Key Research Areas
- Social networks and social support
- Informal caregiving and ageing
- Digital technologies and well‑being
- Social inequality and life chances
- Community‑based interventions
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Core Areas of Expertise
Dr. Fung specialises in social networks and social support systems, with particular emphasis on caregivers, ageing, and digital technologies. Her work applies social network analysis and qualitative methods to examine inequality, well-being, and community-based interventions in Hong Kong and East Asian societies.
Recent Publications
2026
- Fung, Ka Yi, Wing Sun Chan, and Miranda Mi Wa Chan. (2026). "Networked philanthropy during COVID-19: A case study of community brokerage in Hong Kong." Social Networks 86: 138-149.
2025
- Fung, Ka Yi, and Wing Sun Chan. (2025). "Developing a deliberative researcher-practitioner relationship in sociological evaluation research: A Practical Reflection on using sociology in the Carer Café Evaluation Project in Hong Kong." Clinical Sociology Review 20(1): 106-132
- Chan, Wing Sun, and Ka Yi Fung. (2025). "Social Network Dynamics and Inter-organizational Collaboration: The Carer Café Project in Hong Kong." Human Organization
- Fung, Ka Yi, and Wing Sun Chan. (2025). "Building a Social Support Network for Informal Caregivers of Older Adults: A Case Study of Carer Cafés in Hong Kong." Journal of Aging Studies
- Fung, Ka Yi, Wai Tak Wong, and Yuen Hung Fok. (2025). "Using Generative-AI to Support Carer Telephone Support Services: Preliminary Findings." Hong Kong Journal of Social Work (Summer/Winter): 1-22.
2024
- Fung, Ka Yi and Wing Sun Chan. (2024). "Spatial Context and Informal Caregivers' Well-being: A Case study of a Carer Café project in Hong Kong. Wellbeing, Space and Society
2022
- Fung, Ka Yi and Chan Wing Sun (2022). "Carer Café---the mechanism of informalization as an intervention for building an informal social support network." Hong Kong Journal of Social Work 56(01/02): 95-99.
Awards & Patents
- 2020 National University of Singapore: Travel Grant Award
- 2020 Japan Sociological Society: Travel Grant Award
- 2016 University of Saskatchewan Graduate Teaching Fellowship
- 2014 International Sociological Association Grant for Starting Sociologists
- 2014 Japan Sociological Society Grant for Starting Scholars from Overseas
- 2012-2013 University of Saskatchewan: University graduate student scholarship
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