The Faculty of Arts at HKU is home to a network of research centres that drive interdisciplinary scholarship and creativity across the humanities, languages, culture, and emerging technologies. Emerging areas are championed by the AI and Humanity Lab, exploring ethical and cultural dimensions of artificial intelligence; the Hong Kong Global AI Governance Hub, advances a vision of comprehensive and responsible AI governance grounded in ethical standards, human-centred values, and transnational cooperation; the eXtended Humanities Lab, brings together researchers from diverse disciplines to investigate virtual and augmented reality through broad humanities perspectives; the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Culture examines transnational flows and cultural encounters; the China Humanities and Global Studies Hub focuses on China's global cultural engagement; and the Centre for Humanities and Medicine, bridges arts, social sciences, and health through research in medical ethics and narrative medicine; the Research and Impact Initiative on Communication in Healthcare (RIICH) conducts innovative, evidence-based research aimed at transforming healthcare practices and healthcare education in Hong Kong and internationally; the Institute of Transnational History of China explores the flow of ideas, people and trade between China and other countries, past and present; the Modern East Asian Literature Research Cluster (MEAL) fosters collaboration and scholarly exchange among researchers of modern East Asian literature within the Faculty. Together, these centres foster collaboration, experimentation, and public engagement, positioning HKU Arts as a leading force in interdisciplinary humanities research in Asia and beyond.
