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Research Interests
Women and Families, Gender-based Violence, Advanced Group and Community Work Practice, Narrative Therapy
Biography
Prof. Shirley Hung is currently Professor & Head and Director of the Social Work Practice and Mental Health Centre, Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University. By background, she is a social worker and community worker. She has been practicing community work for about twenty years before she joined the academia. She is teaching community development, gender and social work as well narrative practice at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Her major research interests focus on the integration of theory and practice related to gender, narrative practice and community development, women and family. Recent projects have identified how gender and intersectionality is influencing social capital of low-income women, divorce experience of women in Hong Kong and mainland China and practice research on narrative therapy projects.
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):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Gendering and Intersectionality of Social Capital: Community Development in Beijing and Hong Kong
HUNG, S. L. (PI)
1/01/21 → 30/06/24
Project: Research project
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Perception of the underlying causes of the recent social incidents from the perspectives of low-income migrants: Identities and cultural values
HUNG, S. L. (PI)
17/04/20 → 16/12/20
Project: Research project
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Meanings of divorce: A feminist analysis of the narrative accounts of Chinese divorced women in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China
HUNG, S. L. (PI)
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research project
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A Pilot Evaluation of the Low-Intensity Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Li-ACT) for Young People with Psychological Distress in a Chinese Context
Cheng, Y. T. D., Hung, S.-L. S., Powell, C., Leung Daniel, L. W. & Sugarman, H., 17 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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A Systematic Review of the Digital Divide Experienced by Migrant Women
Fung, K. K., Lai, C. Y., Hung, S. L., Yu, Y. & He, L., 4 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of International Migration and Integration. 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Exploring Narrative and Coping Strategies of Osteosarcoma Survivors in China: A Qualitative Study
Peng, Z., Hung, S. L. & Fung, K. K., Mar 2025, In: Cancer Reports. 8, 3, 12 p., e70170.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Lone motherhood in mainland China: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis of Weibo posts
Hung, S. L., He, L., Fung, K. K., Lai, C. Y. & Chen, J., Jan 2025, In: Social Sciences and Humanities Open. 11, 9 p., 101476.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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The Moderating Role of Social Capital Between Parenting Stress and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Working Mothers in China
He, L., Mai, Z., Guan, X., Cai, P., Li, X., Feng, J. & Hung, S., 9 Jan 2025, In: Healthcare (Switzerland). 13, 2, 18 p., 117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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