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Prof. Grace B.K. Seo
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Prof. Grace SEO

Associate Professor

Biography

Prof. Grace Seo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences and the director of the Centre for Social Policy and Social Entrepreneurship (CSPSE) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research focuses on healthy housing, affordable housing policy, and an age-friendly housing environment in East Asia. Currently, she is conducting research projects on the impact of housing disadvantage on health, home modifications for ageing in place, the role of the non-profit sector in housing policy, and intergenerational housing.

Education and Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong
  • M.Sc. Department of Urbanism, Delft University of Technology
  • B.Sc. Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyungpook National University

Research Interests

  • Housing in the ageing society
  • Housing and health
  • Affordable housing policy
  • Nonprofit housing
  • Urban policy and governance

Grants (selected)

General Research Fund (PI), Research Grant Council, 2024-2026 “Promoting older adults’ proactive home modifications for successful ageing in place: A mixed methods study”

General Research Fund (PI), Research Grant Council, 2023-2025 “The role of housing in the effects of poverty on health in Hong Kong: A mixed methods study”

Collaborative Research (PI), Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong, 2024-2026 “Impact evaluation of the ageing in place home modification project (phase 2)”

Collaborative Research (Co-PI), The Chinachem Group, 2024-2025 “A study of age-friendly intergenerational communities for HK elders in GBA”

 

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