Our Work 我們的工作

The Centre for Child and Family Science (CCFS) has a responsibility and unwavering commitment to provide applicable research outputs, knowledge and services that support and applaud the relationship between the child, family, school, and community. It draws on the interwoven expertise of academics within and beyond the University, and other professionals in the community, to achieve synergies and stimulate innovation. There are two major domains on which CCFS works, each with different foci and contributions that drive the Centre towards growth with excellence and diversity:

Research and Innovation

CCFS’s research places emphasis on innovative, interdisciplinary, and interactive initiatives at an international level including:

• Producing and disseminating scientifically-derived knowledge on child and family studies, particularly in Asian contexts, through the delivery of applied research;

• Designing quality and innovative research for securing funding from different sources;

• Establishing networks across borders and cultures for academic collaboration and exchange;

• Facilitating the publication of high-quality research outputs across platforms and formats; and

• Bridging or bringing scholars, practitioners and agencies from multiple disciplines together to address education, social and cultural issues for the healthy development of child and family functioning.

Professional Development and Support

CCFS also serves as a vehicle for moving research to practice and back, to have practice inform our research. It strives to provide quality professional development and support services to practitioners, agencies, systems, and communities to help children and their families thrive. Through these development and support services, the Centre may collect quantitative and qualitative data and evidence to support its research.

Typical knowledge transfer activities around child development and family dynamics include:

• Consultancy and training services for schools, government and non-government agencies, academics and practitioners to implement advanced practices, innovative initiatives, informed decisions and policies. Formats include partnership and commissioned projects, strategic consultancy and advisory, professional development programmes, etc.

• Conferences, seminars, forums and workshops to disseminate research-informed knowledge to the public, academics and practitioners locally and internationally.

• Community engagement activities to raise public awareness and foster positive changes in child and family well-being.

• Organisational and School-based quality improvement schemes to empower organisations and schools in policy-making, design and implementation of context-sensitive strategies, and effective deployment of resources to support positive development of children and families.