Research interests
- Sociology of Education (especially Sociological Role of Education in the age of Innovation, Entrepreneurialism and Globalisation)
- Higher Education
- Youth Engagement, Educated Youth and Public Policy
- Academic Entrepreneurialism ('Entrepreneurial Universities'), Scholarship of Engagement/Application and Impact of Universities
- Academic Profession and Its Connections with Other Professions (including Teaching Profession/ Schools)
- Education Governance and Policy Innovation in the Age of Global Inequalities, Populism and Authoritarianism
- Future Skills Development and Reflections in Higher Education
- Democracy and Education
- Teacher Professionalism and Academic Profession
- University General Education and Liberal Education
- Sociology of Education
2023- Secretary, The Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA)
2023-26 Academic Assessor, China's Development, Hong Kong and the National Security Law, HKU SPACE Community College, The University of Hong Kong
2023-26 External Examiner, Certificate in Digital Brand Communication (Senior Secondary Applied Learning), School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
2023 Invited speaker, The role of world-class universities in entrepreneurial ecosystem: China's Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong's knowledge profession. Special Public Policy Research (SPPR) seminar on innovation and entrepreneurship education and ecosystem policy. City University of Hong Kong, March 10, 2023
2023 Reviewer, Society
2023 External Reviewer, Diploma in Foundation Studies Programme, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College
2023 Organizing Committee Member, the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) International Conference 2023
2022 Reviewer, International Sociology
2022 Reviewer, Asian Studies Review
2022 Professional Learning Speaker, Harrow School (AISL Academy) "New gains and bright spots from the global pandemic: Leading academic entrepreneurialism for innovation and future-oriented education".
2022 Reviewer, Transactions on Education
2022 Reviewer, BMC Primary Care
2022- Executive Committee Member, The Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA)
2022 Committee Member, Conference Programme Committee, The International Conference on Applied Education, Technology and Innovation (AETI) 2022 .
2022 Reviewer, Learned Publishing
2022 Reviewer, China Perspectives
2021- Programme Leader, Cambridge International Diploma in Educational Leadership, Cambridge Assessment International Education
2021 International Keynote Speaker for the speech "Global Trends in Education in the Post-Pandemic Setting: Leading Innovation and Academic Entrepreneurialism", The Asian Center of Education, Research, and Training for Innovation (ACERT), December 20, 2021
2021 Invited speaker, "Knowledge Exchange as response to Academic Entrepreneurialism: A Typology of Universities and Institutional Analysis", International Forum Series (Globalisation, Education and Work FRG/Faculty Research Group), Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia, August 25, 2021
2021 External Reviewer, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)
2021- Reviewer, International Journal of Educational Development (IJED)
2021 Reviewer, Education as Change
2021- Reviewer, Higher Education Forum
2021 Invited Speaker for the professional development talk "Beyond Academic - Vocational Dichotomy: The Role of Innovative Teachers in Enhancing Future - oriented Learning Engagement", CLAP - TECH Pathway, Teachers' Learning Community Gathering, April 9, 2021
2021 Guest Lecturer, "Democratising Higher Education or Dancing with Educational Desire? Some Issues and Debates about ‘Massification’ of Post - secondary Education in Hong Kong", The Chinese University of Hong Kong (PEDU 6208: Current Issues in Educational Administration and Policy), March 26, 2021
2020- Awards Committee Member, Higher Education Special Interest Group, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
2020- Research Fellow, Hong Kong Benchmarks for Career and Life Development/ CLAP for Youth (Phase II)
2020-2024 Part Time Consultant for CLAP - TECH Pathway Project (a project which empowers youth for the new - collar jobs in information and communications technology and STEM industries in Hong Kong)
2020 External Member, Academic Committee, Advanced Diploma in Communication and Culture, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
2020- Reviewer, Higher Education
2020- Reviewer, International Studies in Sociology of Education
2020 Organizing Committee Member, the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) International Conference 2021
2020 External Thesis Examiner, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia
2020 Reviewer for scholarly book proposal, Routledge [Taylor & Francis Group] (Book Series of Education and Society in China)
2020 Invited Speaker for the paper "University Knowledge Exchange in a Global City: Perspectives from Academic Profession", RIHE 24th Open Seminar, Research Institute of Higher Education (RIHE), Hiroshima University, Japan
2020 Reviewer, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
2019- Reviewer, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
2019- Associate Editor (Sociology and Education), Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
2019- Associate Editor, Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education
2019 Reviewer, Journal of Adult and Continuing Education
2019 Reviewer, Educational Review
2019 Reviewer, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
2019 Reviewer, The Australian Educational Researcher
2019 Reviewer, Progress Report for University Grants Committee's (UGC) Funding Scheme for Teaching and Learning Related Proposals, Hong Kong SAR
2019- Reviewer, Higher Education Quarterly
2019- Editorial Board Member, Chinese Education and Society
2019-2021 External member, Academic Committee, The University of Western Australia’s Bachelor of Arts programmes, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
2019- Reviewer, Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education
2018 Keynote Speaker for the Institutional Ethnography Colloquium Seminar, 4th - 5th December, McGill University, Canada
2018 Reviewer for conference paper submission, World Education Research Association (WERA) World Congress 2018, Cape Town, South Africa
2018 Reviewer for scholarly book proposal, Springer Nature (Book Series of Higher Education in Asia)
2018- Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC), The Education University of Hong Kong
2018- Reviewer, SAGE Open
2018- Reviewer, International Journal of Educational Management
2018 Member, Review Committee, Hong Kong Educational Research Association International Conference 2018, Hong Kong
2018 External Reviewer, Research Grants Council's (RGC) Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), The Open University of Hong Kong
2018 External Reviewer, Research Grants Council's (RGC) Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), Tung Wah College
2018- Reviewer, Multicultural Education Review
2018- Reviewer, Educational Research for Policy and Practice
2017 Ad-hoc reviewer, Tertiary Education and Management
2016 Mentor, Startup Weekend HK: Social Innovation, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
2016- Reviewer, Journal of Research in International Education
2016- Reviewer, Australian Journal of Teacher Education
2016- Reviewer, Australian Journal of Education
2016- Reviewer, Asia Pacific Education Review
2016- Reviewer, International Journal of Comparative Education and Development
2016- Reviewer, Chinese Education and Society
2015 Invited Speaker for the Seminar "Seeing China's Governance from Hong Kong Youth Perspective", Fulbright - Hays Seminars Abroad, National Committee on United States - China Relations, USA
2014 Reviewer for conference paper submission, Higher Education SIG, 59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Washington D.C. 2015
2014 Reviewer, Policy and Society
2014- Reviewer, Asian Education and Development Studies
2013- Reviewer, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
2013- Reviewer, Higher Education Teaching and Learning Review
2013-14 Organising Committee, Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong Annual Conference 2014 “Policy and Educational Development in a Global Context”
2011 International Advisory Board, Higher Education Teaching and Learning
2010-2015 Teaching staff representative, Academic Committee, The University of Western Australia’s Bachelor of Arts programmes, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
2009 Reviewer, Research Studies in Education
Tang, H.H.H. (2022, July 15). Hong Kong needs young people who can imagine the future to keep the city competitive and thriving. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3185132/hong-kong-needs-young-people-who-can-imagine-future-keep-city
A sociologist, Dr Hayes Tang is interested in the fields of educational administration and policy, higher education, academic profession and youth studies. His research reconsiders the sociological role of higher education in the rise of 'academic entrepreneurialism', focussing on East Asia. He is committed to create new knowledge in application for better education governance and policy innovation in the age of global inequalities. He aspires to build lifelong partnership with students and professionals so as to enlighten his analysis on educational development and policy anew with fresh perspectives, along with greater social impact and professional relevance. Recently completed two GRF projects (General Research Fund by Hong Kong Research Grants Council), he is Assistant Professor of Department of Education Policy and Leadership, and Programme Leader of MA in Leading Innovative Learning Organizations (LILO) at the Education University of Hong Kong, as well as Programme Leader of Cambridge Professional Development Qualification (International Diploma of Educational Leadership accreditation). He is completing another GRF project "Reconsidering Academic Entrepreneurialism in East Asia: Diverse Voices and Critical Insights from the Academic Profession of Flagship Universities”. Meanwhile he completed a PPR project (Public Policy Research by the HKSAR Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office) on youth and aspirations in Hong Kong in 2020. He serves as Associate Editor (Sociology and Education) of Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (SSCI-indexed), Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education (the official journal of Comparative and International Education Society's Higher Education Special Interest Group), and is on the Editorial Board of Chinese Education & Society (Taylor & Francis).
On top of scholarly research, he considers education a commitment imperative to an academic life. Championing the spirit of liberal arts education, Hayes was presented at the start of his academic career the Outstanding Teacher Award by the School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong in 2012. On issues about education, innovation and youth engagement, he was interviewed by journalism including ARTE (Association relative à la télévision européenne) (Franco-German channel), The Straits Times, South China Morning Post (SCMP), Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK, Radio 3), China Daily and D100 Radio. Upon invitation, he delivered a Fulbright-Hays seminar for a delegation of American school teachers during their visit to The University of Hong Kong in August 2015. The Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad are hosted by the National Committee on United States-China Relations, USA.
In service of knowledge exchange and transfer, Dr Hayes Tang welcomes media consultation, external membership, community/professional seminars and commissioned R&D projects. The key focus of his scholarship is to innovate knowledge for education, social impact and global citizenship. He can be contacted at hhhtang@eduhk.hk
Research interests
- Sociology of Education (especially Sociological Role of Education in the age of Innovation, Entrepreneurialism and Globalisation)
- Higher Education
- Youth Engagement, Educated Youth and Public Policy
- Academic Entrepreneurialism ('Entrepreneurial Universities'), Scholarship of Engagement/Application and Impact of Universities
- Academic Profession and Its Connections with Other Professions (including Teaching Profession/ Schools)
- Education Governance and Policy Innovation in the Age of Global Inequalities, Populism and Authoritarianism
- Future Skills Development and Reflections in Higher Education
- Democracy and Education
- Teacher Professionalism and Academic Profession
- University General Education and Liberal Education
- Sociology of Education
2023- Secretary, The Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA)
2023-26 Academic Assessor, China's Development, Hong Kong and the National Security Law, HKU SPACE Community College, The University of Hong Kong
2023-26 External Examiner, Certificate in Digital Brand Communication (Senior Secondary Applied Learning), School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
2023 Invited speaker, The role of world-class universities in entrepreneurial ecosystem: China's Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong's knowledge profession. Special Public Policy Research (SPPR) seminar on innovation and entrepreneurship education and ecosystem policy. City University of Hong Kong, March 10, 2023
2023 Reviewer, Society
2023 External Reviewer, Diploma in Foundation Studies Programme, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College
2023 Organizing Committee Member, the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) International Conference 2023
2022 Reviewer, International Sociology
2022 Reviewer, Asian Studies Review
2022 Professional Learning Speaker, Harrow School (AISL Academy) "New gains and bright spots from the global pandemic: Leading academic entrepreneurialism for innovation and future-oriented education".
2022 Reviewer, Transactions on Education
2022 Reviewer, BMC Primary Care
2022- Executive Committee Member, The Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA)
2022 Committee Member, Conference Programme Committee, The International Conference on Applied Education, Technology and Innovation (AETI) 2022 .
2022 Reviewer, Learned Publishing
2022 Reviewer, China Perspectives
2021- Programme Leader, Cambridge International Diploma in Educational Leadership, Cambridge Assessment International Education
2021 International Keynote Speaker for the speech "Global Trends in Education in the Post-Pandemic Setting: Leading Innovation and Academic Entrepreneurialism", The Asian Center of Education, Research, and Training for Innovation (ACERT), December 20, 2021
2021 Invited speaker, "Knowledge Exchange as response to Academic Entrepreneurialism: A Typology of Universities and Institutional Analysis", International Forum Series (Globalisation, Education and Work FRG/Faculty Research Group), Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia, August 25, 2021
2021 External Reviewer, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)
2021- Reviewer, International Journal of Educational Development (IJED)
2021 Reviewer, Education as Change
2021- Reviewer, Higher Education Forum
2021 Invited Speaker for the professional development talk "Beyond Academic - Vocational Dichotomy: The Role of Innovative Teachers in Enhancing Future - oriented Learning Engagement", CLAP - TECH Pathway, Teachers' Learning Community Gathering, April 9, 2021
2021 Guest Lecturer, "Democratising Higher Education or Dancing with Educational Desire? Some Issues and Debates about ‘Massification’ of Post - secondary Education in Hong Kong", The Chinese University of Hong Kong (PEDU 6208: Current Issues in Educational Administration and Policy), March 26, 2021
2020- Awards Committee Member, Higher Education Special Interest Group, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
2020- Research Fellow, Hong Kong Benchmarks for Career and Life Development/ CLAP for Youth (Phase II)
2020-2024 Part Time Consultant for CLAP - TECH Pathway Project (a project which empowers youth for the new - collar jobs in information and communications technology and STEM industries in Hong Kong)
2020 External Member, Academic Committee, Advanced Diploma in Communication and Culture, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
2020- Reviewer, Higher Education
2020- Reviewer, International Studies in Sociology of Education
2020 Organizing Committee Member, the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) International Conference 2021
2020 External Thesis Examiner, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia
2020 Reviewer for scholarly book proposal, Routledge [Taylor & Francis Group] (Book Series of Education and Society in China)
2020 Invited Speaker for the paper "University Knowledge Exchange in a Global City: Perspectives from Academic Profession", RIHE 24th Open Seminar, Research Institute of Higher Education (RIHE), Hiroshima University, Japan
2020 Reviewer, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
2019- Reviewer, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
2019- Associate Editor (Sociology and Education), Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
2019- Associate Editor, Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education
2019 Reviewer, Journal of Adult and Continuing Education
2019 Reviewer, Educational Review
2019 Reviewer, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management
2019 Reviewer, The Australian Educational Researcher
2019 Reviewer, Progress Report for University Grants Committee's (UGC) Funding Scheme for Teaching and Learning Related Proposals, Hong Kong SAR
2019- Reviewer, Higher Education Quarterly
2019- Editorial Board Member, Chinese Education and Society
2019-2021 External member, Academic Committee, The University of Western Australia’s Bachelor of Arts programmes, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
2019- Reviewer, Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education
2018 Keynote Speaker for the Institutional Ethnography Colloquium Seminar, 4th - 5th December, McGill University, Canada
2018 Reviewer for conference paper submission, World Education Research Association (WERA) World Congress 2018, Cape Town, South Africa
2018 Reviewer for scholarly book proposal, Springer Nature (Book Series of Higher Education in Asia)
2018- Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC), The Education University of Hong Kong
2018- Reviewer, SAGE Open
2018- Reviewer, International Journal of Educational Management
2018 Member, Review Committee, Hong Kong Educational Research Association International Conference 2018, Hong Kong
2018 External Reviewer, Research Grants Council's (RGC) Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), The Open University of Hong Kong
2018 External Reviewer, Research Grants Council's (RGC) Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), Tung Wah College
2018- Reviewer, Multicultural Education Review
2018- Reviewer, Educational Research for Policy and Practice
2017 Ad-hoc reviewer, Tertiary Education and Management
2016 Mentor, Startup Weekend HK: Social Innovation, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
2016- Reviewer, Journal of Research in International Education
2016- Reviewer, Australian Journal of Teacher Education
2016- Reviewer, Australian Journal of Education
2016- Reviewer, Asia Pacific Education Review
2016- Reviewer, International Journal of Comparative Education and Development
2016- Reviewer, Chinese Education and Society
2015 Invited Speaker for the Seminar "Seeing China's Governance from Hong Kong Youth Perspective", Fulbright - Hays Seminars Abroad, National Committee on United States - China Relations, USA
2014 Reviewer for conference paper submission, Higher Education SIG, 59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Washington D.C. 2015
2014 Reviewer, Policy and Society
2014- Reviewer, Asian Education and Development Studies
2013- Reviewer, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
2013- Reviewer, Higher Education Teaching and Learning Review
2013-14 Organising Committee, Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong Annual Conference 2014 “Policy and Educational Development in a Global Context”
2011 International Advisory Board, Higher Education Teaching and Learning
2010-2015 Teaching staff representative, Academic Committee, The University of Western Australia’s Bachelor of Arts programmes, School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong
2009 Reviewer, Research Studies in Education
Tang, H.H.H. (2022, July 15). Hong Kong needs young people who can imagine the future to keep the city competitive and thriving. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3185132/hong-kong-needs-young-people-who-can-imagine-future-keep-city