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Major Research Areas

r001a

Family, Child, Youth and Ageing Studies

Active ageing, elder abuse, elder care

Child development, child abuse

Family studies, family violence, family therapy, parent education, marriage

Positive youth development, youth leadership, career development, guidance and counselling

Youth deviant behaviours, youth and drug, youth and gambling, addiction prevention

r003

Psychology, Mental Health and Health

Applied neuropsychology, social cognition, biological psychology

Culture and mental health, mental health policy and service

Educational psychology, developmental psychology, psychopathology

Environmental psychology, community psychology

Public health, medical anthropology and sociology

Social psychology, cultural psychology

r008

Social Policy, Social Welfare and Community Development

Disaster management and risk reduction

Housing policy, health policy, labour and welfare policy, ageing and family policy, comparative social policy

Quality of life, social indicators, social stratification, social exclusion/inclusion

Third-sector development, social enterprise, social economy, social innovation

r006

Social Theory, China and Global Social Development

Culture, social technology and digital studies

Gender/sexuality, race/ethnicity and labor studies

Globalisation, migration and social development

Social theory and social philosophy

Urbanisation, rural-urban relations and local governance

r007

Social Work and Human Service Management

Human services management, information-knowledge management

Indigenization of social work practice, social work education, social work values and ethics

Practice research, program evaluation

Social work supervision, social work practice

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