Signature Research Cluster

Chinese Culture in Diverse Cultural Environment


Hu Weixing (Richard)
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Politics and Public Policy
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  • International Political Economy
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  • China and East Asian International Relations
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  • China’s Foreign Relations
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  • Hong Kong, Macau and Greater China Studies
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Lam Long Wai (Rico)
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Dirty Work
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  • Workplace Incivility
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  • Trust
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  • Leadership
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Hans-Georg Moeller
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Chinese and Comparative Philosophy (specifically Daoism)
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  • Social and Political Thought (specifically Social Systems Theory)
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Sun Yifeng
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Translation Theory
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  • Translation Criticism
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  • Intercultural Studies
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  • Comparative Literature
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  • English & American Literature
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  • Literary Theory
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Venus Viana
Junior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Social History
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  • History of South China
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Wang Di 
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Modern China
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  • Chinese Social and Cultural History
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  • Chinese Urban History
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  • Chinese Secret Societies
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Wang Qingjie
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Continental Philosophy, esp. Heidegger’s Philosophy and Hermeneutics
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  • East-West Comparative Philosophy
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  • Chinese Philosophy
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  • Ethics and Moral Philosophy
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Zhang Yue
Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Classical Chinese Literature
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  • Sinology Studies
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Zhang Ze Xun 
Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Research on Silk Road Art
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  • Visual Art Creation (sculpture and painting)
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  • Cultural Heritage and Creative Cultural Industry
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  • Chinese Sculptural Art Studies
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  • Chinese Religious Art and Cultural Studies
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New Opportunities at the Intersection of Humanities and Sciences


Chen Jinghan (Jean)
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Corporate governance
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  • Executive compensation
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  • Earnings management
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  • Information disclosure
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  • Corporate finance
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  • Ownership and innovation
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  • Accounting and finance issues in emerging markets
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Richard Fitzgerald
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Membership Categorisation Analysis
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  • Conversation Analysis
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  • Discourse Analysis of Broadcast Media
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Law Chun Hung (Rob)
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Smart Tourism
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  • Website Evaluation and eWOM Analysis
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  • Technology Management and Applications
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  • Computer-Assisted Education
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Rostam J. Neuwirth
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • International Economic Law / International Trade Law / WTO Law
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  • European Union (EU) Law
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  • Transnational Law
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  • Intellectual Property Law
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  • Law & Technology
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  • Cultural Heritage Law / Creative Industries / Creative Economy / Cultural Diversity
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  • Comparative Law
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  • Legal Oxymora and Legal Theory
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U Leong Hou (Ryan)
Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Large-Scale Data Processing

      

    • Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data
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    • Graph Data Processing
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    • Graph Neural Networks
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    • Data Visualization Techniques, etc.
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  • Crowdsourcing
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  • Reinforcement Learning
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  • Information Retrieval
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  • Optimization Problems
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Wong Seng Fat (Alfred)
Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics
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  • Smart City
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  • Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
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  • Applied RFID Technology in Industrial Engineering
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  • Industrial Engineering
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  • Engineering Management
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  • Knowledge Management and Production Management
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  • Innovative Product Design
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  • Condition Monitoring System
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  • Proton Electrolytic Membrane Fuel Cells
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  • CAD/CAM Systems
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  • Optical Instrumentation for Manufacturing Processes
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Xu Jie
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Grammatical Theory
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  • Chinese Linguistics
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  • Language Acquisition and Language Education
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  • Comparative Studies of Chinese and English Grammars
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  • Principle-Based Grammatical Analysis
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  • Grammatical Violations in Innovative Writings and Their Linguistic Significance
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Xiang Yu-tao
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Psychiatric epidemiology
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  • Mood disorders
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  • Evidence-based medicine in psychiatry
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Jerome Yen
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Internet finance, especially the financial supermarket as well as its business model, technologies, and services
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  • Risk measurement and management: credit, market, operational, and tail (extreme event) risk
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  • Trading strategies, trade planning and execution of Algo Trading and High Frequency trading
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  • Investment and portfolio management: equities, commodities, FX, fixed income, derivatives, and structured products
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  • Pricing and risk assessment of structured products that built with derivatives and exotic options
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Macao Studies from a Global Perspective


Cheung Kwok Cheung 
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests








    

  • Curriculum and Instruction
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  • Educational Assessment
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  • Educational Evaluation
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  • Mathematics and Science Education
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  • Early Childhood Education
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  • Information, Communication and Technology Education
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Chu Chi Ho (Angus)
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests








    

  • Macroeconomics
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  • Economic growth
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  • Innovation
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  • Intellectual property rights
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  • Monetary economics
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Fu Xiaoqing (Maggie)
Research Fellow
Research Interests








    

  • FinTech
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  • Entrepreneurial Finance
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  • Corporate Governance
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  • Banking
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  • Innovation
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Lai Neng (Rose)
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests








    

  • Option Pricing Models
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  • Risk Management
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  • Real Estate Finance and Economics
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  • Behavioral Finance
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Leung Kai Chun (Chris)
Junior Research Fellow
Research Interests








    

  • Social History of Southern China
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  • Philanthropy and Social Capital
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  • Quality of Life of Macao Residents
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  • Entrepreneurship and Chinese Family Business
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  • Civil Society and NGOs
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Sit Pou Seong
Research Fellow
Research Interests






    

  • Early Childhood Education
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  • Chinese and Teaching of Chinese
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  • Educational and Learning Technology
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Tong Io Cheng
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests








    

  • General Theory of Civil Law
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  • Contract Law
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  • Property Law
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  • Roman Law
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  • Legal History
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  • Legal Philosophy
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  • Socialogical Analysis of Law
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  • Family Law
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Wang Chuang
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Quantitative research method
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  • Self-efficacy beliefs and self-regulated learning behaviours of students
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  • Teaching and learning English as a second language
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  • Program evaluation
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  • Validation of educational assessments
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Wong Ka Ki (Katrine)
Research Fellow
Research Interests


    

  • Music in Theatre
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  • English Renaissance Drama
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  • Macao Studies
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  • Pedagogy in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
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Wu Man Sze (Anise)
Senior Research Fellow
Research Interests








    

  • Behavioral addiction (e.g., gambling disorder, gaming disorder, Internet addiction, problematic smartphone use, and excessive spending)
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  • Alcohol and other substance use
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  • Posthumous organ donation
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  • Physical and mental wellbeing of Chinese elderly
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Excellence Publication Scheme




João Moreira
Junior Research Fellow
Research Interests








    

  • International Arbitration
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  • Civil Procedure
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  • Regulation
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  • Socio-Legal Studies
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  • Competition Law
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  • Public Procurement Law
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  • Gaming Law
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