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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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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School children’s happiness, life education and mental health in Hong Kong and Shenzhen (香港及深圳學童快樂指數、生命教育與心理健康促進研究)
1/07/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Grant Research
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Embracing Ageing - Health Management and Promotion Programme
Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation Limited
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
Research output
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A multi-group mediation analysis of the impact of poverty on the language performance of Hong Kong preschool children
LAU, K. W. M., ZHANG, M., CHOU, K. L., POON, K. Y. & GORDON, D., 15 Sept 2023.Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation
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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
KÜHNER, S. & LAU, M. K. W., Jun 2023, International Survey of Children Well-Being (ISCWeB). 38 p.Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Consulting or Contract Research Report › Research
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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
Prizes
Activities
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Postgraduate Conference on Interdisciplinary Learning : Rethinking Postgraduate Studies in Post-Pandemic Societies
Ka Wai Maggie LAU (Panel/Session Chair)
2 Apr 2022Activity: Involvement in Scholarly Events › Other Participation at Scholarly Events
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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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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
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
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
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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