Research

(1) Edited Collection

• Social and Ethical Considerations of AI in East Asia and Beyond (Checketts, Levi, and Benedict S. B. Chan, eds.). Cham: Springer, 2025. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-77857-5.

• Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective: China and the West (Twiss, Sumner B., Ping-cheung Lo and Benedict S. B. Chan, eds.). London, U.K.: Routledge, 2024. https://www.routledge.com/Warfare-Ethics-in-Comparative-Perspective-China-and-the-West/Twiss-Lo-Chan/p/book/9781032373119

• Building Chinese Bioethics: Exploring the Prevailing Technologies (Ruiping Fan, Ellen Zhang, and Benedict S. B. Chan, eds.). Shanghai, China: Oriental Publisher, 2024. [《建構中國生命倫理學：技術當道》(范瑞平、張穎、陳成斌 編)，中國上海：東方出版中心有限公司，2024。]

• Whole Person Education in East Asian Universities: Perspectives from Philosophy and Beyond (Chan, Benedict S. B., and Victor C. M. Chan, eds.). London, U.K.: Routledge, 2022. https://www.routledge.com/Whole-Person-Education-in-East-Asian-Universities-Perspectives-from-Philosophy/Chan-Chan/p/book/9780367683788 

(2) Academic Journal Articles

• “Consequences and Virtues in the Ethics of Vaccination.” International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine 22, no. 2 (2024): 49-55. https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.222861.

• “East-West Dialogues on the Ethics of Sex Robots.” HEC Forum 36 (2024): 363-371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10730-023-09507-0.

• “Utilitarian Contingent Pacifism and Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution.” Philosophia 51, no. 2 (2023): 635-657. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00566-0.

• “Philosophy of Human Rights in Confucian Perfectionism.” Legein Monthly 569, no. November (2022): 45-51 [Written in Chinese. “《儒家致善主義》與人權哲學”，鵝湖月刊]

• “A Preliminary Investigation of Privacy Issues During the Covid-19 Pandemic.” International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine 20, no. 1 (2022): 63-81. https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.202224 [Written in Chinese. “初探2019冠狀病毒病疫情下的私隱議題.” 中外醫學哲學]

• “Academic Discipline as a Moderating Variable between Seating Location and Academic Performance: Implications for Teaching.”(Chan, Ka Long, David C. W. Chin, Man Sing Wong, Roy Kam, Benedict Shing Bun Chan, Chun-Ho Liu, Frankie Kwan Kit Wong, Lorna K.P. Suen, Lin Yang, Simon Ching Lam, Wallace Wai-lok Lai & Xiaolin Zhu. Author 5 of 12). Higher Education Research & Development 41, no. 5 (2022): 1436-1450. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2021.1928000. 

• “Vaccine Hesitancy and Coercive Vaccination in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Moral Evaluation” (Chan, Benedict S. B., and Chi Ngai Cheung. Author 1 of 2). International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine 19, no. 1 (2021): 11-27. https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.191928. [Written in Chinese. “2019冠狀病毒病疫情下的疫苗猶疑與強制疫苗接種：初步的道德評估.” 中外醫學哲學]

• “A Consequential Evaluation of a Christian Approach to International Human Rights.” Ching Feng: A Journal on Christianity and Chinese Religion and Culture 19, no. 1/2 (2020): 129-55. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2550696837?accountid=11440 

• “A Preliminary Philosophical Investigation into Moral Issues of the Covid-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine 18, no. 1 (2020): 89-112. https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.191928 [Written in Chinese. “2019冠狀病毒病疫情下的道德議題的初步哲學探索.” 中外醫學哲學 ]

  • Reprinted with a slightly different title 〈Covid-19全球疫情下隔離措拖的道德議題的初步哲學探索〉in Building Chinese Bioethics in the Time of Covid-19 (建構中國生命倫理學—大疫當前), edited by Ruiping Fan and Ellen Zhang, 103-22. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, 2021.

• “A Preliminary Consequential Evaluation of the Roles of Cultures in Human Rights Debates.” Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions 8, no. 1 (2019): 163-82. https://doi.org/10.4314/ft.v8i1.11

• “Enhanced Interrogation, Consequential Evaluation, and Human Rights to Health.” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 16, no. 3 (2019): 455-461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-019-09927-z.

• “Exploring Bluetooth Beacon Use Cases in Teaching and Learning: Increasing the Sustainability of Physical Learning Spaces” (Griffiths, Sion, S. Man Wong, Y. Coco Kwok, Roy Kam, C. Simon Lam, Lin Yang, L. Tsz Yip, Joon Heo, Benedict S. B. Chan, Guanjing Xiong, Keru Lu. Author 9 of 11). Sustainability 11, no. 15 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154005.

• “Social Medias Initial Reaction to Information and Misinformation on Ebola, August 2014: Facts and Rumors” (Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai, King-Wa Fu, Chung-Hong Chan, Benedict Shing Bun Chan, Chi-Ngai Cheung, Thomas Abraham, and Zion Tsz Ho Tse. Author 4 of 7). Public Health Reports 131, no. 3 (2016): 461-73. https://doi.org/10.1177/003335491613100312.

• “A Question to the Daoist Approach against Liberal Eugenics.” International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine 14, no. 2 (2016): 119-23. https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.141622. [Written in Chinese. "關於以道家進路反對自由優生學的疑問." 中外醫學哲學 ]

• “Global Handwashing Day 2012: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Chinese Social Media Reaction to a Health Promotion Event” (Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai, Jingxian Cai, Yi Hao, Yuchen Ying, Benedict Shing Bun Chan, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, and King-Wa Fu. Author 5 of 7). Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal 6, no. 3 (2015): 34-42. https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.003.

• “Animal Ethics, International Animal Protection, and Confucianism: A Reply to Oscar Horta.” Global Policy Journal 6, no. 2 (2015): 172-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12194.

• “A Human Rights Debate on Physical Security, Political Liberty, and the Confucian Tradition.” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 13, no. 4 (2014): 567-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-014-9403-0.  

(3) Book Chapters

• “A Preliminary Investigation of Confucianism’s Impact on Privacy Debates in A.I. And Technology Ethics.” In Social and Ethical Considerations of AI in East Asia and Beyond, edited by Levi Checketts and Benedict S. B. Chan, 15-31. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2025.

• “Confucianism, Kant, and the Pacifist Tradition in the Constitution of Japan.” In Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective: China and the West, edited by Sumner B. Twiss, Ping-cheung Lo and Benedict S. B. Chan, 296-313. London, U.K.: Routledge, 2024.

• “Big Data, Algorithms and Whole-Person Education—the Ethical Challenges of Privacy Issues on Using Ibeacon Technology in Higher Education in Hong Kong” (Lam, Calista S. Y., Man Sing Wong, and Benedict S. B. Chan. Author 3 of 3). In Whole Person Education in East Asian Universities: Perspectives from Philosophy and Beyond, edited by Benedict S. B. Chan and Victor C. M. Chan, 225-239. London, U.K.: Routledge, 2022.

• “Covid-19 and Contactless Learning and Teaching: The Impact of Active Participation and User Acceptance” (Chan, Ka Long, Xiaojing Song, Coco Yin Tung Kwok, Roy Kam, Benedict Shing Bun Chan, Chun-Ho Liu, Frankie Kwan Kit Wong, and Man Sing Wong. Author 5 of 8). In Applied Degree Education and the Future of Learning, edited by Christina Hong and Will W. K. Ma, 439-60. Singapore: Springer, 2022.

•  “Are International Human Rights Universal? East-West Philosophical Debates on Human Rights to Liberty and Health.” In Metaphysics of Human Rights 1948-2018: On the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the UDHR, edited by Luca Di Donato and Elisa Grimi, 135-52. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, 2019.

  • • Italian Translation:  “I Diritti Umani Internazionali Sono Universali?  Dibattiti Filosofici Tra Oriente E Occidente Sui Diritti Umani Alla Libertà E Alla Salute.” In Metafisica Dei Diritti Umani. 1948-2018: Per Il 70° Anniversario Della Dichiarazione Universale Dei Diritti Umani, 233-62. Roma, Italy: Stamen, 2020.

•  “East Asia: Challenges to Political Rights.” In Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics, edited by Jay Drydyk and Lori Keleher, 382-86. New York: Routledge, 2019.

•  “Monism, Dualism, and Supervenience: A Debate on Distributive Justice.” In Ethics: Past, Present and Future Perspectives, edited by Miles Ventura, 25-44. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2018.

•  “Do Economic Rights Conflict with Political Rights? An East and West Cultural Debate.” In Conflict and Harmony in Comparative Philosophy, edited by Aaron Creller, 139-47. Newcastle, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

(4) Others (book reiew, encycpoledia entry, non peer-reviewed publications, etc.)

• “Introduction: The Significance of East-West  Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence” (Checketts, Levi, and Benedict S. B. Chan. Author 2 of 2). In Social and Ethical Considerations of AI in East Asia and Beyond, edited by Levi Checketts and Benedict S. B. Chan, vii-xv. Cham: Springer, 2025.

• "Preface: Exploring Chinese Ethics in Contemporary Life Technologies" (Ruiping Fan, Ellen Zhang, and Benedict S. B. Chan. Author 3 of 3). In Building Chinese Bioethics: Exploring the Prevailing Technologies, edited by Ruiping Fan, Ellen Zhang, and Benedict S. B. Chan, i-xxix. Shanghai, China: Oriental Publisher, 2024.〈前言：當代生命技術的中國倫理探索〉(范瑞平、張穎、陳成斌)，《技術當道：建構中國生命倫理學》，范瑞平、張穎、陳成斌 編，i-xxix。中國上海：東方出版中心有限公司，2024。　

• “Introduction of Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective:” (Sumner B. Twiss, Ping-cheung Lo and Benedict S. B. Chan. Author 3 of 3). In Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective: China and the West, edited by Sumner B. Twiss, Ping-cheung Lo and Benedict S. B. Chan, 1-8. London, U.K.: Routledge, 2024.

• “Conclusion of Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective:” (Benedict S. B. Chan and Ping-cheung Lo. Author 1 of 2). In Warfare Ethics in Comparative Perspective: China and the West, edited by Sumner B. Twiss, Ping-cheung Lo and Benedict S. B. Chan, 314-316. London, U.K.: Routledge, 2024.

• “East and West Perspectives on Whole Person Education” (Chan, Benedict S. B. and Chi Ming Victor Chan. Author 1 of 2). In Whole Person Education in East Asian Universities: Perspectives from Philosophy and Beyond, edited by Benedict S. B. Chan and Victor C. M. Chan, 1-10. London, U.K.: Routledge, 2022.

• “Book Review of People Count: Contact-Tracing Apps and Public Health” (Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai, and Benedict S. B. Chan. Author 2 of 2). Emerging Infectious Diseases 27, no. 9 (2021): 2509. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2709.210754.

• “Eastern and Western Perspectives on the Reformation and Its Impacts” (Chan, Keith K. F., George Kam Wah Mak, and Benedict S. B. Chan. Author 3 of 3).Ching Feng: A Journal on Christianity and Chinese Religion and Culture 19, no. 1/2 (2020): 1-4.

• “Broader Trauma: Considerations for Covid-19 Psychosocial Interventions in Hong Kong” (Miu, Adriana S., Chi-Ngai Cheung, Kitty K.Y. Tsang, Benedict S.B. Chan, Lap-Tak Poon, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung. Author 4 of 6). Asian Journal of Psychiatry  53 (2020): 102358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102358.

•  “Confucianism and Animal Ethics.” In Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, Living (Online) Edition, edited by Paul B. Thompson and David M. Kaplan, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_546-1.

  • • Reprinted in Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, Second Edition, edited by Paul B. Thompson and David M. Kaplan, 471-77. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2019.

•  “Why We Should Care About Ebola in West Africa and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South Korea: Global Health Ethics and the Moral Insignificance of Proximity” (Chan, Benedict Shing Bun, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, King-Wa Fu, Chi-Ngai Cheung, and Isaac Chun-Hai Fung. Author 1 of 5). Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 12, no. 4 (2015): 541-43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-015-9677-x.

•  “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in the Republic of Korea: Transparency and Communication Are Key” (Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai, Zion Tsz Ho Tse, Benedict Shing Bun Chan, and King-Wa Fu. Author 3 of 4). Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal 6, no. 3 (2015): 1-2. https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.011.

•  “Book Review of Daniel Bell's Beyond Liberal Democracy: Political Thinking for an East Asian Context.” Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences 35 (2008): 215-22. [Written in Chinese]

• “Confucianism and Human Rights to Privacy in the Use of A.I. and Technologies in Physical and Virtual Classrooms,” in the Symposium on Boundary and Harmony, Chinese Association of Philosophy and Philosophy Department, National Taiwan Philosophy, November 2-3, 2024

• “An Investigation of Confucianism’s Impact on Privacy Rights Debates in A.I. And Technology Ethics,” in Social and Ethical Issues in AI from an East Asian Perspective, Centre for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University, October 16-17, 2024

• “Confucianism’s Impact on Privacy Debates in the Use of A.I. and Technologies in Physical and Virtual Classrooms,” International Conference on Philosophy Education and Applied Philosophy (ICPEAP - 2024), Science Cite, Toronto, Canada, August 22, 2024

• “Exploring the Right to Life: Confucian Ethics of War and Peace in the Context of UDHR and ICCPR,” in the 6th Annual Conference of East Asian Society for Scientific Study of Religion, Reitaku University, Japan, July 6-8, 2024

• “Exploring Human Rights and Confucianism: A Non-Orthodox and Consequentialist Perspective,” in Human Rights and East Asian Philosophy: 75 Years after Universal Declaration, Centre for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University, January 10, 2024

• “Contingent Pacifism and International Order,” in CAE 30th Anniversary Seminar/ Departmental Colloquium, Centre for Applied Ethics and Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, August 24, 2023

• “Comparative Philosophy of Privacy and Other Ethical Issues Under the Covid-19 Pandemic: Using Vaccination and Virtual Teaching and Learning as Examples,” in The 17th Symposium on Building Chinese Bioethics, Centre for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University, May 27, 2023

• “Privacy, Intimacy, and Confucianism in A.I. and Technology Ethics: Limitations and Beyond,” in Ethical and Social Implications of Artificial Intelligence: East-Asia and Beyond, Centre for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University, April 1, 2023

• “The Ethical Challenges of Privacy Issues on using iBeacon Technology and Virtual Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Hong Kong,” in eLearning Forum Asia 2022, The University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, December 2, 2022. https://www.elfasia.org/2022/

• “Privacy, Human Rights, and Confucianism: Limitations and Beyond,” in 4th Annual Conference of East Asian Society for Scientific Study of Religion: Religion and Spirituality in the Global East: Covid-19 Reflection and Civilizational Transformation, National Taiwan University, August 13, 2022

• “Privacy Issues in the COVID-19 Pandemic: From a Consequentialist and Chinese Perspective,” in The 16th Symposium on Bioethics from Chinese Philosophical/Religious Perspectives, Centre for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University, May 28, 2022

• “Human Rights to Privacy, Dignity, and Confucianism: Limitations and Beyond,” in New Debates on Human Rights and East Asian Philosophical Traditions: Confucianism and Beyond, Centre for Applied Ethics and Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, January 19, 2022

• “Vaccine Hesitancy and Coercive Vaccination in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Moral Evaluation,” Departmental Online Colloquium/Webinar, jointly organized by the Department of Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, and Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, November 15, 2021

• Respondent to Ellen Zhang’s “Why Sex? Sex-bots from a Daoist Perspective,” in The 15th Symposium on Bioethics from Chinese Philosophical/ Religious Perspectives, Centre for Applied Ethics, November 2, 2021

• “Contingent Pacifism and the Japanese Pacifist Tradition: A Comparison of East and West Ideas,” in the 3rd Annual Conference of East Asian Society for Scientific Study of Religion: Religion and Peace in East Asia: The Roles of Religion in Times of Crises, Jeju National University, South Korea, July 17-19, 2021

• “Human Rights to Health vs. Human Rights to Privacy in the Covid-19 Pandemic,” in CEPE/IACAP Joint Conference 2021: The Philosophy and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Universität Hamburg, Germany, July 5-9, 2021

• “Ethical Challenges of Privacy Issues on using iBeacon Technology in Higher Education in Hong Kong,” in Online Workshops on Smart Media Technologies, AI and Ethics, and Film Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University and Shanghai University, September 29, 2020

• “Ethics of Human Rights to Health in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Using Hong Kong as an Example,” in the Challenges from the Global Pandemic: Perspectives from the Greater China Area, Centre for Greater China Studies, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, June 11, 2020

• “Big Data, Algorithms and Whole-Person Education—On the Ethical Challenges of i-beacon Technology” (Co-presented with Calista S. Y. LAM and Man Sing WONG), in The Future of Whole Person Education in East Asian Higher Education: Its Philosophy and Endeavour from Within and Abroad, Department of Religion and Philosophy and Centre of for Sino-Christian Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Sept 27-28, 2019

•  “Roles of Confucianism and Ubuntu in the Debate on Human Rights to Health: Perspectives from Consequential Evaluation and Capability,” in 2019 HDCA Annual Conference: Connecting Capabilities, Human Development and Capability Association and University College London, U.K., Sept 9-11, 2019

•  “Reply to ZHANG Yuanting’s ‘Bioethics of Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Technology and Artificial Intelligence,” in Ethics of Biomedical Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Global China Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, May 31-June 1, 2019

•  “A Consequential Evaluation to the Roles of Confucianism and Ubuntu in the Debate on Human Rights on Health,” in Singapore -Hong Kong -Macau Symposium on Chinese Philosophy 2019, National University of Singapore, May 24-25, 2019

•  “The Debate on Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution: A Marginal Case to Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War,” in Colloquium, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, January 28, 2019

•  “Human Rights to Health vs. Human Rights to Privacy: A Consequential Evaluation to Cultural Traditions in the Big Data Era,” in The 11th International Conference on Applied Ethics, Center for Applied Philosophy & Ethics, Kyoto University, Japan, December 15-16, 2018

•  “The Debate on Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution: A Marginal Case to Utilitarianism and East-West Ethics of War and Peace,” in Western-Chinese Ethics of War and Peace, University of Virginia, November 30-December 1, 2018

•  “A Consequential Evaluation of Confucian and Ubuntu Ethics in International Human Rights Debates,” in Inclusive Development Workshop: Greater China and Beyond, Hang Seng Management College, August 11, 2018

• “Caring and Suffering in Animal Ethics: A Comparison among Utilitarianism, Feminism and Confucianism,” in 4th Conference on Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, National Chengchi University, Taipei, August 9-11, 2018

• “Democracy, Confucianism, and Consequential Evaluation,” in 1st IVRJ (International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy in Japan) International Conference, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, July 6-8, 2018

• “Ethics of Human Rights to Health and Diverse Cultural Traditions: Ubuntu and Confucianism,” in Group Program of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy, San Diego, March 28- April 1, 2018

•  “Human Rights to Health, Ubuntu, and Confucianism—A Preliminary Research,” in Creating a Philosophy for the Future, Programme of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Macau, November 16-18, 2017

• “Reformation & Human Rights: Friends or Foes?” (Co-presented with Kai Man KWAN), in The Reformation's Culturally Transformative Influences and Impacts: European and Asian Cultural Perspectives, Centre of Sino-Christian Studies and Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, September 22-23, 2017

• “How does Confucianism Contribute to the Ethics of Human rights to Health?—A Preliminary Research,” in The 20th International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, July 4-7, 2017

• “Animal Ethics: Caring Approach and Alternatives,” in Workshop on Ethics and Public Policy, Department of Social Science, Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong, December 5, 2016

• “Developing a Caring Approach to Animal Ethics from Feminism and Confucianism,” in the 10th International Conference of Applied Ethics, Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Hokkaido University, Japan, Oct 28-30, 2016

• “Human Rights, Dignity, Confucianism and Capability: An East and West Debate,” in 2016 HDCA Annual Conference: Capability and Diversity in a Global Society, Human Development and Capability Association and Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, Sept 1-3, 2016

• “Developing a Minimal Account for East-West Debates on Human Rights,” in the 3rd Conference on Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, Seoul National University, South Korea, August 19-20, 2016

• “Reply to Sun Lei’s ‘The Relation between Confucianism and Chinese Politics: History, Actuality and Future,’” in Religion-State Relationship in the Chinese Context: A Case Study of Christianity with Interdisciplinary Integration, Institute of Sino-Christian Studies, Hong Kong, July 14-15, 2016

• “Developing a Minimal Account of Human Rights—A Contribution to an East-West Discourse on Human Rights,” Colloquium, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, May 11, 2016

• “Human Dignity and the Universality of Human Rights: A Debate in Confucianism and the Capability Approach,” in the 9th International Conference of Applied Ethics, Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Hokkaido University, Japan, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2014

• “Comparing Utilitarianism, Feminism, and Confucianism in Animal Ethics,” in the 2nd Conference on Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, Kyoto University, Japan, August 28-29, 2014

• “How Does the Capability Approach Contribute to the Debate Between Confucianism and Liberalism on Human Rights?” Group Session in American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Baltimore, U.S.A., December 27-30, 2013

• “An East and West Debate on Torture and Animal Rights,” Group Session in American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America, Baltimore, U.S.A., December 27-30, 2013

• “Capability Approach, Confucianism and Human Rights—A Philosophical Analysis of Human Development in East Asia” (Poster Presentation), in Change, Continuity and Diversity: Perspectives on Sustainability for Asia, Inaugural Conference on Human Development in Asia, Hiroshima, Japan, August 6-8, 2013

• “Do Economic Rights Really Conflict with Liberal Rights?—An East and West Cultural Debate,” in Harmony & Conflict: From Embodied Emotions to Global Realms, Join Meeting of the Society for Asian & Comparative Philosophy and the Australasian Society for Asian & Comparative Philosophy, National University of Singapore, July 8-10, 2013

• “Are Civil and Political Rights Universal Rights? An East Asian Challenge and Reply,” 8th Annual Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought, Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A., April 13-15, 2012

• “Are Human Rights Universal or Relative to Different Cultures? – A Minimal Account of Human Rights,” 2012 Philosophy Symposium, Department of English, Classics, and Philosophy, University of Texas at San Antonio, U.S.A., March 30-31, 2012

• “An East and West Debate on Political Rights and Civil Rights,” Group Session in American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy, Boston, U.S.A., December 30, 2011

• “An East and West Debate on the Cultural Justification of Human Rights,” Beijing International Conference on Human Rights, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, October 15-17, 2010

• “Confucianism and Human Rights,” The Contemporary Significance of Confucianism: Implications for Harmonious Society, Sustainable Development, and World Peace, Asian Division, Library of Congress, and Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland, U.S.A., January 24-25, 2008

• “Is Synaesthesia a Counterexample to Representationalism?,” Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and MIND Association, University of Bristol, U.K., July 8 -10, 2007

• “Putting Synaesthesia into Representational Theories of Consciousness,” Conference on Analytical Philosophy, Soochow University, Taiwan R.O.C., June 20-23, 2007

• Ethics of Privacy in Using Technologies for Engaging Teaching and Learning Experiences in Virtual and Physical Classrooms, No. TDG/2223/04, Teaching Development Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University, HKD $300,000, July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025. Benedict Shing Bun Chan (PI), Charles Man Sing Wong (Co-I)

• Institutional-wide application of Augmented Teaching and Learning Advancement System (ATLAS) for Contactless Learning and Teaching and Big Data Analytics, No. TDG22-25/VTL-8, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HKD $650,000, January 1, 2023– June 30, 2024. Charles Man Sing Wong (PI), Benedict Shing Bun Chan (Co-I)

• A Brief Proposal on the Ethics of Privacy Issues in Virtual Teaching and Learning, No. 116902, UGC Special Grant for Strategic Development of Virtual Teaching and Learning (VTL Special Grant), Hong Kong Baptist University, HKD $250,000, July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2023. Benedict Shing Bun Chan (PI)

• Augmenting Physical Learning Spaces with Location-based Services Using iBeacon Technology for Engaging Learning Experiences, Funding Scheme for Teaching and Learning Related Proposals (2016-19 Triennium), No. PolyU1/T&L/16-19, University Grants Committee, HKD $ 12,321,533 (HKBU’s Portion: $1,211,000), Sept 1, 2017- Aug 31, 2020, Charles Man-sing WONG (PI), Benedict Shing Bun Chan (Co-I of the project; PI of HKBU’s Portion)

•  A Philosophical Investigation of the Ethics of Human Rights to Health, Early Career Scheme (ECS), No. 22611516, University Grants Committee, HKD $200,000 ($150,000 + $50000 for Education Plan), Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019, Benedict Shing Bun Chan (PI) 

• • GRF Incentive Award Scheme, Faculty of Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, HKD $20,000, Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019

  • GRC/ECS Performance Award Scheme, Faculty of Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, HKD $10,000, Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019

• Start-up Grant for New Academics, Hong Kong Baptist University, HKD $100,000, 2015-Present, Benedict Shing Bun Chan (PI)

• Applied Ethics in Social Media and Public Health, College Research Fund, Hang Seng Management College, HKD $10,000, 2014-2015, Benedict Shing Bun Chan (PI)