Research Institutes, Centres, Labs and Initiatives and our Society of Fellows
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.
- The Society of Fellows attracts exceptional, early-career, post-doctoral scholars from around the world to the University of Hong Kong to create a vibrant community for arts and humanities research.
- The AI and Humanity Lab champions emerging areas, exploring ethical and cultural dimensions of artificial intelligence.
- The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Culture examines transnational flows and cultural encounters.
- The Centre for Humanities and Medicine bridges arts, social sciences, and health through research in medical ethics and narrative medicine.
- The China Humanities and Global Studies Hub focuses on China's global cultural engagement.
- The extended Humanities Lab brings together researchers from diverse disciplines to investigate virtual and augmented reality through broad humanities perspectives.
- 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 Hsu Ti-shan Centenary Centre for Humanities aims to articulate Humanities knowledge that addresses fundamental concerns of humankind in ways that prevalent scientific and technological knowledge cannot.
- 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.
- 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.
Together, these centres foster collaboration, experimentation, and public engagement, positioning HKU Arts as a leading force in interdisciplinary humanities research in Asia and beyond.
