Research
Research
Leung, K.M., Wong, M.Y.C., Chiu, A. & Ou, K.L. (2025). Behind the Support of Esports in Hong Kong: A Study on Public Perception, Sport in Society, pp.1-22. [link]
Chiu, A. (2025) An Industry or a Sport: Media framing of Esports development in Hong Kong, Social Transformation in Chinese Societies, 21(1), pp.97-108. [link]
Chiu, A. (2021) Challenges and complexities of imagining nationhood: the case of Hong Kong’s naturalized footballers, Sport in Society, 24(11), pp. 1878-1892. [link]
Wan, K.-M. et al. (2020) ‘Fighting COVID-19 in Hong Kong: The Effects of Community and Social Mobilization’, World Development, 134. [link]
Ho, L. K.-K. and Chiu, A. (2016) ‘“Indigenous” or “All Stars”: Discourses on “Team Hong Kong” in a FIFA World Cup Tournament’, International Journal of the History of Sport, 33(11), pp. 1226–1241. [link]
Local Football Participation: Why to Come, What to Gain, How to Promote? Studies of Women and Grassroot Football Programs In Hong Kong
(Co-I, HKD 600,000)
This study is an integral part of the longitudinal and large scale study on sport participation, individual well-being and community development. Scholarly literature in the sociology of sports generally suggested that taking part in sports would enhance participants’ personal development in terms of interpersonal skills, positive values, collegiality, subjective well-being, family relationship and discipline. There would also have implications for the community and social development in fostering social inclusion and community cohesion. This study make use of football as an entry point, to explore if (or how) the football participation is good for the personal development of the juvenile and adolescents in their schooling years. How do the stakeholders in the community football development in Hong Kong (students, teachers, parents and coaches) perceive the current objectives and strategies on program execution?
Funding Source: The Hong Kong Football Association (16/06/21 to 30/06/22)
CHIU, Andy (2024). Challenges and Complexities of Imagining Nationhood: The Case of Hong Kong's Naturalized Footballers. In Whigham, S. (Ed). Sport and Nationalism: Theoretical Perspectives. (40-54). UK: Routledge.
CHIU, A. (2024). Imagining Hong Kongness: The case of naturalized footballers. In Sport in Hong Kong: Culture, identity, and policy. (81-104). Peter Lang Ltd.
WAN, Kin-Man et.al (2021). Fighting COVID-19 in Hong Kong: The Effects of Community and Social Mobilization. Li, Linda Chelan. Facts and Analysis: Canvassing COVID-19 Responses (145-165). Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press.
HO, Lawrence Ka-ki, CHIU, Andy (2018). ‘Indigenous’ or ‘All Stars’: Discourses on ‘Team Hong Kong’ in a FIFA World Cup Tournament. Bridges, Brian & Chu, Marcus, P., The Sports Development of Hong Kong and Macau: New Challenges after the Handovers (71-86). UK: Routledge.
Women's football development
Media discourses of sporting naturalization
Participation in extra-curricular activities and education inequalities
Sports for inclusion of ethnic minorities students in secondary school's context (funded by RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme 24/25)
Elite sport policies in Hong Kong
Mega Sports Events, sports infrastructure, and city branding of Hong Kong
E-sports development in Hong Kong
Sport participation and health inequalities across life course