Title:
Assistant Professor

Qualifications:

PhD (HKUST)

MPhil (HKUST)

BSSc (CUHK)

Email:
william-hw.chan@polyu.edu.hk

Phone:
2766 5710

Office:
HJ432

Specialism:

Pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors;

Climate change perception and opinion;

Socio-ecological approach;

Conspiracy beliefs and intergroup processes;

Value transmission

My URLs:  

ORCID

Research Gate

Google Scholar

Teaching:

Psychology and Aging

Research Interests:

Pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors;

Climate change opinions and perceptions;

Environmental psychology;

Socio-ecological psychology;

Conspiracy beliefs and intergroup processes

Selected Publications:

Environmental Psychology

Chan, H.-W. & Tam, K.-P. (2021). Do people’s assumption about the social world matter? The effects of social axioms on environmental attitudes and efficacies. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 75, 101598.

Chan, H.-W. (2020). When do values promote pro-environmental behavior? Multilevel evidence on the self-expression hypothesis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 71, 101361.

Chan, H.-W., Pong, V., & Tam, K.-P. (2020). Explaining participation in Earth Hour: Identity perspectives and the theory of planned behavior, Climatic Change, 158, 309-325.

Chan, H.-W., Pong, V., & Tam, K.-P. (2019). Cross-national variation of gender differences in environmental concern: Testing the sociocultural hindrance hypothesis. Environment and Behavior, 51, 81-108.

Tam, K.-P.*, & Chan, H.-W.* (2018). Generalized trust narrows the gap between environmental concern and pro-environmental behavior: Multilevel evidence. Global Environmental Change, 48, 182-194. (*Equal authorship)

Tam, K.-P., & Chan, H.-W. (2017). Environmental concern has a weaker association with pro-environmental behavior in some societies than others: A cross-cultural psychology perspective. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 53, 213-223.

Social and Political Psychology

Chan, H.-W., Wang, S., Zuo, S., Chiu, C. P.-Y., Liu, L., Yiu, D. W., & Hong, Y. (2021). War against COVID-19: How is national identification linked with the adoption of disease-preventive behavior in China and the United States? Political Psychology. Advanced Online Publication. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pops.12752

Chan, H.-W., Chiu, C. P.-Y., Zuo, S., Wang, S., Liu, L., & Hong, Y. (2021). Not so straightforward conspiracy beliefs in COVID-19. Humanities and Social Sciences Communication, 8, 1-10.

Chan, H.-W., & Tam, K.-P. (2016). Understanding the lack of parent-child value similarity: The role of perceived norms in value socialization in immigrant families. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47, 651-669.

Current Research Projects:

1. “Understanding conspiracy beliefs through the threat compensation and cultural perspectives”. Funded by General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (2020/21). Role: Co-Investigator (Co-I).
2. “Understanding the Psychological Underpinnings of Identities and Intergroup Relations during Socio-Political Transitions – The Case of Hong Kong.” Funded by Senior Research Fellow Scheme 2021/22 (Ref#: SRFS2122-4H01), Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Hong Kong. (January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026). Role: Collaborator.

Editorial Board Member

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Guest Editor

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology: Special Issue on Conspiracy Theories about Infectious Diseases