Research & Practice Mentors

• Prof Catherine So-kum TANG, Vice President (Graduate School), Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Director of CIEBPR (Project 2, 4 & 5)
• Dr Gigi LAM, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology (Project 2)
• Dr Joe NGAI, Assistant Professor, Department of Counselling & Psychology (Project 5)
• Dr Kaki WONG, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature (Project 6)
• Dr Wallace TSANG, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work (Project 1 & 3)
• Dr Winnie YUEN, Associate Professor, Department of Counselling & Psychology (Project 5)
• Ms Helen KWOK, Counselling Psychologist, Assistant Director of CIEBPR (Project 4)
• Mr Isaac YU, Counselling Psychologist, Assistant Director of CIEBPR (Project 4)
• Ms Shirley WONG, Counselling Psychologist, CIEBPR (Project 4)
• Ms Pil NG, Counselling Psychologist, CIEBPR (Project 4)

Key Projects

1. Breaking Transgenerational Trauma - Support Programme for Parents onVerge of Divorce/ Planning for Separation or Divorce and their Children 打破跨代創傷 – 支援婚姻掙扎 / 準備分居或離婚的父母及其子女服務
2. Childlessness & Parenthood Decision Making
3. Jockey Club Playright Playful Community League Project 賽馬會智樂好玩社同盟
4. Jockey Club Playful Minds Social Emotional Learning Programme 賽馬會童心理情計劃
5. Resilience in Overcoming Adversity and Trauma Across Life Stages
6. Translation in the Hong Kong communist magazine Literature Century 香港左派雜誌《文藝世紀》的翻譯研究

Research Internship Activities

• Observation of mentors in action
• Research participation and training with research/practice mentors
• Participation and attendance to research meetings as well as research seminars/conferences
• First-hand experience on data collection using surveys, laboratory and field experiments, experience sampling studies
• Formulation of thesis/independent study projects with research mentors

Research Internship Details

• Non-credit-bearing
• At least 8 hours per week for about 4 months with a minimum of 150 hours to complete the internship
• A stipend of $55 per hour for data collection and field work if applicable
• Internship period: Winter 2025 semester (can be extended if applicable)  
• A total of 10 interns in the intake

Intern Selection HKSYU students

• Current undergraduate Year 2-3 students at HKSYU
• Academic excellence with a minimum of 3.0 in overall cumulative GPA scores
• Good English and/or Chinese writing and speaking skills
• Good quantitative or qualitative research background and skills e.g. SPSS, NVivo etc.
• Responsible and able to work independently
• Able to work with a team of professionals from different disciplines
• Satisfactory performance in selection interview

Deliverables

• To assist in research projects and publish results at the end of the internship
• To assist in practice projects
• An internship attendance letter will be issued after submission of the activity logbook and internship report Interns who have successfully completed the internship will receive letters of completion/recommendations from the mentors

Application

• Full CV with course grades and GPA scores, including a 300-word statement of interest
• Application and inquiries sent to: ciebpr@hksyu.edu, email ATTN: “2025 CIEBPR Internship”

Deadlines

10 February 2025

Contact Information

Website: https://ciebpr.hksyu.edu/home

Telephone: 2806 8554

Email: ciebpr@hksyu.edu

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