Human Rights Law and Policy Forum

Research Projects

The following are the research grants received by CPLR members.

CPLR Investigator
(Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator)

Project Title

Grant Type

Funded Amount

Approval Date

Professor Guobin ZHU

Implementation of the HK National Security Law in the HKSAR: Local Application, Adaptation and Integration – RMGS Contract Research

HK$1,937,680.00

03-Jun-2021

Research Project on the Implementation of the Hong Kong Basic Law: Chinese and Comparative Constitutional Law Perspectives

Donations for Research Projects

HK$2,135,000.00

12-Apr-2018

關於進一步落實行政長官的職權問題

Contract Research

HK$125,000.00

01-Aug-2016

The Study of the Implementation of the Hong Kong Basic Law

CityU Startup Grant for Professor

HK$1,000,000.00

22-Jun-2016

Separation of Powers or Executive-led Government: Defining it from Judicial and Historical Perspectives

School Strategic Research Grant

HK$99,574.56

17-Dec-2015

Professor Daniel PASCOE

A Quantitative Analysis of Protest-Related Sentencing Decisions in Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong, Centre for Public Affairs and Law

HK$100,000.00 01-Sep-2021

Foreign Domestic Helpers and Sentencing in Hong Kong

RGC General Research Fund

HK$464,097.00

01-Jul-2021

Foreign Domestic Helpers and Sentencing in Hong Kong

CityU Strategic Research Grant for unfunded GRF/ECS

HK$100,000.00

01-Sept-2020

Idiosyncratic Voting in the UNGA Death Penalty Moratorium Resolutions

City University of Hong Kong, School of Law School Matching Fund (2019-2020)

HK$114,892.00

01-Jan-2019

An Evidence-Based Approach to the Criminal Law Syllabus in Hong Kong

CityU Teaching Development Grant

HK$131,859.00

16-May-2018

Idiosyncratic Voting in the UNGA Death Penalty Moratorium Resolutions

City University of Hong Kong, School of Law School Matching Fund (2019-2020)

HK$114,892.00

10-May-2018

Sentencing in Jakarta's District Courts: Evidence of a Changing Legal Culure? / Is China Exporting the Suspended Death Sentence to Southeast Asia?

School Strategic Research Grant

HK$99,723.00

24-Apr-2018

New Comparative and Empirical Approaches to Clemency

Early Career Scheme

HK$417,770.00

01-Jul-2017

Investigating Clemency in Southeast Asian Death Penalty Cases 1975-2015

CityU Start-up Grant for New Faculty

HK$200,000.00

09-Mar-2015

Professor Fozia Nazir LONE

Empowering Indigenous Communities: A Critical Exploration of Sustainable Hydropower in Transboundary River Management City University of Hong Kong, Centre for Public Affairs and Law Research Grants for Interdisciplinary Research HK$ 199,206.00 01-Aug-2024
Can an Indigenous Approach Towards the Exercise of Due Diligence Materialize Apolitical Sustainability of the Yarlung-Tsangpo River? - An Interdisciplinary Enquiry CityU Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Grant (SIRG) HK$ 296,214.00 01-Apr-2023

Indian Relations with the World Health Organisation during COVID19: Forward to Eastphalia or back to Westphalia?

CityU Strategic Research Grant

HK$98,650.00

21-July-2021

Towards Improved Trans-Boundary Water Cooperation on the Yarlong-Tsangpo/Brahmaputra River: A Multidisciplinary Study

CityU Strategic Research Grant for unfunded GRF/ECS

HK$99,986.00

01-Sept-2020

Towards the Pragmatic and Peaceful Resolution of the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: A Multidisciplinary Study

General Research Fund (GRF)

HK$750,775.00

01-Jan-2018

The Peaceful Settlement of the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: A Pragmatic Multidisciplinary Framework

Strategic Research Grant (Internal Support Funding for unfunded GRF)

HK$100,000.00

01-October-2016

Is Indus Water Treaty of 1960 Outdated: A Multidisciplinary Study of Power

Principles and Politics General Research Fund (GRF)

HK$547,050.80

01-November-2015

China’s Rise, Is India A Contender on the Doorstep? New Asian Paradigms for the Discipline of International law

School Strategic Grant, City University of Hong Kong

HK$99,996.80

01-August-2015

The Indian Pre-colonial Approaches to International Law: An Application of the New Haven School of Jurisprudence

Start-up Grant for New Faculty Grant Application 2011

HK$100,000.00

2011

The Science and Humanities of Vision

Interdisciplinary Professional Development Awards

HK$250,000.00

2011

New Paradigms for the Discipline of International Law in China and India as Rising Powers

The University of Hong Kong, Research Seed Funding

HK$240,000.00

2010

Palestine and Kashmir: A Failure of Nerve at the End of Imperial Administration

The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

 

2009

Restoration of Historical Title of Kashmir: Archival Research form 1935-40

The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

 

2007

Professor FANG, Meng Mandy

China’s Environmental Governance of Plastic Pollution: Mission (Im)possible? Early Career Scheme (ECS), Hong Kong Government HK$ 471,500.00 01-Jan-2024
Fueling the Dragon: The Reform of China’s Gas Sector in the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) Period City University of Hong Kong Start-up Grant HK$ 300,000.00 2021
Fair, Green and Smart: A Lab for Sustainable Development Center for Public Affairs and Law Grant, City University of Hong Kong HK$ 500,000.00 2021

Professor HUANG, Tao

AI + Law Joint Innovation Lab – Research on Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Law Donations for Research Projects - Research Matching Grant   01-Dec-2025

Professor LI, Enshen

Navigating Procedural Justice and Social Inclusion: A Qualitative Comparative Study Using Vignettes with Chinese and Ethnic Minority Youth and Police Officers Hong Kong General Research Fund (GRF)   01-Jan-2026
From Strike-Hard Policy to Soft Control of Crime: An Empirical Assessment of Lenient Governance of Misdemeanours in China (Focusing on the Offence of Dangerous Driving) Hong Kong General Research Fund (GRF)   01-Jan-2026
Extraterritoriality of Chinese Criminal Jurisdiction: A Socio-legal Study Hong Kong General Research Fund (GRF)   01-Jan-2025

Professor CROFTS, Thomas

Assisting Children to Communicate in Criminal Proceedings in Hong Kong: Assessing the Case for Introducing an Intermediary Scheme Hong Kong General Research Fund (GRF)   01-Jan-2024
Combatting Image Based Abuse in Hong Kong Hong Kong General Research Fund (GRF)   01-Jan-2022