Qualification:
Ph.D. McGill University, Sociology
M.A. & B.A. (Honours) Acadia University, Sociology
Teaching & Scholarly Interests:
Ethnic Relations, Migration, Multiculturalism, Comparative Aging, Architecture and Built Environment, Globalization, Time-honoured Brands
Biography:
Dr. Ho Hon Leung received his doctoral degree in Sociology, McGill University, Canada. He is a professor of the Department of Sociology of SUNY Oneonta, U.S.A. His recent work focuses on a cross-cultural comparative project that examines cultural and heritage values of local time-honoured restaurants that can stand the test of time.
He is the Chair of the Centre for Social Science Research at his college. He is also a co-founder of 4C5M Studio which is an independent research centre for the issues in urban space and social life. His publications appear in national and international journals and a good number of book chapters. Co-edited with Prof. Robert Compton and Yaser Robles, his book, entitled Dynamics of Community Formation: Notion of Home and Identity, was published by Palgrave Macmillan, UK in 2017.
His recent published papers are on Hong Kong style café 港式茶歺庁in relation to place identity, nostalgia, and its potential in Belt and Road Initiative. Leung and his team are also conducting research on Covid-19 issues related to home space use, family resilience, and informal economic in Ghana. He often delivers lectures and organizes workshops in the US, Canada, China, and Hong Kong.
Publications:
- Ho Hon Leung & Raymond Lau. The Potential of Cultural Exchange under the One Belt One Road Initiative: The “How of” Cha Chaan Teng (Hong Kong Style Café), Asian Journal for Social Science, October 2021, online https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajss.2021.09.011
- Chong Gao and Ho Hon Leung. Re-imagining Corporate Community Involvement during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Pharmaceutical Companies in Guangdong Province, China. Human Organization, 80 (4), 2021.
- Li Zhang, Peng Lu, Raymond Lau, Lijie Yan, Xiang Li, Ruixia Yang, Ho Hon Leung, Panpan Chen, Xia Wang. Unique Traditional Villages on the Loess Plateau of China: Historic Evolution and Challenges to Sustainable Development of Silo-Caves, Heritage Science, 118 (9), 2021.
- Rui Jun Qin & Ho Hon Leung. Becoming A Traditional Village: Heritage Protection and Livelihood Transformation of a Chinese Village. Sustainability, 2021, 13, https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042331
- Ho Hon Leung, 2020, “Urban space and leisure in Hong Kong: The health and social life of elderly bird-keepers”, Urban Affairs (free access online), 06 March https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2020.1722029
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