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Dr Shixin HUANG

Dr Shixin HUANG

Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr Shixin Huang joined the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2023. Before that, she was a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University from 2022 to 2023. With a decade of practice and research experience in disability justice and community development in China, Dr Huang conducts research at the intersection of disability, aging, and care. Her research mission is to promote the well-being of formal and family caregivers of socially disadvantaged groups, particularly people with disabilities and older adults, as well as those they care for. Currently, Dr Huang’s ongoing research focuses on family care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (PWIDD), including the burgeoning roles of parents’ organizations in innovating social services and policy for families of PWIDD; the care work of para-professional workers in the long-term care sector. She is also interested in promoting community-based research on the broadly defined issues of disability justice.

Education and Academic Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Washington
  • MSW, The University of Hong Kong
  • BA, The Sun Yat-Sen University

Professional Qualifications

  • Registered Social Worker in Hong Kong

Research Interests

  • Disability studies
  • Long-term care
  • Social policy
  • Community development

Grants

1. PI, The Job Characteristics and Well-being of Personal Care Workers in Hong Kong’s Residential Care Homes of the Elderly: A Mixed-methods Study, Funded by the General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK$1,013,500, 2024-2026

2. Co-I, “My Heart is Sinking”: Exploring Emotional Struggling among South Asian Women in Hong Kong through Photovoice, Funded by the General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK$ 1,453,284, 2024-2026 (PI: Professor Dong Dong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

3. Co-PI, Evaluation & Research for the Lifestyle Reactivation Project of Jockey Club Smart Homecare Solution, Funded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service Hong Kong, HK$ 448,728, 2022-2024 (Project Coordinator: Professor LIU Chi Pun, Hong Kong Shue Yan University)

4. Co-I, Empowerment Mechanisms of Disability Policy in Contemporary China, Funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, RMB 200,000, 2022-2024 (PI: Professor ZHOU Lingang, Shenzhen University)

 

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