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International Symposium on Social Policy and Social Services Challenges in the Greater Bay Area

 

 

International Symposium:

Social Policy and Social Services Challenges in the Greater Bay Area

 

 23 June 2022 
Lingnan University, Hong Kong (Onsite & Zoom)

 

 

An International Symposium on Social Policy and Social Services Challenges in the Greater Bay Area will be held on 23 June 2022 in a hybrid and bilingual mode. The symposium is co-organised by the Asia Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies and Lingnan University-South China University of Technology Joint Research Centre for Greater Bay Area Social Policy and Governance, and is also supported by the School of Graduate Studies, Institute of Policy Studies, and Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University.

 

This International Symposium will be joined by a group of respected scholars worldwide to share their latest research and perspectives concerning social policy and social services challenges in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA). The themes will be explored at the Symposium include 1) The GBA Development and Implications for Cities and Urban Governance and 2) Social Services Challenges in the GBA.

 

 

Invited Speakers and Guests (In alphabetical order)

 

  • ARAT Gizem (Lingnan University), Cultivating resilience among Hong Kong’s underprivileged ethnic minority groups in the face of a pandemic: A qualitative study
  • AU-YEUNG Tat Chor (Lingnan University), Delivering employment services by social workers: A micro-institutional analysis of old-aged activation policy in Hong Kong
  • CHIU Tuen Yi (Lingnan University), Marriage Migration between Mainland China and Hong Kong: Challenges and Needs of Single Cross-Border Families
  • CHOW Nelson and SHI Cheng, (The University of Hong Kong), The Future of Senior Hong Kong Residents to Retire in the Greater Bay Area
  • DAI Yonghong (Shenzhen University), The Integration and Innovation of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Scientific Research Management System under the Development of China's Greater Bay Area
  • LAI Yuen Shan (Lingnan University), Border-crossing as a Homemaking Strategy: “Single-not” and “Double-not” Families Living in Subdivided Flats in Hong Kong
  • LIN George and LIU Xingjian (The University of Hong Kong), From A “Front Shop” of Brokerage to Regional Hub of Advanced Services & Innovation: Repositioning Hong Kong in the Greater Bay Area
  • QIAN Jiwei (National University of Singapore), The Challenge of Allocating Resources for an Effective Health System in China
  • TIAN Zhen (Lingnan University), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Mapping the Literature by Bibliometric Analysis
  • WANG Lijie (Lingnan University), How Community Aging Services Respond to Migratory Elderly – A Study in the Greater Bay Area
  • XIE Ailei (Guangzhou University), The Greater Bay Area Development Strategy and its Relevance to Higher Education
  • YANG Shen (Lingnan University), Hong Kong and reforms in the Greater Bay Area: a preliminary assessment
  • ZHOU Bowen (Lingnan University), The COVID-19 Pandemic and Intergenerational Relations: The Case of HK Families with Older Parents Ageing in the GBA in Mainland China

 

 

中文讲者(按中文笔划排序)

 

  • 林丹莹(五邑大学),江门市长者居家养老的现状
  • 岳经纶(中山大学),关於建设粤港澳大湾区社会服务创新试验区的思考
  • 陈泽群 & 黄湘云(岭南大学),江门市老年照顾者的压力
  • 陈泽群 & 刘丽凝(岭南大学),从服务提供者看香港居家安老的挑战
  • 梁健玲(五邑大学),积极老龄化视角下的居家养老服务设计
  • 梁伟光(仁济医院),如何让香港长者在粤港澳大湾区安享晚年
  • 雷杰(中山大学),社会服务合约对社工专业的影响
  • 赖伟良(澳门理工大学),浅析新冠肺炎疫情对澳门长者群体之影响

 

 

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Contact

 

For enquiries, please feel free to contact the organising committee:

Email: [email protected]

Tel: (852) 2616 7894

 

 

 

 

The symposium is funded by University Grants Committee, Hong Kong

 

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