Dr Felix NG Sai Kit

Biography

Dr. Felix Sai Kit Ng is Assistant Professor of Felizberta Lo Padilla Tong School of Social Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education. Before joining the Institute, Felix held research and teaching positions at the Education University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His academic journey has been enriched by study and exchange programs in culturally diverse societies such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany. Furthermore, Felix has undertaken field research across a variety of locations, including Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, and Macau. 

Education

• PhD (Dr. phil.), Humboldt University of Berlin
• MPhil, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• BA (Hons) Social Policy & Administration, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Teaching

• Social Policy and Legal Knowledge
• Social Policy Analysis and Advocacy
• Social Policy and Planning
• Sociological Perspective in Community
• Program Planning and Evaluation
• Social Research Methods
• Introduction to Sociology

Research

• Homelessness
• Poverty
• Retirement protection
• Sociology of education
• Risk and conviviality

Selected Publications

Journal articles: 

• Ng, F. S. K., Lau, M. S. W., Chu, C. H., Luk, Y. T., Lee, P. H., & Wong, Y. C. (2023). Retirement protection on one's own: retirement readiness and worries among middle-income earners in Hong Kong. Journal of Asian Public Policy, online first, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17516234.2023.2175636 
• Ng, F. S. K., Chung, Y. Y. H., W. T. Ng, K. K. J. Chan, & Wong, Y. C. (2022). Long-stay hostels as an alternative pathway out of homelessness: Prospects and challenges. Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, 56(01n02), 21–40.  
• Lo, W. Y. W., & Ng, F. S. K. (2016). Connectivity for whom and for what? a normative dimension of education hub. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 38(3), 354–368. 
• Lo, W. Y. W. & Ng, F. S. K. (2015). Trends and developments of higher education research in Hong Kong: in pursuit of a cosmopolitan vision. Higher Education Policy. 28(4), 517–534. 
• Lo, W. Y. W. & Ng, F. S. K. (2013). A critical reflection on internationalization of higher education in Hong Kong: the search for a cosmopolitan alternative. Asia Pacific Journal of Educational Development, 2(1), 37–46. 

Books / Book Chapters: 

• Lo, W. Y. W. & Ng, F. S. K. (2018). Higher education research in Hong Kong: context, trends and vision. In Jung, J., Horta, H. & Yonezawa, A. (Eds.), Researching higher education in Asia: History, Development and Future (pp. 145–162). Singapore: Springer. 
• Lo, W.Y.W., Ng, F.S.K. & Han, X. (2016). Hong Kong's higher education. Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Co (pp.222). ISBN: 9789888420179 [盧一威、伍世傑、韓笑 (2016)，《香港高等教育》，香港: 中華書局。] 
• Talesco, C., Ng, F. S. K. & Ip, D. (2016). (Eds). Development: what now? past, present and future challenges in international development. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Social Sciences (pp.397). ISBN: 9789881641106 

Conference presentation/papers 

• Ng, F. S. K., Chung, Y. Y. H., & Wong, Y. C. (2022, Oct 27–29). Questing for persistent interventions in homeless service: prospects and challenges of a long-stay hostel in Hong Kong [Paper Presentation]. The Joint World Conference on Social Work 2022 (Redefining Social Policy and Social Work Practice in A Post-Pandemic Society: Social Welfare Programs and Social Work Education at A Crossroads). Korea National Council on Social Welfare, and International Association of Schools of Social Work, Korea National Council on Social Welfare, Korean Council on Social Welfare Education Korea Association of Social Workers, and Seoul Welfare Foundation. 
• Ng, F. S. K. (2021, Feb 23–28). Living with nature peacefully in political conflict: the interaction between Taiwanese and mainland Chinese environmentalists [Paper presentation].  The 4th ISA Forum of Sociology (Challenges of the 21st Century: Democracy, Environment, Inequalities, Intersectionality). International Sociological Association, Porto Alegre, Brazil.  
• Gao, T. F., & Ng, F. S. K. (2021, Mar 12–13) Teacher identity, teaching vision and school-to-university transitions among ethnic minority students in Hong Kong [Paper presentation]. The CESHK Conference 2021 (Geopolitics of Knowledge and Education Policy). Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong, Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR.  
• Ng, F. S. K. (2019, Oct 26–28). Sustainable living in Chinese mainland: rationale, vision and implication [Paper presentation]. The 7th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (Social Actions to Climate Change and Energy Transition in East Asia: Toward a Sustainable Planet). Korean Association for Environmental Sociology, Seoul National University, South Korea.  
• Lo, W. Y. W., & Ng, F. S. K. (2018, Nov 29). Beyond competition: a comparative review of conceptual approaches to international student mobility [Paper presentation]. Higher Education Seminar on Talent Education (International Student Mobility in Asia-Pacific). National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan.  
• Ng, F. S. K. (2017, Oct 19–22). The development of green living in Hong Kong: Everyday practice and its implications [Paper presentation]. The 6th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (Transboundary Risk Governance in East Asia). Risk Society and Policy Research Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. 
  

Ongoing research projects

• Living with difference: An Exploratory Study of College Students in Hong Kong (as PI) 
  Institutional Development Grants (IDG) (as PI) 
  Duration: 1st January 2013 – now 
•  A Research Study on Developing a Policy Framework for Poverty Alleviation in Hong Kong (as PI) 
  1st and 2nd phases commissioned by OXFAM Hong Kong  
  3rd funded by Institutional Strategic Grants (ISG) 
  Duration: 1st January 2013 – now