RGC Awards $4.6 Million in Research Funding to HKU Law 2024/25

Congratulations to our seven colleagues who were successful in the 2024-2025 round of research grant funding by Hong Kong's Research Grants Council (RGC). The seven General Research Fund (GRF) projects that were funded cover a wide range of topics, from China’s plea leniency system to the work conditions of early-career lawyers in China to the problem of animal rescue hoarding in Hong Kong. The details of the new funded projects are as follows:

GRF:

Professor Cora Chan

Liberal Regions in Illiberal States, HK$527,490

Professor Xin He

Appeals and Inequalities in China’s Plea Leniency System, HK$1,040,000

Professor Sida Liu

The Work Conditions of Early-Career Lawyers in China, HK$840,000

Professor John Zhuang Liu

The Rise and Limits of the Chinese Judiciary: Administrative Litigation in China during the Reform Period, HK$716,000

Professor Ryan Whalen

Artificial Intelligence in the Administration of the Patent System, HK$366,626

Professor Michael Ng

Judicial Independence on Trial: Archival study of political interference with the colonial Hong Kong courts (1842-1997), HK$742,000

Professor Amanda Whitfort

Responding to Animal Rescue Hoarding in Hong Kong: A Comparative and Empirical Review, HK$407,644