At The Zubin Foundation, we actively support research, learning, and public dialogue that advances understanding of ethnically diverse communities in Hong Kong. Over the years, we have collaborated with academic institutions, research teams, students, media, and other organisations in the following ways:

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Collaboration and Support

We collaborate with institutions and research teams by contributing community insights, facilitating engagement with ethnically diverse participants, and supporting research design through lived‑experience perspectives. Our collaboration may include organising focus groups, supporting workshops, advising on culturally sensitive engagement, or facilitating access to community voices where appropriate.

• Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Labour conditions among South Asian workers (Student‑led)
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong 
  • Culturally adapted mental health interventions (Faculty‑led)
  • Youth well‑being; generational language use (Department‑led)
• The Education University of Hong Kong
  • Educational experiences of ethnic minority students and families
• The University of Hong Kong 
  • Social capital and Community engagement (Department‑based)
  • Schooling Experiences (Department‑based)
  • Child Protection and Safeguarding (Department‑based)
• University of Pennsylvania
  • Language learning, integration, and identity in Hong Kong

In addition, from time to time, external researchers and academic institutions request formal letters of support from The Zubin Foundation to accompany their independent research proposals, ethics submissions, or funding applications. 

• The University of Hong Kong 
  Topic: Understanding and improving the health of Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities (Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care-led)

Interview and Subject Matter Expertise

We regularly provide interviews and subject matter expertise for academic coursework, research projects, institutional studies, and media focused on equity, social inclusion, and service provision.

• The University of Hong Kong
  • Organisational change and community engagement in NGOs (Student‑led)
  • Employment challenges faced by ethnically diverse communities (Student‑led)
  • Impact of the Mandatory Reporting Law on child safeguarding within ethnically diverse communities (Student‑led)
  • Schooling experiences and learning needs of ethnically diverse students (Student‑led)
  • Status of ethnically diverse communities in Hong Kong (Student-led)
  • Integration of Indian and other ethnically diverse communities in Hong Kong (Student‑led)
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Youth well‑being and mental health across the life course (Faculty‑led)
  • Financial empowerment (Student‑led)
• The Education University of Hong Kong
  • Employment experiences and barriers among ethnic minority groups (Student‑led)
• Hong Kong Baptist University 
  • Media reporting on ethnically diverse communities, including labour conditions and lived experiences (Student‑led, Faculty of Journalism)
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Mental well‑being and quality of life among elderly individuals from marginalised communities (Student‑led)
• University of Pennsylvania
  • Chinese language learning, social integration, and identity in Hong Kong (Student‑led)
• HKU Space
  • Employment and barriers among ethnic minority groups (Student‑led)
• China Daily
  • Story on Youth Training Programmes in Hong Kong
• Being Neighbourly Ltd
  • Our Impact and Work at The Zubin Foundation
• SIS
  • Poverty in Ethnically Diverse Communities 
• Hong Kong Union for Young Leaders
  • Ethnic Minorities in Yau Ma Tei

Promotion and Outreach

We help promote research participation opportunities and public engagement initiatives that align with our mission and ethical standards. This may involve sharing calls for participation, disseminating research opportunities to relevant communities, or raising awareness of studies that aim to improve services and policy outcomes for ethnically diverse populations.

• The University of Hong Kong
  • Ethnocultural identity, identity confusion, and host‑language proficiency among ethnically diverse communities (Student‑led coursework)
  • Social capital and engagement between Chinese and ethnically diverse organisations in Hong Kong (Faculty‑led / Research staff‑led)
  • Schooling experiences of Hong Kong secondary school students through an intersectional equity lens (Faculty‑led / Research staff‑led)
• The Education University of Hong Kong
  • Psychological impact of racism on ethnically diverse individuals (Student‑led coursework)
  • Hong Kong Drug Awareness Survey (HKDAS) (Faculty‑led)
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Generational variation in post‑alveolar retroflex sounds in Hong Kong (Student‑led linguistics)
  • Development of a culturally adapted sleep intervention for South Asian communities in Hong Kong (Department of Psychiatry‑led)
  • Professional training workshop on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT‑I) modified for South Asian communities (Department of Psychiatry‑led)
• The Education University of Hong Kong
  • Motivations and challenges faced by ethnic minority families in navigating the education system (Faculty‑led / Research staff‑led)
• Tung Wah College
  • Health, exercise, and well‑being (Student‑led research)
• Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education
  • Parenting, child protection (Organisation‑led programme / practice‑based)
  • Children’s rights for ethnic minority parents and parents of children with special educational needs (SEN) (Organisation‑led programme / practice‑based)

Contact  

Vinee Kapoor | Partnerships Manager | vinee@zubinfoundation.org