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UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Profiles
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HKUST History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) Research Seminar Series
SHAN, Y. (PI)
RGC - Postgraduate Student Conference/Seminar Grant
7/09/26 → 11/12/26
Project: Research
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Transcultural Keywords in Chinese Emotion and Aesthetics
WU, S. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Younger and older adults’ attentional control in their dichotic listening of Cantonese tones: the role of bilingual experience
QIN, Z. Q. (PI) & YANG, X. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Intertextuality as Cultural Texture: An Interdisciplinary Approach
ZUERN, T. B. (PI) & GREULICH, M. (PI)
Germany / Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
1/01/26 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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The Labor of Ideology: Information Management of the Chinese Communist Party (1921–1966)
CHEN, M. (PI)
RGC - Junior Research Fellow Scheme
2/10/25 → 1/10/27
Project: Research
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Martin Buber, Daoism, and Intercultural Philosophy
NELSON, E. S. (PI)
15/09/25 → 14/09/28
Project: Research
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The Silent Ultimate Survivor of the Long Cold War: Matsushita Kazutoshi in Three Wars, Six Armies, UN Prison, and Postwar Japan
CHANG, D. C. (PI) & SATO, Y. (CoI)
1/07/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Between Buddha-nature and Emptiness: The Peak Era of Chinese Buddhism
HUNG, J. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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The effects of auditory cueing during sleep on generalized phonetic learning: the case of non-native lexical tone learning
QIN, Z. Q. (CI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
Research output
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Affective engagement across metaphor-related discourse moves in statistics education
Tay, D., 17 Aug 2026, In: Frontiers in Education. 11, 11 p., 1831504.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Affective Knowing in Wang Yangming
Angle, S. C. & CHAN, C. K., 17 Sept 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Philosophy. p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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AI, Wisdom, and the Epistemic Authority of Moral Judgment: A Chinese Philosophical Approach
Wang, E. H., Wang, R. L., Chang, Y. P. & CHAN, C. K., 2026.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Alignment of Spatial Triangle: its Patterns, Distribution and Alternative Strategies,
LU, F. & TONG, M., 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Belonging and collaborative language-and-arts research with forced migrants in Hong Kong
SIMPSON, J. E. B., Pöyhönen, S. & Bradley, J., Dec 2026, In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication. 45, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Better be a Zombie? The Value of Consciousness in Early Buddhism
HUNG, J., 25 Jun 2026, Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind. Kriegel, U. (ed.). 1 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 5. p. 337-363 27 p. (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind; vol. 5).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Book Chapter › peer-review
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Between the Effable and Ineffable: Self-nature in the Platform Sūtra
HUNG, J., 26 Aug 2026, p. 103-120. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Beyond the liberal mind: A Neo-Confucian suggestion for liberal spiritual exercises
Wong, B. & CHAN, C. K., 2026.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Book Symposium on Michael Beaney’s “The Joy of Chinese Philosophy”
HUNG, J., 12 May 2026Research output: Other contribution
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Futures of AI in History Research
PELZER, T. (Panelist), Chen, S. (Moderator), Armand, C. (Panelist), CHUNG, Y. H. M. (Panelist), Sturgeon, D. (Panelist) & Tang, K.-L. (Panelist)
Mar 2027Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Governing the Memory Engine: A History of AI through Its Governance
Husson, M. (Speaker) & PELZER, T. (Panelist)
13 Nov 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Human Intellectual Work in the Age of AI
Husson, M. (Panelist), PELZER, T. (Panelist), SONG, Y. (Panelist) & WONG, J. K. (Moderator)
12 Nov 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Past Worlds: Locating Chinese Spaces on Cold War Spy Footage
PELZER, T. (Speaker)
Nov 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Navigating belonging for South Asians in Hong Kong: Challenging the single story with creative arts-informed linguistic ethnography
SIMPSON, J. E. B. (Contributor)
12 Oct 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Researching migration, settlement and belonging in Hong Kong: Interdisciplinary perspectives across, through and beyond language. Seminar at the Diversity Hub, Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong, 3 October 2026.
SIMPSON, J. E. B. (Organiser)
3 Oct 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference / Workshop
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Translocal belonging and practices of care among people from Indian and Filipino backgrounds in Hong Kong
SIMPSON, J. E. B. (Invited speaker), Khalikova, V. (Speaker) & Gube, J. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Twentieth-Century China (Journal)
PELZER, T. (Ad hoc Reviewer)
24 Sept 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Navigating belonging for South Asians in Hong Kong: Challenging the single story with creative arts-informed linguistic ethnography
SIMPSON, J. E. B. (Invited speaker)
21 Sept 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
Awards
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2025 Berggruen Essay Prize Competition (shortlisted)
ONGARO, G. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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Book Publication Fund, Prajna Paramita Charity Organization
HUNG, J. (Recipient), 25 Jun 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award for Continuing PhD Students
WANG, Y. (Recipient), May 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award for Continuing PhD Students in 2025-26
TONG, M. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Honorary Award
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HUMA 2025/26 Postgraduate Research Grant (Second Round)
DOBORJGINIDZE, Z. (Recipient), 11 May 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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Humanities and AI Virtual Institute
CHUNG, Y. H. M. (Recipient), 1 Jan 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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Humanities and AI Virtual Institute
CHUNG, Y. H. M. (Recipient), 1 Jan 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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IAS Sponsorship of Plenary/Invited Speakers of Activities
SHAN, Y. (Recipient), 29 Jan 2026
Prize: Others
Courses
Datasets
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Chinese Engineers Relational Database Taiwan (CERD-Taiwan)
PELZER, T. (Creator), Zenodo, 26 Nov 2025
Dataset
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Urban Cultural GIS Data of Republican Beijing
SO, K. L. B. (Owner) & Lin, H. (Contributor), DataSpace@HKUST, 20 Dec 2016
Dataset
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China Multi-Generational Panel Dataset, Liaoning (CMGPD-LN), 1749-1909 (ICPSR 27063)
CAMPBELL, C. D. (Owner) & LEE, J. (Owner), Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 17 Aug 2010
Dataset
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China MultiGenerational Panel Dataset, Shuangcheng (CMGPD-SC), 1866-1914. ICPSR35292-v1.
CAMPBELL, C. D. (Owner), LEE, J. (Owner) & WANG, H. (Contributor), Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 28 Jul 2014
Dataset
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China Government Employee Database-Qing (CGED-Q) Jinshenlu Public Release
CAMPBELL, C. D. (Owner), Chen, B. (Owner), Ren, Y. (Owner) & LEE, J. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 23 May 2019
Dataset
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Longitudinal Links to Construct the Korean Multi-Generational Panel Dataset – Tansung (KMGPD-TS) from the Tansung Household Registers
CAMPBELL, C. D. (Owner), LEE, J. (Owner) & Hao, D. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 25 Nov 2015
Dataset
Student theses
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"Onstage identity" : physical and social boundaries of Hong Kong local drag queens
LAI, T. C. N. (Author), 2020Student thesis: Master's thesis
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"Sacrificing" for the nation : student military training in Guomindang China, 1928-1937
Fong, S. Y. (Author), 2013Student thesis: Master's thesis
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<Oralities< : food and language as avenues of expression in works by three Chinese American authors--David Wong Louie, Fae Myenne Ng, and Amy Tan
Chiu, A. S. (Author), 1995Student thesis: Master's thesis
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A century of avant garde to contemporary art collecting and collectors : examining theoretical elements and global shifts in the United States and the trends to East Asia
ROHNE, R. R. (Author), DANIELS, C. A. (Supervisor), 2022Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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A critical discussion of the four-seven debate : from the perspective of the cognitive theory of emotion
WENG, R. (Author), 2015Student thesis: Master's thesis
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Adopting a new lifestyle : formation of a local organic food community in Hong Kong
Cheng, S. K. (Author), 2009Student thesis: Master's thesis
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A functional approach to conditionals in Peking Mandarin
Mao, S. (Author), 2013Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Ambivalent love : an anthropological study of a state-run orphanage in Zhejiang, China
Qian, L. (Author), 2014Student thesis: Master's thesis
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A model with four parameters to quantify tonal variation : a case study of Chongqing dialect
ZENG, Y. (Author), 2015Student thesis: Master's thesis