Research Projects

The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) is dedicated to fostering the humanities and social sciences, supporting interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation, and promoting advanced research. It aims to achieve a variety of outcomes and bring academic accomplishments to fruition.

1. MYRG-CRG2023-00007-ICMS-IAS
Project Title: Patenting Antibodies: Toward the Welfare-maximizing Strategies for Biomedical Patents
Principal Investigator: Prof. Yuanjia HU  (Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, UM)
Co-Principal Investigator: Prof. Bing SHUI (Faculty of Law, UM)

2. MYRG-CRG2024-00024-ICMS-IAS
Project Title: The role of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T/CM) for support management in the survivorship of breast cancer patients in Macao: implications for developing an evidence-based counseling guideline
Principal Investigator: Prof. Carolina, Oi Lam UNG  (Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, UM)
Co-Investigator: Prof. Joanna Elizabeth HARNETT (School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney)

3. MYRG-CRG2024-00035-FLL-IAS
Project Title: A Comparative Study of Han Fei’s and Jeremy Bentham’s legal philosophies
Principal Investigator: Prof. Xiaobo ZHAI  (Faculty of Law, UM)
Co-Investigator: Prof. Philip SCHOFIELD (Faculty of Laws, University College London)

4. MYRG-CRG2024-00038-FSS-IAS
Project Title: How do home surveillance cameras become a banality in China?
Principal Investigator: Prof. Jianhua XU  (Faculty of Social Sciences, UM)
Co-Investigator: Prof. Shuai WEI (School of Law and Social Justice, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Liverpool University)