Curriculum studies;
Moral and citizenship education;
Education and social development
Editorial Board Member, Gender and Education (2018-present)
Editorial Board Member, Chinese Education and Society (2021-present)
International Advisory Board Member: British Journal of Religious Education (2021-present)
Editor, Cogent Education (2020-present)
Guest Editor, Citizenship Studies, the special issue of 'Reconsidering Chinese Citizenship: Cultural Roots and Cultural Reach' (With Zhonghuaguo and Canglong Wang, forthcoming)
Guest Editor, Social Transformations in Chinese Societies, the special issue of 'Beyond the state reach: Education and citizen-making in China' (with Canglong Wang, forthcoming).
Guest Editor, Chinese Education and Society, the special issue of 'A Cultural Perspective on China’s Citizenship' (with Chia Yeow-Tong, 2020), 53(1-2).
Guest Editor, Chinese Education and Society, the special issue of 'China’s Ethnic Dilemma: Ethnic Minority Education' (2010), 43(1).
Council Member, Hong Kong Sociological Association (2020-2022)
Committee Member, the Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME) (2008-2011, 2014-2017)
Associate Member, China Studies Centre, The University of Sydney (2019-present)
Member, Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies (2022-present)
Honorary Research Associate, the Wah Ching Centre of Research on Education in China, University of Hong Kong (2011-2013)
Zhao, Z. (2021). “「十四五」規劃與香港的教育發展.” (The PRC’s 14th Five-Year Plan and Hong Kong’s educational development), Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), September 8, 2021, A16. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2021). “公社科如何以香港視角看國家.” (A national perspective on Hong Kong in the subject of Citizenship and Social Development), Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報), August 5, 2021, A16. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2021). “「公民與社會發展科」裏的公民視角.” (The citizenship perspective in the subject of Citizenship and Social Development), Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報), August 3, 2021, A15. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2021). “配合大灣區建設 創建全新學科 ——訪香港教育大學“全球香港研究”碩士課程副主任趙振洲博士. ” Shenzhen Economic Daily (深圳商報), 24 March, 2021. http://duchuang.sznews.com/content/2021-03/24/content_24072770.html
Zhao, Z. (2021). “「被想像的」德育及國民教育科” (‘Imagined’ Moral and National Education), Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報), August 22, 2011, P 16. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2011). “香港建教育樞紐的三項策略” (Three Strategies for Hong Kong to Build a Regional Education Hub), Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報), May 16, 2011, P22. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2014). Invited speaker, “Religious Others, Schooling, and the Negotiation of Civic Identities: Interdisciplinary Symposium” organized Prof. Julia Eksner (Freie Universität, Germany) and Prof. Zvi Bekerman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel), Hannover, Germany, 25–28 June 2014.
Zhao, Z. (2014). Invited speaker, the teacher-training workshop “Educational Issues in Hong Kong” organized by the Chinese State Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Zhao, Z. (2011). Invited Speaker, “Multicultural Education in China: Integration, Adaptation, and Resistance” organized by Dr. James Leibold and Dr. Chen Yangbin (La Trobe University), Melbourne, Australia, September 2011.
Mok, K.H. and Zhao, Z. (2011). “香港教育樞紐的新挑戰”(New Challenges of Hong Kong as a Regional Education Hub), Wenhui Daily (文匯報), May 11, 2011, A18. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2011). “推德育及國民教育 獨立開課非最佳方式” (To Implement a Separate Subject is Not the Best Way for Moral and National Education), Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), April 2, 2011, A19. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2010). The French Student Uprising in 1968 and the “Post 80s” Generation in Hong Kong. Newsletter of Tianda Institute. May 26, 2010. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2007). “尊重理解,有的放矢” (Respect Adolescents’ Autonomy in Chasing Stars), China Education Newspaper (中國教育報). Oct. 22, 2007, P7. [in Chinese]
Dr. Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong. She received a bachelor’s degree from Beijing Normal University and a PhD from the University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining the Education University of Hong Kong in 2008, she taught at the School of Education, Beijing Normal University.
Dr. Zhao is interested in researching curriculum innovation and educational change from a citizenship perspective. She has won research grants from the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, the UNICEF, and the General Research Fund (GRF) of the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She is currently a co-investigator in a most recent research project funded by the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Policy and Innovation Coordination Office (PICO), Working in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Hong Kong Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Undergraduates’ Intention and Concerns.
Dr. Zhao is an editor of Cogent Education and a member of the International Advisory Board of the British Journal of Religious Education. She also serves on the editorial boards of Gender and Education and Chinese Education and Society.
Dr. Zhao is guest editor for a special issue of Social Transformations in Chinese Societies (2023), entitled Beyond the state reach: Education and citizen-making in China (with Canglong Wang). She also won the Special Issue Competition of Citizenship Studies in 2022 and was invited to guest edit another special issue, Reconsidering Chinese Citizenship: Cultural Roots and Cultural Reach (with Zhonghua Guo and Canglong Wang).
Curriculum studies;
Moral and citizenship education;
Education and social development
Editorial Board Member, Gender and Education (2018-present)
Editorial Board Member, Chinese Education and Society (2021-present)
International Advisory Board Member: British Journal of Religious Education (2021-present)
Editor, Cogent Education (2020-present)
Guest Editor, Citizenship Studies, the special issue of 'Reconsidering Chinese Citizenship: Cultural Roots and Cultural Reach' (With Zhonghuaguo and Canglong Wang, forthcoming)
Guest Editor, Social Transformations in Chinese Societies, the special issue of 'Beyond the state reach: Education and citizen-making in China' (with Canglong Wang, forthcoming).
Guest Editor, Chinese Education and Society, the special issue of 'A Cultural Perspective on China’s Citizenship' (with Chia Yeow-Tong, 2020), 53(1-2).
Guest Editor, Chinese Education and Society, the special issue of 'China’s Ethnic Dilemma: Ethnic Minority Education' (2010), 43(1).
Council Member, Hong Kong Sociological Association (2020-2022)
Committee Member, the Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education (APNME) (2008-2011, 2014-2017)
Associate Member, China Studies Centre, The University of Sydney (2019-present)
Member, Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies (2022-present)
Honorary Research Associate, the Wah Ching Centre of Research on Education in China, University of Hong Kong (2011-2013)
Zhao, Z. (2021). “「十四五」規劃與香港的教育發展.” (The PRC’s 14th Five-Year Plan and Hong Kong’s educational development), Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), September 8, 2021, A16. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2021). “公社科如何以香港視角看國家.” (A national perspective on Hong Kong in the subject of Citizenship and Social Development), Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報), August 5, 2021, A16. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2021). “「公民與社會發展科」裏的公民視角.” (The citizenship perspective in the subject of Citizenship and Social Development), Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報), August 3, 2021, A15. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2021). “配合大灣區建設 創建全新學科 ——訪香港教育大學“全球香港研究”碩士課程副主任趙振洲博士. ” Shenzhen Economic Daily (深圳商報), 24 March, 2021. http://duchuang.sznews.com/content/2021-03/24/content_24072770.html
Zhao, Z. (2021). “「被想像的」德育及國民教育科” (‘Imagined’ Moral and National Education), Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報), August 22, 2011, P 16. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2011). “香港建教育樞紐的三項策略” (Three Strategies for Hong Kong to Build a Regional Education Hub), Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報), May 16, 2011, P22. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2014). Invited speaker, “Religious Others, Schooling, and the Negotiation of Civic Identities: Interdisciplinary Symposium” organized Prof. Julia Eksner (Freie Universität, Germany) and Prof. Zvi Bekerman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel), Hannover, Germany, 25–28 June 2014.
Zhao, Z. (2014). Invited speaker, the teacher-training workshop “Educational Issues in Hong Kong” organized by the Chinese State Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Zhao, Z. (2011). Invited Speaker, “Multicultural Education in China: Integration, Adaptation, and Resistance” organized by Dr. James Leibold and Dr. Chen Yangbin (La Trobe University), Melbourne, Australia, September 2011.
Mok, K.H. and Zhao, Z. (2011). “香港教育樞紐的新挑戰”(New Challenges of Hong Kong as a Regional Education Hub), Wenhui Daily (文匯報), May 11, 2011, A18. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2011). “推德育及國民教育 獨立開課非最佳方式” (To Implement a Separate Subject is Not the Best Way for Moral and National Education), Sing Tao Daily (星島日報), April 2, 2011, A19. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2010). The French Student Uprising in 1968 and the “Post 80s” Generation in Hong Kong. Newsletter of Tianda Institute. May 26, 2010. [in Chinese]
Zhao, Z. (2007). “尊重理解,有的放矢” (Respect Adolescents’ Autonomy in Chasing Stars), China Education Newspaper (中國教育報). Oct. 22, 2007, P7. [in Chinese]