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Prof. KWAN Chi Kin (關志健)

Ph.D. (HKU)
MEd Guidance and Counselling (Newcastle UK)
BSW (CityU)
Registered Social Worker

Associate Professor

Contact Information

Office: Y7522 AC1
Phone: 34424532
Fax: 34420283
Email: ckkwan@cityu.edu.hk

Book


Awards and Achievements

  • 2012 “Social Work Education Research Student Award” Social Work Education: The International Journal.


Previous Experience

  • 2016 - 2017, Visiting Fellow, City University of Hong Kong .
  • 2008 - 2016, Lecturer, Community College of City University.


Research Grants

  • Procedural Justice for the Mentally Incapacitated: A Mixed Qualitative Study Using Timelines and Vignettes with Young People and Criminal Justice Personnel, GRF, Research Grants Council (Hong Kong), Amount: HKD $809,700, 1 Jan 2024 - 31 Mar 2026, J.C.M. Li (PI), I.Y. Sun (Co-I), S.K. Ho (Co-I), C.K. Kwan (Co-I), & A.H.Y. Lai (Co-I) .
  • Evaluation Research for the Modernisation Project of Sheltered Workshops and Integrated Vocational Rehabilitation Services Centres, 1 Jul 2023 - Now, C.K. KWAN (PI) , Cui, J (Co-I).
  • Evaluative Study of the Pilot Project on Transitional Support Service for Persons in Mental Recovery, Social Welfare Department, Cui, J (PI), C.K. KWAN (Co-I).
  • Exploring the Roles of Enterprises in Promoting Workplace Inclusion for People with Disabilities, ECS, Chi Kin Kwan (PI).
  • Psychosocial Investigation of Youth Unrest in Hong Kong, PPR, Chi Kin Kwan (PI).
  • Study on Effective Strategies to Facilitate School-to-work Transition of Young Persons with Disabilities in Hong Kong, EOC, Chi Kin Kwan (PI), Anna Hui (Co-I).


Publications


Journal

  • Kwan, C.K. , Chu, T.T. & Mok, L.W.T. (2025). Beyond access: Church participation and the empowerment of people in mental health recovery. Pastoral Psychology. doi:10.1007/s11089-025-01223-5
  • Kwan, C.K. , Shum, M.H.Y. , Chu, T.T. & Ng, N.K.S. (2025). Internship: Breaking the vicious unemployment cycle for vulnerable youth. Children and Youth Services Review. 169. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108122
  • Kwok, S.Y.C.L. , Fang, S. & Kwan, C.K. (2025). The impact of parental emotional abuse on psychological distress among primary school students in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: the roles of resilience, growth mindset, and positive relationships at school. Current Psychology. doi:doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07587-4
  • Kwan, C.K. & Chan, S.K. (2024). A roadmap to building mental health–friendly churches. Pastoral Psychology. 73. 93 - 106. doi:doi.org/10.1007/s11089-023-01087-7
  • Kwan, C.K. , Ling, W.H. , Shum, M.H.Y. & Wong, K.C.W. (2024). Challenges encountered by nonprofit employees during the COVID-19 crisis: A mirror reflecting nonprofit leaders’ performance. Nonprofit Management & Leadership. 34(3). 729 - 743. doi:10.1002/nml.21585
  • Kwok, K. , Kwan, C.K. & Lo, K.C. (2024). Inconvenient truth: Challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion in social work education and practice. British Journal of Social Work. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcae136
  • Kwok, K. , Kwan, C.K. & Lo, K.C. (2024). Voices of ethnically diverse social workers on inclusivity of social services and youth mental wellbeing. Children and Youth Services Review. doi:doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107799
  • Kwan, C.K. , Shum, M.H.Y. , Tsui, F.K.Y. , Cui, J. , Hu, V.Q.M. & To, R.M.L. (2023). Challenges facing Hong Kong’s intellectually disabled people in using public services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Disability & Society. 39(8). 2074 - 2094. doi:10.1080/09687599.2023.2195070
  • Kwok, S.Y.C.L. , Xie, X. & Kwan, C.K. (2023). Examining live-in foreign domestic helpers correlates and parenting correlates in children’s externalizing behavior in Hong Kong. Children and Youth Services Review. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107014
  • Shum, M.H.Y. , Kwan, C.K. , Yeung, M.P.M. , Fung, K.K. & Ching, J.C.L. (2023). Living in a segregated community? Interaction between families and service organizations supporting people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social Work. doi:10.1177/14680173231164335
  • Kwan, C.K. (2023). Young adults’ protest participation and mental health. Journal of Social Work. 23(2). 265 - 279. doi:10.1177/1468017322114
  • Kwan, C.K. & Lo, K.C. (2022). Issues behind the utilization of community mental health services by ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. Social Work in Public Health. 37(7). 631 - 642. doi:10.1080/19371918.2022.2071371
  • Kwan, C.K. & Cui, J. (2022). Recruiting and nurturing social workers in Hong Kong and Australia. International Social Work. 66(5). 1573 - 1577. doi:10.1177/00208728221107488
  • Kwan, C.K. & Chui, E.W.T. (2022). Social workers’ judgements: Case study on personal experience, professional training and practice environment. International Social Work. 65(2). 240 - 253. doi:doi.org/10.1177/0020872819897754
  • Kwan, C.K. (2021). Helping people with disabilities in the workplace: Mezzo-level interventions targeting corporate culture. Social Work. 66(4). 339 - 347. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swab030
  • Kwan, C.K. & Cheung, O.N. (2021). Looking back, thinking forward: How a television series facilitated the development of the social work profession in Hong Kong. British Journal of Social Work. 51(8). 2928 - 2943. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa120
  • Cui, J. , Mao, L. , Newman, C.E. , Kwan, C.K. & Lancaster, K. (2021). Managing risk in the pro-empowerment era of mental health care: A cross-cultural study of social work perspectives in Hong Kong and Sydney. British Journal of Social Work. 51(3). 831 - 848. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcaa232
  • Kwan, C.K. , Ling, W.H. , Cheung, J.C.S. & Chui, W.T.E. (2021). Safeguarding health equality for the disadvantaged during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons learned for the social work profession. Qualitative Social Work. 20(1–2). 463 - 469. doi:10.1177/1473325020973337
  • Ling, H.W. , Shum, M.H.Y. , Kwan, C.K. & Xu, M. (2021). Social workers’ adaptation in times of pandemic crisis: A Hong Kong case. International Social Work. doi:10.1177/00208728211064581
  • Kwan, C. K. & Kwok, S.Y.C.L. (2021). The impact of childhood emotional abuse on adolescents’ subjective happiness: The mediating role of emotional intelligence. Applied Research in Quality of Life. doi:doi.org/10.1007/s11482-021-09916-8
  • Su, X. , Wong, V. , Kwan, C.K. & Mok, W.K. (2021). The impact of collective psychological ownership on social workers’ work engagement in the job demands-resources model. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance. doi:10.1080/23303131.2021.1898072
  • Kwan, C.K. (2020). A qualitative inquiry into the human library approach: Facilitating social inclusion and promoting recovery. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(9). doi:10.3390/ijerph17093029
  • Kwan, C.K. (2020). Socially responsible human resource practices to improve the employability of people with disabilities. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 27 (1). 1 - 18. doi:10.1002/csr.1768
  • Kwan, C.K. , Yeung, J. W. K. & Kong, C.Y.W. (2020). The impact of religion/spirituality on social workers’ daily practice. The Annual of Social Work. 27(3). 543 - 561. doi:10.3935/ljsr.v27i1.352
  • 關志健, , 劉惠敏, & 李彥霖(2020). 中觀介入：與商界攜手促進職場共融. 香港社會工作學報. 54(1/2). 69 - 72. doi:10.1142/S0219246220000078 (In Chinese)
  • Kwan, C.K. & Reuper, A. (2019). The relevance of social workers’ personal experiences to their practices. British Journal of Social Work. 49(1). 256 - 271. doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcy017
  • Kwan, C.K. & Clift, S. (2018). Exploring the processes of change facilitated by musical activities on mental wellness. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy. 27(2). 142 - 157. doi:10.1080/08098131.2017.1363808
  • Kwan, C.K. , Baig, R.B. & Lo, K.C. (2018). Stressors and coping strategies of ethnic minority youth: Youth and mental health practitioners' perspectives. Children and Youth Services Review. 88. 497 - 503. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.04.002

Book

  • Kwan, C. K. (2024). Essential Social Work (《7天改不了社會》). Hong Kong:  City University of Hong Kong Press (In Chinese). 978-962-937-676-5.
  • Kwan, C.K. (2013). Effective Counselling (《7天學不了輔導》). Hong Kong:  City University of Hong Kong Press (In Chinese). 9789629372231.

Book Chapter

  • Ng, T, Y. Y. & Kwan, C. K. (in press). Frames of Identity Unveiling Life Stories of People with Down Syndrome through Art Therapy and Reminiscence. Art Therapy with People with Learning Disabilities Authentic Voices in Clinical Practice and Research. (pp. 162 - 172). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003350736-18
  • Kwan, C. K. (2023). Performing a Qualitative Inquiry to Study an Enterprise’s CSR Program. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi:10.4135/9781529667868
  • Ho, M.Y. & Kwan, C.K. (2020). Assessment of Adolescent Mental Disorders. The Encyclopaedia of Child and Adolescence. Wiley Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781119171492.wecad335
  • Kwan, C.K. & Chui, E.W.T. (2018). Growing tensions in Hong Kong’s state-nonprofit relations. Hong Kong 20 years after the handover. (pp. 203 - 227). Cham. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51373-7_9


External Services


Public Service

  • 1 Jun 2024 - Now, Associate editor, Diversity & Inclusion Research.
  • 1 Mar 2023 - Now, Associate editor, Advances in Mental Health.
  • 1 Jan 2022 - Now, Editorial board member, Hong Kong Journal of Social Work.


Service in CityUHK


Administrative Assignment

  • 10 Sep 2023 - Now, TPG, Education director.
  • 1 Aug 2022 - Now, Master of Social Work, Programme leader.


Last update date : 03 May 2025