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In here, you can find updates and information about our Departments, Centres, Programme and Projects. At HKU we believe in freedom of expression, and that in practice it must be used with dignity, discretion and respect for others. We reserve the right to remove any material that is abusive, defamatory, racist, sexist, discriminatory, offensive or obscene, and hate speech will certainly not be tolerated.

We are delighted to share that Prof Tatia Lee, Chair Professor of Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology, May End...
29/07/2026

We are delighted to share that Prof Tatia Lee, Chair Professor of Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology, May Endowed Professor in Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, has been awarded funding under the ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ (๐’๐“๐†) ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž.

Her project, RADIANCE (Risk Assessment of Depression and Intervention for Ageing Needs, Challenges, and Empowerment System), aims to harness AI to support the emotional health of older adults through innovative assessment and intervention approaches.

Congratulations to Prof Lee and we look forward to the positive impact of this innovative research! ๐Ÿ‘

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28/07/2026

Improving Mental Health Care for Older People in Hong Kong โค๏ธ
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How can research transform mental health support for older adults?
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Explore the impact of the JC JoyAge Project, led by our Professor Terry Lum from the Department of Social Work & Social Administration, in developing an innovative stepped-care model that brings timely psychotherapy services into the community.
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By combining evidence-supported research with community-based care, the project is helping older adults with depressive symptoms access support earlier, reduce waiting times, and enhance mental well-being across Hong Kong.
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25/07/2026

Our Journey: Class of 2026 โœจ

๐ŸŽ“๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€!Today, we celebrate your hard work, perseveran...
24/07/2026

๐ŸŽ“๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€!

Today, we celebrate your hard work, perseverance and achievements as you mark this significant milestone at the 217th Congregation of The University of Hong Kong.

Throughout your journey at HKU Social Sciences, you have embraced challenges, broadened your horizons and developed the knowledge and compassion needed to make meaningful contributions to society. As you embark on the next chapter of your lives, remember that you will always be part of the vibrant community of Socientists.

The world needs thoughtful leaders, changemakers and problem-solvers more than ever. We encourage you to carry forward the values of curiosity, empathy and social responsibility, and to use your talents to create a positive impact in your communities and beyond.

Celebrate this achievement and cherish the memories, friendships and experiences that have shaped your journey.

โœจ Congratulations once again, Class of 2026. We wish you every success in the future!

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๐Ÿ† Congratulations to Professor Liang Shunlin on receiving the ๐‘๐†๐‚ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)!His project, โ€œ๐€๐๐ฏ...
23/07/2026

๐Ÿ† Congratulations to Professor Liang Shunlin on receiving the ๐‘๐†๐‚ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)!

His project, โ€œ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š,โ€ will develop next-generation AI tools that combine satellite observations, maps and geospatial data to generate real-time socioeconomic indicators.

Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! ๐Ÿ‘

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23/07/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ! ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ‰

Tomorrow is the big day! Join us on ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, for the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป as we celebrate this important milestone and recognise your hard work, dedication and achievements. ๐Ÿ‘

We are delighted to share this memorable occasion with you and your loved ones as you mark the beginning of a new chapter. Letโ€™s make this proud moment truly unforgettable! โœจ

๐‘จ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“: for safety reasons, balloons and large items of luggage are not permitted inside the venue. In addition, several restaurants on Centennial Campus will be temporarily closed. Graduates are encouraged to make alternative arrangements should they wish to meet family members and guests before or after the ceremony.

We look forward to celebrating with you tomorrow!

่ผๆ—ฅๅฐฑไฟ‚็ฌฌ217ๅฑ†ๅญธไฝ้ ’ๆŽˆๅ…ธ็ฆฎๅ•ฆ๏ผ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ‰

ๆญๅ–œๅ„ไฝ็•ขๆฅญ็”Ÿ๏ผ็ถ“้ŽๅคšๅนดๅŠชๅŠ›๏ผŒ็ต‚ๆ–ผ่ฟŽไพ†ๅฑฌๆ–ผไฝ ๅ“‹ๅ˜…้‡่ฆๆ™‚ๅˆปใ€‚ๆˆ‘ๅ“‹ๅฅฝๆœŸๅพ…ๅŒๅคงๅฎถไธ€้ฝŠ่ฆ‹่ญ‰ๅŒๅˆ†ไบซๅ‘ขๅ€‹ๅ€ผๅพ—้ฉ•ๅ‚ฒๅ˜…้‡Œ็จ‹็ข‘๏ผŒ็‚บไฝ ๅ“‹ๅ˜…็ฒพๅฝฉๆ—…็จ‹ๅ–้‡‡๏ผ๐Ÿ‘โœจ

ๆๆๅคงๅฎถ๏ผŒๅŸบๆ–ผๅฎ‰ๅ…จ็†็”ฑ๏ผŒๆฐฃ็ƒๅŒๅคงๅž‹่กŒๆŽ้ƒฝๅ””ๅฏไปฅๅธถๅ…ฅๆœƒๅ ดๅ‘€ใ€‚ๅฆๅค–๏ผŒ็™พๅ‘จๅนดๆ กๅœ’ๅ…งๆœ‰้ƒจๅˆ†้คๅปณๅฐ‡ๆšซๅœ็‡Ÿๆฅญ๏ผŒๅปบ่ญฐๅคงๅฎถ้ ๅ…ˆ้€š็Ÿฅ่ฆชๅ‹๏ผŒไธฆๅฎ‰ๆŽ’ๅ–บๅ…ถไป–ๅœฐ้ปž็ญ‰ๅ€™ๆˆ–่šๆœƒ๏ผŒไปฅๅ…้€ ๆˆไธไพฟใ€‚

ๆœŸๅพ…่ฝๆ—ฅ่ฆ‹ๅˆฐๅคงๅฎถ๏ผŒไธ€้ฝŠๆ…ถ็ฅๅ‘ขๅ€‹้›ฃๅฟ˜ๆ™‚ๅˆป๏ผ

Details่ฉณๆƒ…๐Ÿ‘‰๏ผšhttps://www.socsc.hku.hk/congregation/217th-congregation/

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22/07/2026
๐ŸŽ“ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜!๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐Ž๐’๐’ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž...
21/07/2026

๐ŸŽ“ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜!

๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐Ž๐’๐’ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

๐Ÿ“ ๐ด๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ.

Complete the following steps to receive an alumni welcome gift:
โœ… Update your contact details
๐Ÿ”— https://www.socsc.hku.hk/webforms2/alumni-contact-update-form/
โœ…Like & follow any two FOSS social media channels
โœ…Then visit the Faculty Alumni Booth on Congregation Day to create and collect your very own personalised embroidered keychain.

We look forward to welcoming you as part of our growing community of Socientist. ๐Ÿ’š

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#ๆธฏๅคง็คพ็ง‘ #็คพๆœƒ็ง‘ๅญธๅญธ้™ข #็คพๆœƒ็ง‘ๅญธ #็คพ็ง‘ไบบ #้ฆ™ๆธฏๅคงๅญธ #ๆธฏๅคง #็•ขๆฅญ #็•ขๆฅญๅ…ธ็ฆฎ

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐žAs the new ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ž๐—จ'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ...
17/07/2026

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž

As the new ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—›๐—ž๐—จ'๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚ shares her vision for strengthening connections between research, education, policy, and community impact.

Read about her priorities for the Department and her commitment to nurturing future leaders in social work and social administration.

๐Ÿ”— Read the full story: https://web.socsc.hku.hk/school_news/where-policy-meets-people-professor-vivian-lous-vision-for-swsa/

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#ๆธฏๅคง็คพ็ง‘ #้ฆ™ๆธฏๅคงๅญธ

๐Ÿ“ข ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง | ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ? ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿ‘ดA new study led by HKU PhD studen...
16/07/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง | ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ? ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿ‘ด

A new study led by HKU PhD student Tianxin Cai and published in The Gerontologist reveals important gaps in how researchers assess housing insecurity among ageing populations.

๐Ÿ”น Six key dimensions of housing insecurity identified
๐Ÿ”น Age-friendly housing features rarely included
๐Ÿ”น More reliable and validated measures are urgently needed

Congratulations to Tianxin Cai and collaborators on this impactful contribution to ageing research.

๐Ÿ“˜ Read the full open-access article: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnag130

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