Ying Ji (Yumjyi) is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Education Policy and Leadership (EPL) at the Education University of Hong Kong. Her disciplinary background is in International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education, and Educational Policy Studies. She received her MPhil and PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge. Ying Ji’s research interests include international education, multicultural/intercultural education, equity and inclusion, values and ethics, educational governance in teachers’ work, teacher education, and higher education.

Research Interests:

·       International education

·       Multicultural/intercultural education

·       Equity and inclusion

·       Values and ethics

·       Educational governance

·       Teachers’ work

·       Teacher education

·       Higher education

Recent research projects:

·      2025 -2025 PI. ‘Preservice teachers’ readiness to teach culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms in Hong Kong: a mixed-method study’.

·      2024 -2025 PI. ‘Doctoral research as knowledge production: Chinese international students’ navigation of ‘epistemic diversity’ in social sciences. EdUHK Department of Education Policy & Leadership Research Programs Support Scheme. Co-I: Assoc. Prof. Hayes Tang, Assis. Prof. Adam Poole, Lecturer, Dala Duo.

·      2024 - 2025 Co-PI. Widening access to cosmopolitan capital: The experiences of first-generation university students in Hong Kong. EdUHK Department of Education Policy & Leadership Research Programs Support Scheme. Co-PI: Assoc. Prof. Ewan Wright, Assoc. Prof. Wong Koon Lin, Assist. Prof. Adam Poole.

·      2023 -2024 PI. Preparing globally competent teachers in Hong Kong: a mixed method study. EdUHK Start-Up Grant for Assistant Professors, Committee on Research & Development.

Other roles:

·       Programme Leader of Master of Arts in Leading Innovative Learning Organisations (LILO) at EPL, EdUHK. 

·       Member of Faculty Research and Higher Degrees Support Committee, FEHD, EdUHK

·       Guest editor for Higher Education Special Issue: Expressions of educational change agents: Student voice influences in higher education. (With Carla Briffett-Aktaş, Assoc. Professor)

·       Coordinating Editor for Universities & Intellectuals

·       Coordinating Editor for Academic Praxis

·       External peer reviewers for journals (e.g., Teaching and Teacher Education, Comparative Education Review, Asia Pacific Education Review, American Behavioral Scientist, etc.)