Chitat Larry CHAN

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Chitat Larry CHAN, Prof

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4674-9597

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artificial intelligence, ICT for psychosocial interventions, narrative practices, digital storytelling

20062025

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Chinese Name

陳智達

Biography

Prof. Chitat Chan is an associate professor at the Department of Social Work at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). His research and teaching have centered around narrative practice and digital technology, with a particular emphasis on generative AI. He worked in school social work in the 1990s, in secondary school education and educational technology in the 2000s, and has been teaching in tertiary education since 2010. He received his social work degree, theatre studies diploma, and MPhil in Hong Kong, and his PhD from the UCL Institute of Education.

Over the years, four projects funded by the RGC of the UGC (ranging from HK$0.4M to HK$0.6M) and one large-scale project funded by the HKJC Charities Trust (HK$11M) were successfully completed. These initiatives encompassed digital storytelling, civic education, narrative therapy, and human libraries.

Prof Chan's current research theme focuses on harnessing generative AI to augment narrative practices for social integration. It explores how AI can be integrated into a range of practices that enable individuals and communities to reshape their stories, with an emphasis on improving accessibility, scalability, and training (https://research.hkbu.edu.hk/page/detail/22716).

Listed by Stanford University as one of the world’s top 2% scientists (2024) (https://topscinet.com/).

 

Research Interests

narrative practices
digital storytelling
Generative AI in social sciences 
ICT for psychosocial interventions
social work practice
identity construction
youth development

Education/Academic qualification

Bachelor, Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University

MPhil, Social workers' conceptions of youth needs in the Integrated Teams: A hermeneutical inquiry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Uiversity

PhD, Youth, identities and media production in the digital age: An educational case study in Hong Kong, University of London

Keywords

  • HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
  • social work
  • narrative practices
  • information and communicaton technology
  • digital storytelling
  • identity
  • youth

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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