About us
Organizers
Department of the Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Family Council, Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of HKSAR Family Platform, 7th Framework Programme of European Union Primer Movers
Prof. Daniel Shek:
Daniel Shek (PhD, FHKPS, BBS, JP) is Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Advisory Professor of East China Normal University, and Honorary Professor of Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau. He is Chief Editor of Journal of Youth Studies, Consulting Editor of Journal of Clinical Psychology, international consultant of American Journal of Family Therapy, and editorial board member of Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, The Scientific World Journal (Child Health and Human Development and Holistic Health and Medicine domains), Asian Journal of Counseling, International Journal of Disability and Human Development, and Bentham Open Family Studies Journal. He has served in many government advisory bodies, including the Action Committee against Narcotics, Commission on Youth, Fight Crime Committee and Family Council. He has published 46 books, 76 book chapters and more than 300 articles in international refereed journals.
Jean-Claude Quentel :
Jean-Claude Quentel is a clinical psychologist and the professor of Psychological Linguistics at the University of Rennes 2 – Upper Brittany, France. Prof. Quentel is also the co-director of the Laboratory of Anthropology and Sociology.