Fazal Rizvi gave a talk on diasporic identities & multiculturalism at HKU today. My view is that when a scholar finds a synergy between a chosen topic and own personal life, this results in a more passionate, authentic, and committed approach to the subject matter.

Explore the distinct practices of Japanese #staffrooms (#shokuinshitsu) from an #EastAsian perspective in this ECNU Review of Education study advocating for moving beyond Western models to embrace more diverse and localized approaches in #education: tinyurl.com/dcapsexc

A special guest visited my Comparative Ed class for Master’s students as part of our yearly tradition! Fresh ideas, perspectives, and book recommendations from Will Brehm, host of the FreshEd podcast! Thank you, Will Brehm!

📢 Call for Papers 📢 The IJER Special Issue "Understanding Academic Freedom: Cross-Disciplinary, Cross-Regional, and Cross-National Perspectives" is now open for submissions! Guest editors: Zoltán Rónay, Marcelo Marques, Daniela Craciun, Gergely Kováts sciencedirect.com/special-issue/…

Join our Global Public Seminar in Comparative and International Education on 7 March 2025. Marianne Larsen, Prof Emerita at Western University, is sharing thoughts about space and time in CIE. Reserve your spot now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Check out the latest special issue of Comparative Education! Highly recommend my colleague Jeremy Rappleye's piece—a critique of the field being overly Marxian. (BTW, it is inderect critique of my own work too!) 😀 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I love teaching undergrads every year, even with 120 students in a single class! Grateful for emails like the one from Prof. Julian Tanner, Director of Common Core at HKU, based on anonymous student evaluations of my course. HKU SCAPE Faculty of Education, HKU The University of Hong Kong

How can comparing contrasting societies deepen our understanding of a topic? Join us tomorrow, March 7, for a seminar comparing Hong Kong and the Czech Republic in terms of parental decision-making in shadow education. HKU SCAPE #HongKong #CzechRepublic #ShadowEducation

My new co-authored paper titled "Navigating Teachers’ Perceptions and Experiences of Shadow Education Expansion and Regulation in Kazakhstan: A Mixed-Methods Study," published in British Journal of Sociology of Education. doi.org/10.1080/014256…

Join us at #CIES Conference in Chicago for the screening of our new documentary “National Exams” featured in the film festival! Mon from 9:45-11:00 AM or Tuesrom 4:15-6:15 PM. Screening will follow a discussion with Iveta Silova and Will Brehm. cinematiced.org/national-exams/

Double celebration: My brilliant PhD student, Renxiang, received a teaching award, and I received a letter of commendation from Dean. He has been my TA for the Comp Ed course over the years. I appr. how equitably my institution recognizes both student’s achiev & mentor’s role.

I’m pleased to join the Advisory Board of the International Journal of Educational Development (IJED). IJED has been a leading journal in my field & I’m honored to contribute to its ongoing mission. Grateful to Stephen Heyneman and Moses Oketch for the invitation! HKU SCAPE

Join us this Thursday for a special seminar by Prof. Michele Schweisfurth from the University of Glasgow, hosted by Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC), at the University of Hong Kong. Attend in person or join us online. All details can be found in the poster below.

Join us tomorrow for CERC’s Annual Lecture and AGM! We are excited to welcome Professor Michele Schweisfurth from the University of Glasgow as this year’s distinguished speaker. "Comparative and International Education: Polarisation Inside and Out" In person or via Zoom.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗼-𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀? Great event happening soon at HKU.

HKU ranks #1 globally for Education and Educational Research in the 2025–26 Best Global Universities subject rankings by U.S. News & World Report, marking the 3rd consecutive year at the top! We will strive for continuous improvement and actively contribute to global education.

Join us today for our next seminar on Shadow Education! We welcome Gabriella Hegedűs from Hungary as our guest speaker. This session is open to anyone interested in the topic (researchers, students and educators) Time: 5:00–6:30 PM (HK) 11:00 AM–12:30 PM (Budapest)

🎬 Our documentary film "National Exams" (🇬🇪, 75 min) was part of the Official Selection at the 22nd @docudaysuain Kyiv (June 6–13, 2025). Big thanks for 3 screenings, Ukrainian subs & featuring us in the Special Events program. 📸 From one of our screenings in #Ukraine.

Excited to share our new open-access article on how private #tutoring operators in #China mobilise #guanxi as a core business strategy, boosting growth but raising serious concerns around #equity, #policy, and #ethics.