Prof. Xue BAI

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白雪教授

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+852 3400 3694
xue.bai@polyu.edu.hk

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Biography

Prof. Xue BAI is Professor at the Department of Applied Social Sciences and Director of the Research Centre for Gerontology and Family Studies. She also serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of HKMC Annuity Limited and an appointed member of the Elderly Commission, advising the HKSAR Government on ageing policy and social care strategy.

Her research interests focus on three interrelated areas within social gerontology and social policy: (1) later-life planning, active ageing and well-being; (2) family dynamics and intergenerational care; and (3) social policy and age-friendly environment. Recognised among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2024/2025) by Stanford University and Elsevier, Prof. BAI has published extensively in leading international journals, including The Gerontologist, Ageing & Mental Health, Ageing & Society, BMC Geriatrics, and the Journal of Aging and Social Policy.

Over the past decade, she has secured approximately HK$100 million research and programme funding as PI or Co-PI. This includes over HK$29 million from Research Grant Council (RGC) schemes (including STG, RIF, GRF, and ECS), HK$15 million from other Government funding schemes, HK$40 million in donation and consultancy projects, and HK$18 million in internal research grants. Her work actively translates these research insights into evidence-based age-friendly practice, community interventions, and social policy recommendations.

Education and Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Laws, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Teaching Area

Social Policy and Social Care for an Ageing Society

Capstone Project for Applied Ageing Studies and Service Management

Research Interests

Grants (selected)

2027–2031, Project Coordinator, Empowering an Inclusive, Age-Friendly Silver Economy in Hong Kong: From Longitudinal Evidence to Intergenerational, Multi-stakeholder Action. Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council Strategic Topics Grant, HK$18,478,000.

2027–2029, Principal Investigator, PREP-ME: PREParing Pre-retirees for Retirement and Later Life with Motivational Interviewing-Enhanced Education—A Three-Arm Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund, HK$1,460,668.

2025–2026, Principal Investigator, Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Photovoice to Enhance Future Care Preparation for Older Singletons and Doubletons: A Three-Arm Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial, Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund, HK$1,107,212.

2024–2028. Principal Investigator, Age-friendly Business Recognition and Capacity Building Programme. Donation from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, HK$19,880,000.

2024–2028. Co-Principal Investigator, Alleviating Loneliness in Older adults Living in Poverty: A Multi-level Intervention. Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council Research Impact Fund, HK$5,300,000

2023–2025, Principal Investigator, Who Cares for Sandwiched Ageing Carers? Effects of Intergenerational Care Provision on Future Care Planning. Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund, HK$1,439,022.

2022–2024, Principal Investigator, Model and Capacity Building for Intergenerational Digital Literacy Training for Older Adults in Hong Kong. Funded by the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund of HKSAR, HK$2,994,339.

2019–2022, Principal Investigator, Individual Efforts or Intergenerational Responses? A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study of Future Care Planning among Hong Kong Ageing Families, Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund, HK$858,084.