Dr XIONG Weiyan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies (SSPS) and an Executive Co-Director of the Center for Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies (CHELPS) at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). His research interests include higher education policy and management, indigenous and ethnic minority education, international higher education, and higher education for sustainability. Weiyan developed a constructivist and pragmatic approach in research to address an essential question: how can a university better develop and play its role in teaching and learning, scientific research, and social service? With an international perspective, Weiyan’s pragmatic orientation drives his studies to be policy-relevant, enhancing institutional development and providing higher education policy recommendations in specific social contexts. Weiyan received his PhD in Higher Education Management from the University of Pittsburgh and MEd and LLB from Peking University. Before joining EdUHK, he was an Assistant Professor and the Director of two taught-postgraduate (TPg) programs at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He also served as a Program Coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) and a Visiting Student Researcher at the UC Berkeley Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues.

- Higher Education and International Development

- International and Comparative Education

- Higher Education Management

- Quality Management in Higher Education

- Key Issues in Global Higher Education

- Qualitative Research Methods in Higher Education