Programmes
Prof Guy Abel
Professor, HKU-100 Scholar
Prof Satoshi Araki
Assistant Professor
Prof Gordon Brett
Assistant Professor
Prof Cheris S C Chan
Associate Professor
Prof Tarani Chandola
Head, Department of Sociology
Prof Eric W C Fong
Chair Professor in Sociology
Associate Dean (T & L), Faculty of Social Sciences
Prof Paul Joosse
Associate Professor
Prof Youbin Kang
Assistant Professor
Prof Travis S K Kong
Professor
Prof Isak Ladegaard
Assistant Professor
Prof Tom McDonald
Associate Professor
Prof Benjamin Rohr
Assistant Professor
Prof David A Palmer
Professor
Prof Ioana Sendroiu
Assistant Professor
Prof Xiaoli Tian
Associate Professor
Prof Peng Wang
Associate Professor
Prof Lai Wei
Assistant Professor, HKU-100 Scholar
Prof Ming Wen
Chair Professor in Population Sciences & Sociology
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
Prof Duoduo Xu
Associate Professor
Funded by the D. H. Chen Foundation, a research team led by Professor Cheris Chan of the Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong conducted a two-year ethnographic study entitled "Measuring the Wellbeing of the Elderly in Hong Kong" in 2024-2025.
Welcome everyone to the new academic year!
Congratulations to Benjamin Rohr and his coauthor John Levi Martin for receiving the 2026 Charles Tilly Best Article Award
Congratulations to Prof. Travis S.K. Kong on receiving the RGC Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS) 2026/27 Award
Congratulations to Yuyao Liu, our PhD candidate, for being awarded the HKU Foundation First Year Excellent PhD Award 2025/26.