Transdisciplinary Student Research
In implementing the University’s strategic focus on interdisciplinarity and fostering students’ research skills, Common Core has supported various student research projects through the Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Initiative and exchanges. This page lists our various transdisciplinary research projects and the student researchers involved.
2021-2022 Academic Year
| 2021-22 Round 1 Research Projects | Students | Faculty Mentors |
| Effect of covid-19 on global marketing | Khyati Gupta | Dr Michael Jia Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Playful patriotism on bilibili: How state persuasion machine adapts to and interacts with teenagers’ culture in China | Rui Jie Rachel Liu (Lead) Ya Qi Jin | Dr King-wa Fu Journalism and Media Studies Centre The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Analysis of the Economic and Social Origin of China’s Street-stall Economy and Development in Post-COVID-19 Era | Heqi Cai | Dr Maurice Tse Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Hong Kong Universities: Re-imagining Spaces for Dialogue | Ericka Anne Regalado | Dr Jaspal Singh School of English Faculty of Arts |
| Views by Ch’ing China on India: From Buddhist Barbarian to British Barbarian | Cheuk Him Lee | Prof So Cho Wai School of Chinese Faculty of Arts |
| Exploring the mechanisms of Chinese zero pronoun interpretation and production in human and computer processing: Focusing on the role of topichood | Suet Ying Eliza Lam | Dr Heeju Hwang Department of Linguistics Faculty of Arts |
| Hard-determinism on the meaning of Historical studies and education | Shing Hei Alfred Kam | Prof Gray Kochhar-Lindgren Common Core |
| 2021-22 Round 1 Research Projects | Students | Faculty Mentors |
| Folk Arts: An exploratory study into self-expression and traditional arts revitalization | Eeshaane Shandilya (Lead), Aastha Gaur, Vaishali Ranbir Rathi, Van Kie Liew | Dr Kathleen Wyma, Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts |
| Understanding the Underrepresentation of Women in STEM in Hong Kong | Anshika Rajiv (Lead), Sze Nga Chan | Dr Caroline Dingle, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science |
| Consumer Behavior Modeling of Adoption of Alternative Food Delivery Packaging | Zheng Trista Zhang | Prof Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Common Core |
| Exploring the Spiritual Well-being of Medical Students’ Lives: A Mixed-method Study | Lok Yi Mandy Yuen | Dr. Julie Yun CHEN, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Dr. Harry Yi-Jui WU, Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit |
| From Fast Fashion to Eco-Fashion: Science and Style | Sarah Khan | Dr Karen Laidler, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Enjoy1001: Sex education website and sex-related survey research | Yue Moanna Tang (Lead), Jiayi Zheng, Ding Wang | Prof Petula S.Y.Ho, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Ample somatic gene sequence sample generation for variant-calling deep neural network training | Jieran Sun | Dr Ruibang Luo, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering |
| Philosophical Fragments of Environmental Education | Sing Yuen Hecate Fong | Prof Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Common Core |
| Young adults’ perspectives, acceptance, hesitancy and suggestion regarding the COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Hong Kong | Siu Wah Alan Yau | Dr Pauline Po Ling Luk, Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education, LKS Faculty of Medicine |
| Girlguiding around the World -achieve gender equality together | Ka Ying Tiara Lau | Dr Tracy Zhou, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning |
| 2021-22 Round 2 Research Projects | Students | Faculty Mentors |
| The Long-term Effect of Covid-19: Understanding how the covid-19 related policy exacerbated the inequality problem from the Perspective of Political Science & Data Science | Athena Tsang Pui Yi, Alexandra Law Hoi Ting | Prof. Haohan Chen, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| The Power of Biofilm in Coral Reef Restoration | Angela Fan Ting Hay | Dr. Tse Edmund Chun Ming, Faculty of Science |
| Literature and theater, an art of the people: Post colonialism in India | Rathi Vaishali | Dr. J. Daniel Elam, Faculty of Art |
| The effects of climate change on mental health: a systematic review of systematic reviews | Sung Chun Yin Gabriel | Dr. Ryan Au Yeung, Faculty of Medicine |
| A kindergarten survey on speech and/or language problems in preschool children from non-Cantonese language backgrounds | Hu Zhiyao, Lau Yan Kiu, Yue Hang Chi | Dr. Anita Wong and Dr. Elizabeth Barrett, Faculty of Education |
| Peer influence mechanisms in adolescence: how do peers affect adolescents’ behaviors? | Mu Zexuan (Evokee) | Prof. Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Common Core |
| Up-cycling Microplastics using Electrochemistry | Chan Chin Hung, Lo Yin Chung, Siu Pui Kong | Dr. Tse Edmund Chun Ming, Faculty of Science |
| The History of Narcotic Prohibition in China, 1949-1957 | Lau Ka Yi (Athena), Tsang Hing Hoi | Prof. Frank Dikötter, Department of History, Faculty of Arts |
Coordinated by Dr Jack Tsao and Mr Ian Paolo Villareal, Common Core, The University of Hong Kong
(In collaboration with Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection)
Summer Fellowship
| Project Title | Student |
| Where does the sound lead you? | Nim Tung Kwong (Grey) |
| A Serenade Alone | Benedictus Alvian Sofjan |
| Inconsistent | Sanjana Bharti |
| We die once. But we live every day. | Chuqi Li (Cahtherine) |
| The Help Centre | Sanjaya Bharti |
| An incomplete tale | Chutong He |
| Life is like learning to dance, we need to experience some struggles to get what we need to get | Hoi Ting Law (Alexandra) |
| Plumeria Girl | Wu Fan (Lucy) |
| Tomorrow Never Came | Ka Yi Lau (Athena) |
| A Normal Morning | Yimiao Liu |
| Translator Headphones | Yu Sum Leung |
| Project Title | Student |
| “Sister Common Room” Project with the Hong Kong Federation of Women’s Centres | Wu Fan (Lucy) |
Coordinated by Dr Jack Tsao, Common Core, The University of Hong Kong (in collaboration with Press Start Academy)
| Project Title | Student |
| Wrap: A board game about film production | Trudy Mak |
| The Prism of Math | Xin Xu (Arturo) |
| Eclipse | Wing Ki Wu (Ivy) |
| Maestro | Wong On Yan |
| In Lost World: A Table-Top Role Playing Game | Wan Sai Kit |
| How to Live A Life | Tsui Ho Lam (Tiffany) |
| Plague Fighter: Dr Wu Lien-The | Tang Wai Yin (Antonia) |
| Barter Land | Lee Hoi In (Lesley) |
| Outer Space | Lam Cheuk Yin (Bryan) |
| Wave Out | Lai Cheuk Sing (Jackson) |
| Panopticon | Patrick Thomas Koh |
| Manage My Wallet | Ju Ran (Julia) |
| Life in the Dark | Lok Hang Hui (Hedy) |
| Eco-no-mist | Hui Nga Wun |
| Daylight | Yazhuo Han |
| Mandate of the Fairyland | Enoch Fong |
| Draw your Mandala | Cheung Hoi Ching (Karen) |
| The Rational Thinker | Cheung Ho Ching (Candy) |
| Delpha Escapso | Chan Chun Wang |
Supervised by: Dr Jack Tsao, Common Core, The University of Hong Kong
(In collaboration with Arup and Green Earth Hong Kong)
| Research Teams and Sites | Students |
| Team 1: Investigation of Causeway Bay Hysan Place (Kai Chiu Road) and Lee Garden area (Yun Ping Road) | Leung Jackie Cheuk Ying Joyce Hoi Ying Leung Sabrina Lerskiatiphanich |
| Team 2: Investigation of Kowloon Park (Haiphong Road) and Kowloon Park (Austin Road) | Chun Yan Oscar Wong Lee Ming Kan (Ken) Lam Wing Tung, Karis |
| Team 3: Investigation of Taikoo Shing Estate and So Uk Estate | Leung Hoi Ching Ju Ran, Julia |
| Team 4: Investigation of West Kowloon Art Park and Kowloon Park | Li Yue Man, Vito Chan Ying Tung, Mandy Tsang Yik Chi, Tommy Kui Man Kwan, Alice |
| Team 5: Investigation of Kwun Tong Promenade and K11 Musea Promenade | Davina Natalie Rishima Mathur Lau Wing Chung Cleo Lam Quynh Vo |
Coordinated by Dr Jack Tsao, Common Core, The University of Hong Kong, with Dr Michael Rivera, Chi Zhang, and Adrian Lam
(in collaboration with Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences at the University of Birmingham)
| Social Impact Consulting Projects | Student(s) |
| LGBT+ Education in Primary Schools | Annabel Sara Cheung |
| Education on Gender-based Discrimination | Tsz Hang Henry Mak, Zhengton Peng |
| Education in Secondary Schools | Annabel Sara Cheung, Yijiang Qiu, Pak Yin Arvin Sze |
| Air Pollution and Health | Ting Hay Angela Fan, Yue Moanna Tang |
| Solving motor pollution | Tin Wai Elzaphan Liu, Hoi Ching Wong |
| Plastic Bottle Recycling | Yue Moanna Tang, Wai Yiu Ryan Ho, Hui Man Natalie Kwok |
| Sustainable Fast Fashion | Siu Hay Cordelia Chik, Man Kwan Alice Kui |
| Mental Health in Primary Schools | Ka Wun Coby Leung, Po Ting Jamie Leung |
| Drug Spiking | Laura Simone Elisabeth Schulz, On Ni Annie Lui |
| Wellbeing Gardens for the Elderly | Wing Sum Stephanie Lee, Hong Yi Connie Chan, Kit Ling Michelle Lee |
| Mental Health in Children’s Homes | Cheung Ho Candy Ching, Ho Yin Ivan Cheung, Hoi Tung Lam |
| Refugee Employment and Integration | Chin Pok Khaw, Wai Yin Kelly Cheung |
| Reducing Education Inequality | Chen Jessie Ruan, Xinyi Joyce Huang, Kit Yee Lilian Yeung/td> |
| Refugee ‘Move On’ Period Extension | Ka Yi Lau, Long Fung Jeffrey Yeung, Kon Ting Emily |
| Reducing food inequality | Sau Wing Yeung, Hiu Kwan Kwok |
| 2021-22 Research Projects | Students |
| AILEMapp | Xinyao Liu Venus Yick Christina Zhao |
Supervised by: Prof Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Common Core, The University of Hong Kong and Dr Rick Dolphijn, Department of Comparative Literature, Universiteit Utrecht
| 2021-22 Research Projects | Students |
| Cohabitating with the More-Than-Human-City dwellers | Elsa Du (HKU) |
| New Babylon in the Meta-Verse: Technics, Sociability, and the More-Than-Human-City | Iris Yeung (HKU) Anthony Mok (UU) Rosa van Dijk (UU) |
| Urban Semiotics in the More-Than-Human-City | Nicole Huang (HKU) Truston Yu (HKU) Nina van Roij (UU) Duco Dijkema (UU) |
| Mental Health, Education, and the More-Than-Human-City | Alexandra Law (HKU) Edward Ye (HKU) Louana Bellettini (UU) Afke Hilferink (UU) |
| Mapping the Precise and the Blurred: Boundaries, Thresholds and the More-Than-Human-City | Fergal Tse (HKU) Cynthia Chen (HKU) Maria Bosacka (UU) Mirjam Ravier (UU) |
2020-2021 Academic Year
| 2020-21 Research Projects | Students |
| Catering Care | Yan Ping Sammie Ng Wai Yiu Ryan Hoi Yi Lam Yvonne Hui On Ni Lui Ching Ho Wong Hoi Shan Kwong |
| Art Apart | Alya Prasad Di Heng Tsev Siddhant Darpan Ningoo Priscilla Fong Benjamin Harris Elicia Neo |
2019-2020 Academic Year
| 2019-20 Research Projects | Students |
| The Eczema Eradication Project (TEEP) | Harrison Li Alan Yau Vincent Chu Joann Ng Keshia Kung Rosy You |
Supervised by: Prof Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Common Core, The University of Hong Kong and Dr Rick Dolphijn, Department of Comparative Literature, Universiteit Utrecht
| 2019-20 Research Projects | Students |
| TransPortal | Jeroen Spieker (UU) Julian Pallinger (HKU) Wesley She (HKU) Sophie van der Leij (UU) Zhang Zheng (HKU |
| PlastiCITY | Aisha Wahab (HKU) Ka Ming Sze (HKU) Muriel Motaleb (UU) Myrthe Hemker (UU) Wietske Wijnja (UU) |
| No Strings Attached | Marjolein Marzacu (UU) Mel, Xing Ju (HKU) Phoenix Chiu (HKU) Simon Remijn (UU) Utso Roy (HKU) |
| An Everchanging Riddle | Anouk Jorna (UU) Daniel van Wyngaarden (UU) Katie, Chow Tsz Yan (HKU) Richita Kudlamath (HKU) Sofie van Dorst (UU) |
2018-2019 Academic Year
| 2018-19 Research Projects | Students |
| Hidden in Plain Sight | Alex Cheng (HKU: Governments and Law) Aicha Dijkshoorn (UU: Neuroscience & Cognition) Michiel Hekkens (UU: Philosophy) Margot Hoogerwerf (UU: Cultural History) Trixie Tsang (HKU: Medicine) |
| Untitled: Boundaries | Hester Xiao (HKU: Psychology, Philosophy, and Statistics Yuhe She (HKU: Psychology and Finance) Lien Gillisjans (UU: Language & Cultural Studies, Conflict Studies) Christoph Kruger (UU: Global Sustainability Science) Jason Vassiliy (HKU: History and German) |
| (Non) Human Intentions | Daniil Scheifes (UU: Environmental Sciences and Philosophy) Stella Aalderink (UU: International Relations and Conflict Studies) Parmeet Kaur (HKU: Law) Tran Ngoc Chau (HKU: Biochemistry) Kuen Yiu Nelson Hui (HKU: Civil Engineering) |
| [Un[human]imal] | Laura Derks (UU: Veterinary Medicine) Lai Man-Kit Edmund (HKU: Fine Arts) Illa Carrion Braakman (UU: Child Psychology and Linguistics) Anouck Fietje (UU: Social Psychology) Win-Lai-Lai (HKU: Psychology and Education) |