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The projects [above] are slightly complex, need time, involve quite a few people and are still at the preliminary stages.
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Da Tong Fellowship 2015/2016
Our five Da Tong Fellows
Our three External Fellows 2015/2016.
 Camille DeprezAcademy of Film, HKBU
Research interests:
Indian cinemas, Bollywood, French cinema,
Documentary Film, film History,
Film Aesthetics, film industries,
Project “Media and cultural industries in Asia (South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan) globalization and local cultural identities” in collaboration with Korea University, Seoul National University, HKU, Kobe University, Paris University, Lyon University, and Yokohama University. |  Chiu Man Ying, JillBiology, HKBU
Research interests:
Marine environmental science: the responses of marine microbes and invertebrates to environmental stress.
Interdisciplinary project with CityU, CUHK and HKU |  Daisy TamHumanities,HKBU
Research interests:
Food culture, food ethics, food systems,
Food waste and food redistribution.
Interdisciplinary project "Enabling Ethical Food Systems", involving cultural studies, media and communication, infrastructure, urban design, policy studies".
Interdisciplinary project "Time to Grow", using recycled objects to build green growing spaces that will produce food. |
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 Tam Ka ChaiHistory, HKBU
Research interests:
Chinese Legal History,
Economic Development and Social Order of Ming-Qing China,
Maritime and Transportation History (Hong Kong, China)
Historical Geographic Information System (GIS),
Logistics. |  Wong Kin YiuPhysics, HKBU
Research interests:
Physical chemistry, quantum and statistical mechanics, simulating biochemical events involving DNA, RNA, and protein molecules with computers, applications and implications in the origin of life, bio catalysis, biotechnology, rational drug design, etc. |  E-Fellow | Christian MassetExpertise: Sustainability.
Chairman for 7 years of a local environmental charity dedicated to improving air quality, Clear The Air.
In 2006, director of the renewable energy company : Motorwave Group.
Since January 2014, he is chairman of Green Lantau Association, a society dedicated to the preservation of Lantau as a place of eco-recreation and education, given its unique bio-diversity in the whole Pearl River Delta. |
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 E-Fellow | Christopher MattisonExpertise:publishing and heritage preservation.
Previously in Hong Kong, Mr Mattison directed a cross-disciplinary project that developed a broad range of initiatives, including: a book series devoted to contemporary Hong Kong literature in English translation, Hong Kong's first university-based rooftop farm initiative, and a series of preservation workshops for the cultural heritage sector. |  E-Fellow | George WoodmanDirector of Teng Hoi Conservation Organization
Major projects:
"Green Tray Initiative"
A system that can process food waste at the point of generation, thus enabling a distributed approach to the Hong Kong’s food waste problem that better utilizes existing resources.
"Carbon Trading Game"
To enhance understanding of a specialised financial mechanism in widespread use around the world to tackle the carbon emissions that are driving climate change.
"Blast fishing detection system" |
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