1. Wu, X. I., Turnbull, M., Yung, A., & Watson, B. M. (2022). Grief and bereavement in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 10, 198-205. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2022.107017
2. Turnbull, M., Wu, X. I., & Watson, B. W. (2022). A comparative study of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the communication practices of end-of-life care workers. Communication and Medicine, 17(3), 295–306. https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.19406
3. Watson, B. W., & Wu, X. I. (2022). Sentinel events and miscommunication – What do we know in 2021: A language and social psychology framework. Health Communication. DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2031451

Turnbull, M., & Wu, X. (Accepted). Emotional reflexivity during a global health crisis: Emotion ‘work’ in online health communication research. In Consoli, S. & Ganassin, S. (Eds), Reflexivity in Applied Linguistics Research: Opportunities, Challenges and Suggestions.Routledge.

1. Watson, B. M., & Wu, X. Y. I. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators in Patient Safety: Understanding the Role of Communication, Hospital Norms and Leadership in the Management of Hospital Patient Care Phase Two. Report to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority.
2. Watson, B. M., & Wu, X. Y. I. (2019). Barriers and Facilitators in Patient Safety: Understanding the Role of Communication, Hospital Norms and Leadership in the Management of Hospital Patient Care Phase One. Report to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority.

1. Wu, X. I. (2022). Language, communication, and identity in the cross-cultural adaptation of Mainland Chinese international students. The 17th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (June), Hong Kong.
2. Wu, X. I., & Watson, B. W. (2022). The role of language and communication in Mainland Chinese students’ cross-cultural adaptation to Hong Kong. The 4th International Psychology of Language Learning Conference (June), Nova Scotia, Canada. [Online Presentation]
3. Wu, X. I. (2022). Language and communication in the cross-cultural adaptation of Mainland Chinese international students. The Joint Postgraduate Student Symposium on Language and Society, Culture and Cognition (April), Hong Kong.
4. Turnbull, M., & Wu, X. I. (2021). Leveraging uncertainty during a health crisis. International Association of 14th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (July), Seoul, South Korea.

• PhD Student Representative of the International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP)
• Member of Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP)
• Member of the International Research Centre for the Advancement of Health Communication (IRCAHC)

2021

• Research Associate. Leveraging ‘uncertainty’ during a health crisis: A comparative analysis of the use of hedges in the speeches of four international political leaders during the first six months of the Covid-19 global health crisis.
• Research Associate. Cultural and communication perspectives on moralisation as a predictor of lung cancer stigma.

2020

• Research Associate. Covid-19 and the new ‘frontlines’ of infection control: A mixed-methods study of emotional labour, stress and burnout amongst teachers, carers and end-of-life service workers in Hong Kong and Australia.
• Research Associate. Analysing stress, anxiety and disruption across language and cultures: A longitudinal study.

2017-2019

• Research Associate: 2018-2019; Research Assistant: 2017-2018. Barriers and facilitators in patient safety: Understanding the role of communication, hospital norms and leadership in adverse events in hospital patients.

Assistant. PolyU Junior Research Mentoring Programme. May – August 2021.

• Project 1: Leveraging ‘uncertainty’ during a health crisis: A comparative analysis of the use of hedges in the speeches of four international political leaders during the first six months of the Covid-19 global health crisis.
• Project 2: Cultural and communication perspectives on moralisation as a predictor of lung cancer stigma. Research Associate.

Conference Facilitator. Narratives of Identity: Bridging the Divides in a Multicultural World – An AASP-IALSP Task Force. The Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP) and the International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (7-9 July 2019).

• Conference Facilitator. The 17th International Conference of Language and Social Psychology. The International Association of Language and Social Psychology. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (22-25 June 2022).
•  Assistant. PolyU Junior Research Mentoring Programme. May – August 2021.

• Project 1: Leveraging ‘uncertainty’ during a health crisis: A comparative analysis of the use of hedges in the speeches of four international political leaders during the first six months of the Covid-19 global health crisis.
• Project 2: Cultural and communication perspectives on moralisation as a predictor of lung cancer stigma. Research Associate.

• Conference Facilitator. Narratives of Identity: Bridging the Divides in a Multicultural World – An AASP-IALSP Task Force. The Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP) and the International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (7-9 July 2019).