Department of Sociology and Social Policy

Research output

Research output per year 1993 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023

• 6494 Scopus Citations
• 39 Scopus h-Index
• 403 Journal Article (refereed)
• 143 Book Chapter
• 42 Presentation
• 26 Book (Author)
• 153 More
  • 24 Review article
  • 19 Reference Entry
  • 18 Conference Paper (other)
  • 14 Other Article
  • 13 Consulting or Contract Research Report
  • 12 Book (Editor)
  • 11 Foreword / Postscript
  • 10 Working paper series
  • 6 Conference paper (refereed)
  • 6 Editorial/Preface (Journal)
  • 6 Other outputs
  • 5 Policy or Profession paper
  • 4 Comment / Debate
  • 2 Special issue (Editor)
  • 1 Conference (Extended Abstracts)
  • 1 Conference Abstract
  • 1 Preprint

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2020

  Temporariness and Post-migration Adaptation of Chinese Grandparenting Migrants in Singapore

  CHIU, T. Y. J. & HO, E. L-E., 9 Jan 2020.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Research › peer-review

  • Migrants 100%
  • Social Systems 40%
  • Migration 30%
  • Experience 25%
  • Adaptation 20%

• The Anthropocene in the media of North Asia

  SKLAIR, L., MOK, K. H. & KANG, Y., 22 Nov 2020, The Anthropocene in Global Media Neutralizing the risk. SKLAIR, L. (ed.). Routledge Taylor & Francis, p. 97-117 21 p. (Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Anthropocene 100%
  • Asia 66%
  • China 66%
  • Japan 66%
  • Korea R 66%

• The mediating role of social capital in the relationship between socioeconomic status and adolescent wellbeing: evidence from Ghana

  ADDAE, E. A., 7 Jan 2020, In: BMC Public Health. 20, 11 p., 20.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Adolescents 100%
  • Wellbeing 92%
  • Social Capital 76%
  • Adolescent 76%
  • Socioeconomic Status 61%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• The Politics of MPF Reform : Lessons from Public Attitudes in Hong Kong

  KÜHNER, S. & CHOU, K. L., Jul 2020, In: Social Policy and Society. 19, 3, p. 414-430 17 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Politics 100%
  • Attitudes 100%
  • Contribution 75%
  • Ideologies 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The post-80s generation: exploring the attitudes toward family and housing

  XIAN, S. & FORREST, R., Aug 2020, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 23, 6, p. 780-796 17 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Family 100%
  • Attitudes 100%
  • Housing 100%
  • Young People 71%
  • Hong Kong 57%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The Role of a Health Protection Scheme in Health Services Utilization Among Community-Dwelling Older Persons in Ghana

  GYASI, R. M., PHILLIPS, D. R. & BUOR, D., 14 Feb 2020, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 75, 3, p. 661-673 13 p., gby082.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health Service 100%
  • Health 100%
  • National Health Insurance 85%
  • Standards 71%
  • Error 71%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• The role of materiality in the gendering of household fishery decision-making and practices in coastal Ghana

  ADJEI, M., Nov 2020.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • Approach 100%
  • Women 83%
  • Humans 83%
  • Decision Making 66%
  • Materials 66%

• Transnational ageing and "care technologies" : Chinese grandparenting migrants in Singapore and Sydney

  HO, E. L. & CHIU, T. Y., 1 Oct 2020, In: Population, Space and Place. 26, 7, 11 p., e2365.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Migrants 100%
  • Technology 100%
  • Singapore 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  • Ageing 100%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Transnational care circulations, changing intergenerational relations and the ageing aspirations of Chinese grandparenting migrants in Singapore

  CHIU, T. Y. & HO, E. L., Dec 2020, In: Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 61, 3, p. 423-437 15 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Migrants 100%
  • Migrant Family 57%
  • Chinese 57%
  • Aspiration 57%
  • Ageing 42%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Whiteness out of place: White parents’ encounters with local Chinese schooling in post-colonial Hong Kong

  GROVES, J. M. & O'CONNOR, P., Jan 2020, In: The Sociological Review. 68, 1, p. 209-224 16 p., 003802611986586.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Narrative 100%
  • Whites 75%
  • Hong Kong 50%
  • Migrants 50%
  • Parents 50%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Whittaker Chambers through the Eyes of Rebecca West

  BAEHR, P., 2 Apr 2020, National Review, LXXII, 7, p. 42-45.

  Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Communication

  • Communism 100%

• СОЦИОЛОГИЯ ОСТАНОВЛЕНА

  Translated title of the contribution: Book Review: The Arrest of SociologyBAEHR, P., 21 Sept 2020, In: Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya. 2020, 9, p. 3-15 13 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Review article › Book review

  Open Access

  • Sociology 100%
  • Progress 50%
  • Policing 50%
  • Economic and Social Development 25%
  • Advocacy 25%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• ‘New Wine in Old Wine Skin’: Public Perceptions of NHIS Per-Capita Payment System and Implications for Health-Seeking Behavior in Ghana

  ABASS, K., GYASI, R. M. & GUODAAR, L., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Social Service Research. 46, 2, p. 170-186 17 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Perception 100%
  • Health 100%
  • Alcoholic Beverages 66%
  • Payment System 66%
  • Ghana 66%

• 內地居民評大灣區疫情防控表現

  莫家豪, May 2020, 資本雜誌 = Capital, 396, p. 70.

  Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Communication

• 教育におけるエビデンス（科学的根拠）を考える : どこから来て，どこへ行くのか

  Translated title of the contribution: Rethinking Evidence-Based Education: From Where to Where?荒木啓史, 30 Sept 2020, In: 日本学校歯科医会会誌. 128, p. 6-13

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Evidence-Based Education 100%

• 留港工作内地人士流动中的社会网络建构

  陈佩儿 & 黄晓星, May 2020, 當代港澳研究. 62 ed. Vol. 2019年第1辑. p. 81-103 (當代港澳研究).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2019

  A Letter From Hong Kong

  BAEHR, P., 3 Sept 2019, Quillette.

  Research output: Other Publications › Other Article › Communication

  • Political society 100%
  • Blue 100%
  • Opaque 100%
  • turmoil 100%
  • art college 100%

• Apologies for Historical Injustices and Psychological Responses to Them

  DAVID, R. & YEUNG, W. L. V., 31 May 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Other Conference Paper › peer-review

  • Perception 100%
  • Justice 100%
  • Category 66%
  • Intervention 66%
  • Experiments 66%

• A Review of “Urban warfare: housing under the empire of finance”, By Raquel Rolnik

  FORREST, R., Oct 2019, In: International Journal of Housing Policy. 19, 4, p. 599-601 3 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Review article › Book review

• Book Review: A City Mismanaged: Hong Kong's Struggle for Survival

  FORREST, R., Mar 2019, In: China Quarterly. 237, p. 267-269

  Research output: Journal Publications › Review article › Book review

  • Urban Areas 100%
  • Hong Kong 75%
  • Policy 50%
  • Central Government 25%
  • Policy Process 25%

• Changing university-industry-government networks in knowledge transfer : A comparative analysis of Shenzhen and Hong Kong

  KANG, Y., JIANG, J. & ABBAS, A., 26 Mar 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Other Conference Paper › peer-review

• Defamilisation and familisation risks, adult worker models, and pro-employment/decommodification measures for women: the case of Hong Kong

  YU, S. W. K., CHAU, C. M. R. & KÜHNER, S., May 2019, In: Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. 35, 2, p. 194-210 17 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Adults 100%
  • Workers 100%
  • Measure 60%
  • Women 60%
  • Decommodification 60%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Explaining the gender gap in health services use among Ghanaian community-dwelling older cohorts

  GYASI, R. M., PHILLIPS, D. R. & DAVID, R., Nov 2019, In: Women and Health. 59, 10, p. 1089-1104 16 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Health Service 100%
  • Gender Difference 75%
  • Marital Status 62%
  • Income 62%
  • Healthcare 50%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Female Same-sex Intimate Partner Violence in China: State, Culture, Family, and Gender

  LUO, M. & CHIU, T. Y., Nov 2019, Women's Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century : A Transnational Feminist Analysis of Women's Lives in Modern Times. ZALESKI, K., ENRILE, A., WEISS, E. L. & WANG, X. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 325-342 (Interpersonal Violence).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Intimate Partner Violence 100%
  • Wellbeing 9%
  • Case Study 9%
  • Gender Relation 9%
  • Gender-Based Violence 9%

• Financial Inclusion, Health-Seeking Behavior, and Health Outcomes Among Older Adults in Ghana

  GYASI, R. M., ADAM, A. M. & PHILLIPS, D. R., 1 Sept 2019, In: Research on Aging. 41, 8, p. 794-820 27 p., 016402751984660.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Inclusion 100%
  • Health 80%
  • Behavior 30%
  • Psychological Well-Being 20%
  • Regression Model 20%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• From Chicago to Shenzhen, via Birmingham : Zones of Transition and Dream of Homeownership

  FORREST, R., 17 Jul 2019, The City in China: New Perspectives on Contemporary Urbanism. FORREST, R., REN, J. & WISSINK, B. (eds.). Bristol University Press, p. 81-100

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Homeownership 100%
  • Dream 100%
  • Birmingham 100%
  • Urban Areas 50%
  • Change 50%

• From green to grey : the dynamics of land use/land cover change in urban Ghana

  ABASS, K., AFRIYIE, K. & GYASI, R. M., Nov 2019, In: Landscape Research. 44, 8, p. 909-921 13 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Urban Areas 100%
  • Land Use 100%
  • Change 100%
  • Space 100%
  • Ghana 66%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Institutional Social Capital and Chinese International Branch Campus: A Case Study from Students’ Perspectives

  KANG, Y., Oct 2019, Contesting Globalization and Internationalization of Higher Education: Discourse and Responses in the Asia Pacific Region. Neubauer, D. E., Mok, K. H. & Edwards, S. (eds.). Springer International Publishing, p. 163-178 16 p. (International and Development Education book series (INTDE)).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • Students 100%
  • Chinese 66%
  • Organizations 33%
  • Case Studies 16%
  • Foreign Countries 16%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Investigating resilience to facilitate positive mental health among South Asian minority students in Hong Kong

  ARAT, G. & WONG, W. C. P., Dec 2019, In: China Journal of Social Work. 12, 3, p. 213-235 23 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Resilience 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • South Asians 75%
  • Depression 50%
  • Linear Regression 25%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Investigation on the identities of naturalised players in the Hong Kong national football team

  YUNG, S. C., 20 Jun 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Ethnic Groups 44%
  • Sport 44%
  • Identity 44%
  • Social Participation 22%

• Market vegetable hygiene practices and health risk perceptions of vegetable sellers in urban Ghana

  ABASS, K., OWUSU, A. F. S. & GYASI, R. M., 4 Mar 2019, In: International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 29, 2, p. 221-236 16 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Vegetables 100%
  • Vegetable 100%
  • Markets 66%
  • Health Risk 50%
  • Risk Perception 50%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Neighborhood, Social Isolation and Mental Health Outcome among Older People in Ghana

  GYASI, R. M., YEBOAH, A. A., MENSAH, C. M., OEUDRAOGO, R. & ADDAE, E. A., Dec 2019, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 259, 1, p. 154-163 10 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Loneliness 100%
  • Psychological Distress 71%
  • Mental Health 71%
  • Neighbourhood 42%
  • Physical Activity 28%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Poverty alleviation, coverage and fiscal sustainability: Investigating the effect of a new social pension in Hong Kong

  KÜHNER, S. & CHOU, K. L., Jan 2019, In: International Journal of Social Welfare. 28, 1, p. 89-99 11 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Poverty Alleviation 100%
  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Grants 100%
  • Pensions 100%
  • Old Age 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Representations of ‘family’ in residential care: Perspectives from residential care staff in Zimbabwe.

  GWENZI, G. D., Jun 2019, In: Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care. 18, 2

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Residential Care 100%
  • Family 100%
  • Child 88%
  • Children 77%
  • Caregiver 33%

• Series preface

  CHUNG, H., KAASCH, A. & KÜHNER, S., Sept 2019, The moral economy of activation. Ideas, politics, and policies. Bristol: Policy Press, p. ix-x 2 p. (Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Foreword / Postscript

• Series preface

  CHUNG, H., KAASCH, A. & KÜHNER, S., Oct 2019, Local policies and the European social fund : Employment policies across Europe. Bristol: Policy Press, p. xi-xii 2 p. (Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy).

  Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Foreword / Postscript

• Service-Learning through Policy Research: Accounts from the Participant

  NG, Y. N., Jun 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Conference Paper (other) › Research

  Open Access

  • Policy 100%
  • Service Industries 75%
  • Learning 75%
  • Programs 75%
  • Service 75%

• Skateboarding and Religion

  O'CONNOR, P., 23 Oct 2019, Palgrave Macmillan. 304 p.

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Author) › peer-review

  • Sport 100%
  • Media Analysis 50%
  • Books 50%
  • Ritual 50%
  • Scholarships 25%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Skateparks as Hybrid Elements of the City

  GLENNEY, B. & O'CONNOR, P. J., 2 Nov 2019, In: Journal of Urban Design. 24, 6, p. 840-855 16 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Metropolitan Area 100%
  • Hybrid 50%
  • Urban Areas 50%
  • Incorporation 33%
  • Space 33%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Social exclusion, self-rated health and depression among older people in China: evidence from a national survey of older persons

  FENG, Z., JONES, K. & PHILLIPS, D., May 2019, In: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 82, p. 238-244 7 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Social Exclusion 100%
  • Self-Rated Health 62%
  • Depression 62%
  • Older People 62%
  • Self Rated Health 62%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Social support networks and psychological wellbeing in community-dwelling older Ghanaian cohorts

  GYASI, R. M., PHILLIPS, D. R. & ABASS, K., Jul 2019, In: International Psychogeriatrics. 31, 7, p. 1047-1057 11 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Social Support 100%
  • Wellbeing 57%
  • Old Person 21%
  • Associations 21%
  • Health 21%
  41 Citations (Scopus)

• The City In China : New Perspectives On Contemporary Urbanism

  FORREST, R. (ed.), REN, J. (ed.) & WISSINK, B. (ed.), 17 Jul 2019, Bristol University Press. 272 p.

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Editor) › Research › peer-review

  • Urban Areas 100%
  • Metropolitan Area 100%
  • China 66%
  • Parks 50%
  • Park 50%

• The image of the veil in social theory

  BAEHR, P., Aug 2019, In: Theory and Society. 48, 4, p. 535-558 24 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Veil 100%
  • Unmasking 37%
  • Associations 25%
  • Masks 25%
  • Biological Data Visualization 25%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• The limits of the productivist regime: capturing three decades of East Asian social policy development with fuzzy sets

  YANG, N. & KÜHNER, S., 2 Jul 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • Asians 100%
  • Social Policy 100%
  • Economic and Social Development 33%
  • Quantitative 33%
  • Singapore 33%

• The paradox of academic determinism and adolescent romance in Hong Kong

  CHAN, A. H. N., May 2019, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 22, 5, p. 711-727 17 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Youth 100%
  • Practice 100%
  • Young People 100%
  • Hong Kong 50%
  • Determinism 50%

• The Promotion of Socially Inclusive East Asian Society: the Hong Kong Case

  ARAT, G. & KERELIAN, N. N., Dec 2019, In: Journal of Human Rights and Social Work. 4, 4, p. 275-284 10 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Discrimination 100%
  • Youth 83%
  • Hong Kong 66%
  • Social Systems 66%
  • Communities 33%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The relationship between functional health literacy, health-related behaviours and sociodemographic characteristics of street-involved youth in Ghana

  AMOAH, P. A., KODUAH, A. O., GYASI, R. M., GWENZI, G. D. & ANADUAKA, U. S., May 2019, In: International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. 57, 3, p. 116-132 17 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Health Literacy 100%
  • Health 100%
  • Ghana 100%
  • Health-Related Behavior 100%
  • Ethnic Groups 30%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• The transition from institutional care to adulthood and independence : a social services professional and institutional caregiver perspective in Harare, Zimbabwe

  GWENZI, G. D., Jul 2019, In: Child Care in Practice. 25, 3, p. 248-262 15 p.

  Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Transition 100%
  • Adulthood 75%
  • Support 75%
  • Organizations 50%
  • Information 50%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• The unmasking style in social theory

  BAEHR, P., May 2019, Oxon: Routledge. 173 p. (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory)

  Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Author) › peer-review

  • Social Theory 100%
  • Conceptualization 33%
  • Authors 33%
  • Books 33%
  • Eighteenth Century 16%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Towards a new research agenda on the social security and platform workers: Lessons from Hong Kong

  AU YEUNG, T. C., 22 Oct 2019.

  Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation

  • Workers 100%
  • Social Security 87%
  • Policy 62%
  • Work 50%
  • Research 37%