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Theses from 2025

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From backstage to front stage : understanding dramaturgical work behavior in the workplace, Yufei CHENG (程昱斐)

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Employment status and evaluation of government performance in COVID-19 containment : evidence from China, Jinye CHEN (陳錦燁)

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Beyong fledging and balancing : middle power's dual-track approcah to China's rise, Lisha CHEN (陳麗莎)

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Rational tactical nuclear first use in asymmetric dyads and the states' calculus of costs in an era of interdependence : a game-theoretical approach, Chi Cheong CHIU (趙志鏘)

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Investigating the effects of cognitive loads on serial dependence and metacognition in visual working memory, Wing Sum CHIU (趙穎心)

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The changing dynamics of India-China relations since 2014 : a shift from asymme tric to symmetric security dilemma?, Soumyodeep DEB

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The Confucian path to utopia : Liao Ping’s theory of great harmony, 1897–1918, Jiahui DONG (董嘉暉)

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Machine learning research on time series data, Zeyi FAN (范澤懿)

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Curing the peasant's disease : Frank Oldt’s work and research on hookworm disease in South China, 1905-1926, Jiaying FU (傅嘉盈)

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Can mere possession of a consumer product boast your self-efficacy? A cultural perspective, Yixuan GAO (高藝璇)

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Essays on economic behaviour, Yiting GUO (郭銥婷)

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Chinese prostitution policies from 1949 to 2024 : an analysis from the perspectives of Marxism, political economy, cultural citizenship, and feminism, Ning HE (何凝)

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Visual self-presentation and the socio-cultural construction of attractiveness in image-based online dating : a cross-cultural analysis of gender, sexuality, and cultural context in online dating profiles, Tobias KAMELSKI

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The relations between online communication, social capital and well-being in Chinese preadolescents, Xiaotong LI (李晓彤)

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The impact of housing stress on fertility intentions among young people in urban China, Fei OUYANG (歐陽斐)

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Coolness, leisure, and power : the development of Mokanshan summer resort in modern China, 1890–1937, Xuyan PAN (潘栩言)

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Towards scalable taxi demand prediction, Yifei SHEN (沈一飛)

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Self-interested cooperation in humans : an agent-based model of self-interest and an experimental investigation of cooperation willingness, Chris Mario STOLLE

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Understanding terminological competence disparities : an empirical study of novice and semi-professional translators in traditional Chinese medicine, Genggeng TAN (譚耿耿)

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Two essays on health and health behavior in China, Jiamin TAN (譚家敏)

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Scientific multimodal summarization : integrating knowledge across textual, visual and auditory content, Zusheng TAN (譚祖胜)

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Mobilizing social infrastructure and social capital in informal settlements in response to neglected tropical diseases in Pakistan, Azam TARIQ

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Exploring the strategies in creating and sustaining commons : organization, mobilization, and tactics in the Hong Kong context, Ho Yin Mickey WAN (溫浩賢)

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Smartphone attachment in emerging adults : impact on mental health through basic psychological needs, Jialin XIAO (肖嘉林)

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轉型中國、生態政治與內亞書寫 : 張承志文學和思想研究, Huaji XU (許華集)

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Youth creative writing on Chinese social media : a multimodal study of bullet comments on Bilibili from an integrated perspective, Liu YANG (楊柳)

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Development of isoscapes for Hong Kong freshwater streams as a basis for ecological studies, Hon Tim YIP (葉漢添)

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戴君鳳以「臆」解《詩》研究, Aifan ZHAN (詹璦璠)

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Essays on operational issues of online medical consultation platforms, Jinxin ZHANG (張金鑫)

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Three-stage latent dynamics forecasting (T-LDF) framework for Shenzhen Metro passenger flow prediction, Tianze ZHANG (張添澤)

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Unframing spatial presence and resonating aesthetic presence : a “continuous interaction” of visitor engagement with Chinese art, Yi ZHU (朱軼)

Theses from 2024

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Beyond poverty and violence : aspirations, capabilities, opportunity structures, and cross-border migration intention in Africa, Pascal AGBADI

Implications of the absence and barriers to cross-border pension portability (CBPP) : a study of Ghanaian health workers' experiences and return prospects from the United States of America, Victoria ANKRAH

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Stock liquidity and value relevance of earnings : evidence from a natural experiment, Joseph Maxwell ASAMOAH

A qualitative study of gender pay gap phenomenon : the case of Shenzhen maritime industry, Shengwei CAO (曹盛偉)

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Risk and protective factors for traditional bullying and cyberbullying victimization among adolescents : a multilevel cross-national study, Patrick CHANDA

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The impact of social-structural factors on the health of migrating older people in China : testing the buffering effect of social capital and social integration, Anqi CHEN (諶安琪)

Qualification mismatch and labour market outcomes : evidence from empirical study in mainland China, Xin CHEN (陳昕)

Impact of kin and non-kin caregivers on the subjective well-being of children in Hong Kong during their middle childhood, Ching Yi Cherry CHEUNG (張靜宜)

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Evaluating the application of a play-based intervention on emotion comprehension, regulation and prosocial behaviours in young children in Hong Kong, Mwaba Moono CHIPILI

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A qualitative study on transnational caregiving for older parents in China, Silai DONG (董思萊)

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Impacts of social media use on the wellbeing of older adults : evidence from China during the COVID-19 pandemic, Xuying DONG (董旭穎)

The relationship between socioeconomic status and online academic help-seeking behaviour : role of attitude, subjective norm, self-efficacy and intention, Yuying FAN (范毓莹)

A study on the localisation of home-based elderly services in Chinese urban communities, Diwen GUAN (關迪文)

Comparing the responses to the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic by the Chinese and American governments : a historical institutionalist analysis, Hong GU (顧泓)

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The discursive representations of Africanness and blackness in Chinese cyberspace : a critical discourse-historical analysis, Jiapei GU (顧佳佩)

Regulating private education in China : the case of school closure for private non-national curriculum schools since 2021, Ming JIANG (江明)

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Lived experiences, perceptions, and caregiving trajectories of family caregivers of youth with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) in Zambia, Ireen Manase KABEMBO

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Transnational higher education and quality assurance : a study of 2+2 student learning experience from Sino-UK cooperative universities, Guoguo KE (柯果果)

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Group dynamics, gender, and field : an ethnographic study of the yo-yoing sport subculture In Hong Kong, Ho Wang KWONG (鄺浩弘)

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Conservation genomics of endangered turtles : the Big-headed Turtle and the Beale's Eyed Turtle, Wing Him LEE (李穎謙)

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Assessing prevalence of blood parasites and ranaviruses in Hong Kong freshwater turtles, Julia LEUNG (梁可然)

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Two essays on electric vehicle subsidies and auto industries in China, Jing LIANG (梁靖)

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Exploring China’s for-profit private universities from a stakeholder perspective : two cases from Shanghai, Mian LIN (林綿)

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A study of external factors influencing stagnation in five post-Soviet hybrid regimes, Han LIU (劉涵)

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Essays on product mix strategies in influencer livestream commerce and personal pronoun use in crowdfunding, Sheng LIU (劉聖)

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The impacts of the higher education expansion on education quality in China : evidence from Shenzhen University, Yousong LUN (倫祐崧)

Determining the factors affecting the employment quality of Chinese college fresh graduates under the new employment forms in the digitalized economy, Jiayu LYU (呂佳育)

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The impact of perceived self-connection on possession-based placebo analgesia : an investigation using implicit and explicit measures, Sze Ki NG (吳斯祺)

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Two essays on institution, innovation and trade in China, Cong NIE (聶聰)

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Deconstructing ageism and quality of life among older informal workers : a mixed-methods study in Ghana, Samuel Ampadu OTENG

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Sino-Africa counterterrorism cooperation : assessing the cases of Nigeria, Kenya and Sudan, Paa Kwesi Wolseley PRAH

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Does violent crime matter in tax aggressiveness?, Chun QI (漆純)

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Policy network and migrant children education : the case of Xi’an, China, Wanlin QIU (邱万林)

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“Feels a lot like love” : love-in(g) China in the reform era, Chang QU (瞿暢)

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The lived experiences of poverty among particularly vulnerable tribal groups in a rights-based anti-poverty programme in Jharkhand India, Monimala SENGUPTA

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Aesthetic cognitivism : acquiring propositional knowledge from fiction, Nanyun SHEN (沈南昀)

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Responding to skepticism : from transcendental arguments to hinge epistemology, Changshuo SUN (孫昌碩)

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A revision of Hong Kong harvestmen : biodiversity, ecological preferences and geographical distribution, Kai Teck Desmond TAN (陳凱德)

Understanding the role of central-local government relations in the development of residential land in China : a new institutionalism perspective, Zhen WANG (王真)

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Experience of loneliness among older people in Hong Kong : ageism perspective, Chi Kuen WONG (黃子權)

Homeownership and subjective well-being among educated young migrants in Shenzhen, Shuya XIAO (肖舒婭)

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The post-COVID-19 pandemic study abroad intentions of Chinese undergraduate students : a case study of Shenzhen, Zhipeng XIAO (肖治鵬)

Implementing inclusive education policy within higher education : an ecological case study on support networks for students with disability in Chinese local college, Zihui XIE (解子慧)

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王士禛對明代山左詩學的接受與建構, Xiaotong XU (徐曉童)

A study on implementation gaps in age-friendly renovation policies : a case study in Guangzhou, Jueyu YANG (羊珏瑜)

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Beyond mindset : investigating neural and psychological mechanisms of strategic mindset, growth mindset and feedback learning, Yaqi YANG (楊婭琦)

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陸粲《春秋》學研究, Ziqian YANG (楊紫茜)

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Environmental DNA (eDNA) survey of introduced freshwater species in reservoirs and streams in Hong Kong, Sze Man YAU (邱思敏)

The role of geopolitics in world-class universities : Japan’s implications for Hong Kong, Long Ho YIM (嚴朗灝)

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Ecology of tetrodotoxin toxicity and ectoparasite burden of Hong Kong newt populations, Wing Yan YIP (葉泳茵)

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Process-oriented explanation of institutional changes : comparative cases of national health and pension system reforms in Indonesia, Tauchid Komara YUDA

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胡適在台灣 : 殖民地、黨國體制、民主化時代的閱讀史, Yi ZENG (曾苡)

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Catching the unlikely gambler : how and why gacha games appeal to conscientious consumers, Jingyi ZHANG (張靜怡)

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Essays on multivariate risk, Lin ZHOU (周麟)

Theses from 2023

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An investigation of Africans and Hongkongers relationship : a social psychological approach, Raymond AGYENIM-BOATENG

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A socio-cultural analysis of elder abuse in a non-western society of Ghana : theoretical approach and (multi-stakeholder) interventions for elder justice, Francis ARTHUR-HOLMES

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Two essays on pollution, trade and industries in China, Jie BAI (白洁)

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Challenging domesticity, mobilizing indigeneity : the Igorot migrant domestic workers of Hong Kong, Jose Kervin Cesar Belmonte CALABIAS

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A qualitative study of approaches to implementing basic education internationalization in Shenzhen, Xue CAO (曹雪)

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Uncover the underground : distribution and population status of blind snakes and Bogadek’s burrowing lizards, Man Ho CHAN (陳文灝)

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Does non-financial information disclosure promote firm's exports? Evidence from China's mandatory CSR reporting regulation, Xin CHEN (陳欣)

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The effects of the Big-headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) on community and ecosystem in Hong Kong hill streams, Wing Lam FOK (霍頴琳)

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Incompatibilist arguments and compatibilist rebuttals, Wai Sing FOOK (霍煒昇)

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Optimism about philosophical progress, a historical case study, Daniele Bruno GARANCINI

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‘More or better?’ : finding the balance between equitable access and quality of higher education in Malaysia, Adam HAMZAH NOR BIN AEDY RAHMAN

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Information economy, employment vulnerability and the development of new urban marginality : the case of Bangladesh, Rasel HUSSAIN

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Using multiobjective optimization to solve multimodal optimization and constrained optimization problems, Jingyu JI (冀镜羽)

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Game-theoretic analysis of financing problems in online operations, Dianyao KANG (康殿堯)

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Examining the university supports and international students' psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study of a university in mainland China, Zeyu KANG (康澤宇)