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Personal profile
Chinese Name
劉嘉慧
Biography
Maggie 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 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 guest editor of the special issue ‘Poverty in a Rich Society: The Case of Hong Kong’ for the China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China (Fall 2015). She is also the co-editor of Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China: Welfare Regimes in Transition (with Ka Ho Mok, Routledge, 2014), and Poverty in a Rich Society (with David Gordon, the Chinese University Press, 2017). 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.
Research interests
Poverty, Social Exclusion, Child Poverty, Child Well Being, Adolescent health behaviours
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Projects
Individual-level Income Poverty and Deprivation as Predictors of Health. A Longitudinal Cohort Study in Hong Kong
CHUNG, R. Y. N., GORDON, D., LAU, K. W. M., WONG, H. & WONG, S. Y.
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Grant Research
Housing as an Intergenerational Project-parental Resources, Parental Strategies and the Housing Opportunities of Young People in Hong Kong
LAU, K. W. M. & YIP, N. M.
Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office
1/10/19 → 31/03/21
Project: Grant Research
Research Output
A survey of Hong Kong children's views on their lives and well-being: Findings from the final research report
KÜHNER, S. & LAU, M., Oct 2019.Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation › Presentation
Children’s and Adults’ perceptions of child necessities in Hong Kong
LAU, M. K. W., GORDON, D., ZHANG, M. F. & BRADSHAW, J., Nov 2019, In : Social Policy and Administration. 53, 6, p. 835-853 19 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
Personal income, local communities and happiness in a rich global city: evidence from Hong Kong
KÜHNER, S., LAU, M., JIANG, J. & WEN, Z., 8 Aug 2019, In : Journal of Asian Public Policy.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
Activities
- 1 Seminar / Talk / Other Presentation
Conducting Well-being Research: A Dialogue between Europe and Asia
Stefan KÜHNER (Speaker), Ka Wai Maggie LAU (Speaker)26 Sep 2016
Activity: Invited Talk or Oral Presentation › Seminar / Talk / Other Presentation
Press / Media
【賢聚嶺南】蔡蘇淑賢：兒童數據追落後 Researcher: Statistics related to children in Hong Kong are way outdated
2/03/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries
如何更有效消減貧窮？從田野實驗研究成果得到的啟示 How to reduce poverty more effectively? Suggestions from field experience’s findings
13/11/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries
落實保障兒童健康成長措施－－由聆聽兒童需要開始 Implementing policies for protecting children’s growth and development by listening to their needs
7/08/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries