Congratulations to Eight Faculty Members awarded General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS)
The Research Grants Council (RGC) has recently announced the results of the General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) for 2022-23. The School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has continued to succeed in establishing a strong research culture, and the research grants awarded to our faculty testify that we have nurtured a vibrant and high-quality research environment at CityU School of Law.
The total amount of the eight funded projects captured by the School of Law this year amounted to HK$5.8 million. The principal investigators are (in alphabetical order of surnames) Dr CHOW Pok Yin Stephenson, Prof CHAISSE Julien, Dr DING Chunyan, Dr LAI Sin Chit Martin, Dr LANDO Massimo, Dr LIN Yu-Hsin Lauren, Prof TSIMPLIS Michael and Dr WANG Shucheng. Despite the keen competition, they achieved high standards in their respective research expertise. We sincerely congratulate them on their outstanding achievements.
Colleagues who did not succeed in this round have also made considerable efforts in submitting high-quality proposals. We believe that all the hard work and dedication they have put in will not be futile but help them achieve new heights in their research.
Details of the eight funded grants are as follows:
Dr CHOW Pok Yin Stephenson, “An Anatomy of Public Sentiment and Perception towards the Legal System after Hong Kong’s Social Upheaval: A Digital Analysis” ($696,446)
Prof CHAISSE Julien, “To Litigate or Not To Litigate at the World Trade Organization? A Comparative Investigation of the Determinants of Dispute Initiation at the WTO” ($1,213,816)
Dr DING Chunyan, “Does the Gender of Judges Matter? An Empirical Study of Chinese Divorce Lawsuits involving Domestic Violence” ($357,388)
Dr LAI Sin Chit Martin, “Incentivizing Private Antitrust Enforcement to Promote Leniency Applications: Experimental Evidence” ($603,000)
Dr LANDO Massimo, “Impact of Sea-level Rise on Baselines and Islands: Theoretical and Practical Concerns for the South China Sea Dispute and Disputes in the Asia-Pacific Region” ($392,012)
Dr LIN Yu-Hsin Lauren, “Corporate Compliance and Big Data Governance: China’s Corporate Social Credit System” ($525,664)
Prof TSIMPLIS Michael, “Improving Hong Kong’s Maritime Services: A critical assessment and optimisation of Admiralty Enforcement including ship arrest and limitation of liability procedure.” ($946,497)
Dr WANG Shucheng, “Judicial Approach to Restricting Religious Freedom of Protestant House Churches in China” ($1,073,895)
研究資助局剛公佈了 2022-23 年度「優配研究金」及「傑出青年學者計劃」的資助名單。城大法律學院繼續致力推動學術研究，而是次資助撥款充份顯示城大法律學院致力培育多元且高質素的研究環境。
八個計劃共取得五百八十萬港元資助。八名獲資助的學者包括(按英文姓氏順序) :周博研博士、夏竹立教授、丁春艷博士、黎善喆博士、LANDO Massimo博士、林郁馨博士、TSIMPLIS Michael教授及王書成博士。儘管「優配研究金」及「傑出青年學者計劃」競爭激烈，他們仍能於其研究專長中取得高質的成果，我們謹向他們的成就致以熱烈祝賀。而與此輪研究資助失之交臂的教職員，他們的努力絕不會白費，相信日後他們的研究必定可更上一層樓。
八項獲資助的研究項目詳情如下：
周博研博士的研究項目為「從網絡數據剖析香港社會動盪後公眾對法律制度的情緒和觀感」， 獲資助 $696,446。
夏竹立教授的研究項目為「在世界貿易組織打官司還是不打官司？ WTO爭端引發決定因素的比較調查」， 獲資助 $1,213,816。
丁春艷博士的研究項目為「法官的性別重要嗎？對中國涉家庭暴力離婚案件的實證研究」， 獲資助 $357,388。
黎善喆博士的研究項目為「激勵反壟斷私人訴訟以促進寬待申請：實驗證據」， 獲資助 $603,000。
LANDO Massimo博士的研究項目為「海平面上升對基線和島嶼的影響: 南海與亞太地區爭端之理論與實務考量」， 獲資助 $392,012。
林郁馨博士的研究項目為「公司合規與大數據治理: 中國的企業社會信用制度」， 獲資助 $525,664。
TSIMPLIS Michael教授的研究項目為「提升香港海事服務：關於海事強制措施包括船舶扣押和責任限制程序的批判性評估和優化」， 獲資助 $946,497。
王書成博士的研究項目為「中國司法場域中家庭教會宗教自由之邊界」， 獲資助 $1,073,895。