Projects per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
Research interests
- Language and Identity
- Digital literacy/literacies
- Multilingualism and mobility
- EMI in Higher Education
- (Digital) citizenship and identity studies
- Family language policy
RGC-funded GRF projects as Principal Investigator (PI)
- Youth digital literacy practices, online social networking and well-being: antecedents, patterns and interplay (2024-2026) HK$820,226
- Investigating Adolescents’ Digital Citizenship through Social Media: (Trans)Formation, Digital Literacy Practices and Influential Factors (2023-2025) HK$1,095,862
- The interplay of language-in-education policy, language ideology and linguistic practices within discourse of internationalization in higher education – a comparative study (2018-2020) HK$ 623,992
- Second Language(s) Learning Motivation and Identity Construction of Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong (2014-2016) HK$368,500
PICO-Funded Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme (Special Round) as Principal Investigator (PI)
- A Foucauldian Perspective on Citizenship and Identity (Re) Construction among University Students in Social Movements in Hong Kong (2020) HKD$458,735
Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) project as Principal Investigator (PI)
- The Effects of Family Socialisation on Second-Generation South Asian Adolescents in Hong Kong: Academic Identity Construction and Second Language Learning (2018-2020) HK$1,022,254
World University Network (WUN) Funded projects as Co-Investigator (Co-I)
- World Universities Network (WUN) Project Funding: Multilingualism & Mobility in the Northern & Southern Hemispheres (2015-2016) (PI: Prof Kristine Horner): working with researchers from the following universities: University of Sheffield, University of Cape Town, University of Auckland, University of Southampton, University of Alberta, University of Sydney, University of Leeds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Luxembourg
- World Universities Network (WUN) Project Funding: Negotiating Multilingual Identities in Migrant Professional Contexts (2012-2013) (PI: Prof Suresh Canagarajah), working with researchers from the following universities: Penn State University, Bristol University, University of Cape Town, Leeds University, University of Rochester, University of Sydney, University of Wisconsin at Madison, York University
Recognition and Awards
- Listed as the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University (2022)
- President's Award for Research Excellence, The Education University of Hong Kong (2022)
- Research Excellence Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017)
- Young Researcher Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2015)
Editorship
- Co-editor of the Book Series of Critical Perspectives on Language, Mobility and International Education, Bloomsbury Publishing
- On editorial board of Multilingual Education book series, Springer
- (Co-)Guest editor of Special Issue: Multilingual and multimodal digital communication in the post-pandemic era. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
- On editorial board of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
Research interests
Teaching Interests
Research Methodology
Sociolinguistics
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Investigating Adolescents’ Digital Citizenship through Social Media: (Trans) Formation, Digital Literacy Practices and Influential Factors
GU, M. Y. M., Yu, L., Phyak, P., Jiang, L. G. & CHIU, M. M.
01/01/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research project
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A Foucauldian Perspective on Citizenship and Identity (Re) Construction Among University Students in Social Movements in Hong Kong (福柯視角探索高校學生在香港社會運動中的公民意識與身份(再)建構)
GU, M. Y. M., TONG, H. K., Dr, Y. L. & CHANG, B. J.
17/04/20 → 16/12/20
Project: Research project
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Hong Kong Junior Secondary School Students' Attitudes Towards and Engagement in Political Activities Involving Violence and Destruction: The Associated Individual, Family, and School Factors from a Positive Youth Development Perspective
GU, M. Y. M. & Dr, Y. L.
20/03/20 → 19/09/20
Project: Research project
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Impact of Short-term Study in Mainland China Programme on Hong Kong Local University Students’ Intercultural Competence, Perception and Attitude about Mainland China, and National Identity
GU, M. Y. M., LU, Y., SHEK, T. L. D. & YE, S.
01/09/18 → 28/02/20
Project: Research project
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The Effects of Family Socialisation on Second-Generation South Asian Adolescents in Hong Kong: Academic Identity Construction and Second Language Learning
01/06/18 → 31/05/21
Project: Research project
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20 years of critical inquiry in language studies
VAN VIEGEN, S., LAU, S. M. C. & GU, M. Y. M., 2023, In: Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. 20, 1, p. 1-3Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Adult ethnic minorities’ mainstream language proficiency: Cultural knowledge, cultural identification, and language use attitudes
GU, M. Y. M., CHIU, M. M. & LI, Z. J., May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language, Culture and Curriculum.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Hong Kong adolescents’ participation in political activities: Correlates of violent political participation
YU, L., GU, M. Y. M. & CHAN, K. L., Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Research in Quality of Life.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Negotiating scale and mobility: Transnational Koreans In shanghai
GU, M. Y. M., GUO, X. G. & LIN, Y., 2023, In: International Journal of Multilingualism. 20, 3, p. 1125-1144Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Neo-liberal paradox of teaching among ESL teachers of ethnic minority students in Hong Kong
GU, M. Y. M., LEE, C. K. J. & LAI, C., 2023, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 44, 4, p. 309-323Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Prizes
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President’s Award for Research Excellence
GU, Ming Yue, Michelle 谷明月 (Recipient), Jul 2022
Prize: Prizes / Awards