To reduce inequalities, policies should be universal in principle, paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
Lingnan University is addressing key issues regarding all perceived inequalities, from student admissions, human resources and governance to research, in order to prevent harmful and unsustainable disparities.
The University deems it unlawful to discriminate, harass, or vilify any staff, student or person in the University on grounds of disability, sex, marital status, pregnancy, family status, and race.
Lingnan University has established policy and procedures against sexual harassment, which sets out the mechanism for handling complaints.
The University is dedicated to promoting equal opportunity awareness on campus through publicity, activities, events, workshops, seminars and talks.
The Institute of Policy Studies of Lingnan University and Oxfam Hong Kong invited prominent experts and scholars to discuss unemployment protection from different perspectives.
To support community innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) related projects, Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative has organised a number of social engagement activities including workshops, training weekend market and home visits.
Lingnan University brought together four experts from different housing contexts to share their observations about intergenerational housing and intergenerational housing assistance to young people from their latest projects.
A recent survey conducted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) confirmed that an age-friendly city framework would help to promote the productive engagement of older adults in Hong Kong.
The recent research finds the overall well-being of Hong Kong children aged 12 and 10 ranked the lowest and second lowest respectively compared with other 35 participating countries or regions of the project.
Funded by the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme from Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office, this research investigates the mediating roles of parental investment and parental distress in the link between poverty and children’s cognitive development.
This research considers institutional and administrative barriers for expanding social insurance coverage to workers in the informal economy in China, and illustrates some ways through which China is attempting to overcome regulatory and administrative barriers to policy implementation.
The research project conducted by Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies aims to identify the effective way of enhancing intergroup contact between mainland talents and Hong Kong professionals.
Education inequality is still a pressing problem in Chinese society. The research team at Lingnan University’s Department of Economics designed and executed a series of projects in collaboration with local education bureaus in China to solve this problem.
The focal point of this work has emanated from the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies (APIAS), a pioneer of social gerontology in Hong Kong. Empirical research has been at the heart of training programmes, public awareness campaigns, and policy formulation concerned with the wellbeing of older people and the notion of active ageing, or ageing well.
In the summer of 2019, Lingnan University hosted the second edition of the Joint Humanitarian Entrepreneurship Summer Academy, lining up with peers from universities from the US, Kazakhstan, India and others for a rigorous two-week course in Hong Kong.