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Biography
Maggie K.W. Lau obtained her PhD from the University of York, UK. Prior to joining Lingnan University, she was Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the City University of Hong Kong. She has extensive research and teaching experience in development and policy studies, poverty and social exclusion, children and youth well-being . Her publications have appeared in Social Policy & Administration, Social Indicators Research, Child Indicators Research, Children and Youth Services Review, Health Policy, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Drug and Alcohol Review, and Nicotine and Tobacco Research. She is the co-editor of Handbook of Children’s Risk, Vulnerability and Quality of Life: Global Perspectives (with Habib Tiliouine and Denise Benatuil, Springer, 2022), Poverty in a Rich Society: The Case of Hong Kong (with David Gordon, The Chinese University Press, 2017), and Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China: Welfare Regimes in Transition (with Ka Ho Mok, Routledge, 2014). She led the Poverty and Social Exclusion in Hong Kong (http://www.poverty.hk/) project (with David Gordon), funded by the Research Grants Council and the UK Economic and Social Research Council. She is the co-investigator of the Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) funded project on Trends and Implications of Poverty and Social Disadvantages in Hong Kong: A Multi-disciplinary and Longitudinal Study. She has also received grant awards from the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, as well as the Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF.
Research interests
Poverty, Social Exclusion, Child Poverty, Child Well Being, Adolescent health behaviours
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Embracing Ageing - Health Management and Promotion Programme
Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation Limited, LU Research Matching Grant
1/09/21 → 31/08/24
Project: Grant Research
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LU Jockey Club Health and Financial Education Programme for Elderly
MOK, K. H. J., LAU, K. W. M. & ZHU, Y. A.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
1/04/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Grant Research
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COVID-19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds: The International Survey of Children’s Well-being
15/03/21 → 30/01/22
Project: Grant Research
Research output
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Social Context of School Satisfaction among Primary and Secondary School Children in Hong Kong
ADDAE, E. A., KÜHNER, S. & LAU, M., May 2023, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 148, 106881.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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Handbook of Children’s Risk, Vulnerability and Quality of Life: An Introduction
TIBIOUINE, H., BENATUIL, D. & LAU, M. K. W., 18 Sept 2022, Handbook of Children’s Risk, Vulnerability and Quality of Life : Global Perspectives. TILIOUINE, H., BENATUIL, D. & LAU, M. K. W. (eds.). Springer, p. 1-7 7 p. (International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life book series (IHQL)).Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Foreword / Postscript
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Handbook of Children’s Risk, Vulnerability and Quality of Life : Global Perspectives
TILIOUINE, H. (ed.), BENATUIL, D. (ed.) & LAU, M. K. W. (ed.), 18 Sept 2022, Springer. 449 p. (International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life)Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Editor) › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Hong Kong Children’s Views about their Lives and Well-being during the Pandemic: Evidence from the Covid-19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds
Stefan KÜHNER (Speaker) & Ka Wai Maggie LAU (Speaker)
16 Dec 2022Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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Multiple Deprivation among Difference Groups of Children
Maggie LAU (Invited speaker)
22 Jun 2022Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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Housing as an intergenerational project
Ka Wai Maggie LAU (Speaker), Ngai Ming YIP (Speaker), Richard RONALD (Speaker) & William LI (Speaker)
5 Aug 2021Activity: Talks or Presentations › Public Lecture
Press/Media
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成功靠父幹?調查指四分一父母擬資助子女買樓!$100萬以上有咁多 LU study finds one quarter of parents expect to provide financial assistance for their adult children to live independently
29/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
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26%家長表示有意以金錢資助 資助成年子女置業 LU study finds one quarter of parents expect to provide financial assistance for their adult children to live independently
18/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
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26%廿四孝父母 擬資助子女上車 四分一人「泵水」逾百萬 LU study finds one quarter of parents expect to provide financial assistance for their adult children to live independently
17/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer