Hang Li is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he focused on political opportunity and its relation to social movement tactics. Currently, he is interested in studying various youth experiences in contemporary society. His research on movement tactics in post-1997 Hong Kong received support from the Faculty Development Scheme of the Research Grants Council. Another project on the risk perception of young drug users was funded by the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme of the HKSAR. Over the past few years, he has participated in various interdisciplinary projects examining topics such as civic and community engagement, youth identity formation, and relapse prevention for rehabilitated young drug abusers. Additionally, he has been teaching courses on sociological theory, environmental sociology, and contentious politics for the past 10 years.
- Contentious Politics
- Civic and Community Engagement
- Youth Identity Process
- Youth Drug Use
Li, H., Chui, C. F., Li, W. O., & Chow, J. T. S. (2025). Social Media Use and Political Participation among Young People in Hong Kong: A Structural Equation Analysis. In A. Z. H. Yee (Ed.), Mobile Media Use Among Children and Youth in Asia. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2282-5_10
Chui, R. C. F., Li, H., Chan, C. K., Siu, N. Y. F., Cheung, R. W. L., Li, W. O., Peng, K. Z. M., Cheung, Y. W., Cheung, S. F., & Xu, N. (2025). Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 193. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15020193
Cheung, Y. W., & Li, H. (2025). What Has Changed and What Has Not: The Past Three Decades of Adolescent Drug Use in Hong Kong. In Z. Yue, & H. Zhong (Eds.), Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization in Chinese Societies. Routledge.
Li, H., Zhou, D. H. R., Cheung, Y. W., & Choi, W. S. (2024). Effectiveness of an integrative model of vocational life design for young rehabilitated drug abusers. Journal of Substance Use. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2024.2417416
Li, H., & Cheung, Y. W. (2021). Beyond ketamine: Narratives of risk among young psychoactive drug users in Hong Kong. Journal of Substance Use, 26(5), 531–536. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2020.1856207
- SOCI2003 Social Research Methods
- SOCI2208 Urban Sociology
- SOCI3003 Classical Sociological Theory
- SOCI3239 Environment and Society
- SOCI5501 Sociology and Modern Life
- GEWS1011 College Induction Course (LWS College)
As Principal Investigator
| Year | Grant |
| 2020-2022 | “Shifting Strategies and Coalition Dynamics of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Hong Kong: The Role of Perceived Opportunities and Threats,” HK$792,498, funded by Faculty Development Scheme of Competitive Research Funding Schemes for Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2019/20, Research Grants Council. |
| 2017-2018 | “From Ketamine to Ice: Neutralisation Techniques and Risk Perception of Adolescent Drug Abusers,” HK$476,284, funded by Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, Central Policy Unit (renamed Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office in April 2018) |
As Co-Principal Investigator
| Year | Grant |
| 2023-2025 | “Human Resilience, Life Adversity, and Adaptation to Life Course Transitions from Early Adulthood to Late Middle Adulthood,” (as Co-PI) HK$5,359,056, funded by IDS Collaborative Research Grant of Competitive Research Funding Schemes for Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2022/23, Research Grants Council. |
| 2020-2023 | “Youth Identity Status and its Psychosocial Correlates: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong,” (as Co-PI) HK$3,465,000, funded by IDS Collaborative Research Grant of Competitive Research Funding Schemes for Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2019/20, Research Grants Council. |
As Co-Investigator
| Year | Grant |
| 2019-2020 | “Posttreatment Life Planning and Relapse Prevention: An Effectiveness Study of an Integrative Model of Vocational Life Design for Young Rehabilitated Drug Abusers,” HK$841,340, funded by Beat Drugs Fund (BDF) Regular Funding Scheme, Narcotics Division, Security Bureau |
As Co-Principal Supervisor
| Year | Grant |
| 2025 | “AI for Social Science Research and Study,” HK$424,529, funded by Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant 2022-25, CUHK. |