education

 

Promoted to Principal Lecturer of the Department of Health and Physical Education, effective from 1 July 2023.

Note: For more information about awards won by FLASS scholars, please refer to our stories about Faculty Assembly-cum-Awards Presentation Ceremony honours distinguished teachingThree FLASS colleagues receive awards for field experience supervision, and FLASS scholars garner 12 iCAN Awards