CHUNG, KEVIN KIEN HOA（鍾杰華） 

Professor Kevin Kien Hoa Chung has been the Director of the University’s Centre for Child and Family Science since 2016. https://eduhkccfs.eduhk.hk/. Under Kevin’s directorship, CCFS has devoted significant effort to enhancing its position in ECE-related sectors and within the community as a leading-edge knowledge centre for child development and family wellbeing. It provides research, knowledge, and services that support the relationship among the child, family, school, and community. CCFS is a thriving hub for research and innovation that supports researchers and practitioners working with and studying children and families in various contexts to address their needs.

Kevin was the Head of the Department of Early Childhood Education (July 2014-December 2019) and the Head of the Department of Special Education and Counselling (July 2011-June 2014) at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). He previously served as an Associate Dean (Research) from 2008 to 2010 at the Faculty of Education Studies and as a Coordinator, Key Research Area: Learning and Assessment, at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (later renamed The Education University of Hong Kong). Before joining the Institute, he was an Assistant Professor and Program Director of the Master of Education (Special and Inclusive Education) program at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong. 

Kevin is an educator, psychologist, and economist. He has published more than 230 research papers on dyslexia and other learning disabilities; reading acquisition and impairment; cognitive, social-emotional, and developmental development; family relationships; psychological well-being and health; and teacher and inclusive education. His ID Identifier (ORCID iD) is https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8105-7361.

As a principal investigator, Kevin has received about HK$321 million (US$ 41 million) in funding for projects from government agencies, a charitable trust, and private foundations. He has been recognised in Stanford University's list of the Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide for both career-long citation impact (2022, 2024, 2025, and 2026) and single-year citation impact (2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026) in Education. Kevin is also ranked in the top 1% (lifetime) globally by Scholar GPS in both Social Sciences and Human Development and Family Studies, and at the top of the fields in Dyslexia, Learning disability, and Executive functions (Top 0.6%, 1.2%, and 0.8% respectively). 

Based on the Top1000 Scholar from 2021-2025, Kevin's work was also ranked as follows:
• 27th of 5,436 worldwide in Reading and Literacy Development (4th in China)
• 14th of 2,476 worldwide in Parental Involvement in Education (6th in China)
•  29th of 7,920 worldwide in Early Childhood Education and Development (7th in China) 
This reflects a broader record of 321 publications, 5,424 citations, and an h-index of 39 — placing us in the top 0.5% globally across multiple education topics.

According to the AD Scientific Index, Kevin is a globally recognised researcher, ranking among the Top 2.2% of scientists in Asia and the Top 4.2% worldwide.

Kevin received the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research (Research Excellence Award) and the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Knowledge Transfer (Team Award) in 2018 and 2021, respectively. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship (Research) in Educational Psychology by the Division of Educational Psychology of the Hong Kong Psychological Society in 2024.

Kevin developed more than 20 standardised assessment tests for psychologists and teachers to identify children and adolescents with dyslexia in Chinese and English. He developed a series of teacher checklists and standardized assessment tests for psychologists, for example, The Hong Kong Behaviour Checklist of English Learning Difficulties for Junior Primary School Students (BCL-PE(J), The Hong Kong Test of Specific Learning Difficulties in Reading and Writing for Junior Secondary School Students [HKT-JS(II)] and The Hong Kong Test of English Reading and Writing for Junior Primary School Students (Primary 2 and 3) (HKT-PE(J)). These assessments are the first standardized batteries in Chinese and English for assessing learning difficulties in Hong Kong and worldwide. He also developed over 50 curricula and resources in Chinese and English to enhance kindergarten and primary school students’ language and literacy competence. These assessment batteries, curricula, and resources are widely used in Hong Kong. For more details, refer to this link - https://hksld.eduhk.hk/en

He co-developed a screening tool called the Chinese Inventory of Children’s Socioemotional Competence with an EdUHK scholar, which won a Silver Medal and an International Special Award at the 2021 International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada 2021 and a Gold Medal at the 2021 International Innovation and Invention Competition. He also contributed to the development and implementation of the 3Es: the Early Prevention, Early Identification, and Early Intervention Program, a tiered, school-based curriculum targeting the socioemotional skills of kindergarten children. Since 2021, the 3Es have been widely used in kindergartens and supported by the Education Bureau in Hong Kong. 

Kevin serves as the President of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia and as the Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Programme for International Student Assessment Project from 2019 to 2028 in Hong Kong. He is a Specialist of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications and a Research Grants Council (RGC) member of the Humanities and Social Sciences Panel (General Research Fund) and Other Funding Schemes for Individual Research from 2024 to 2029. 

Kevin also offers advice to government departments, higher education institutions, and NGOs, both regionally and internationally. For example, he has been appointed as the Chairman of the Steering Committees of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Hong Kong for 2018, 2021, and 2025, and as a Member of the Expert Group on Educational Performance Evaluation by the Education Bureau from 09/2026 to 08/2028. 

Kevin developed and implemented 13 academic programs: MA in Educational Counseling, MSc in Educational Speech-Language Pathology and Learning Disabilities, MA in Child and Family Education, MA in Teaching (Specialization: Early Childhood Education and Family Studies), two 4-year top-up BEd in ECE (Hons), PGDE (ECE), Diploma (ECE), and five Professional Development Programs (PDP). He redeveloped and implemented HD (ECE) with 7 SEN courses, an English stream, and a 3-year top-up BEd in ECE (Hons) with an English stream. All HD graduates are qualified to work in special care centers. He also raised funds from private foundations to establish student scholarships and prizes for various academic programs. 

Kevin has also been involved in regional and international projects, for example, 

Project Consultant for the Nursery Social-Emotional Development Program at the Faculty of Education, University of Macau (commissioned by the Social Welfare Bureau of the Macao SAR Government), Kevin has served as an external consultant to an international research team on the Social-Emotional Development in Nursery Children project (托兒所幼兒情緒管理教育計畫) from November 2025 to October 2026.

Kevin also serves as Principal Supervisor for the [MoU Collaboration] project: Understanding the Development of Language and Social-Emotional Skills in Thai Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, in collaboration with Dr. Chun Bun Lam (EdUHK) and Dr. Kamolthip Pemmapatthana (Mahidol University). 

Professor Kevin Kien Hoa Chung and Dr. Chun Bun Lam developed an Impact Case Study for RAE2026, which was submitted to the Research Assessment Exercise 2026. 

• Google scholar citations:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nHnv1j0AAAAJ&hl=en

• EdUHK:https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/persons/kevin-kien-hoa-chung/publications/?type=%2Fdk%2Fatira%2Fpure%2Fresearchoutput%2Fresearchoutputtypes%2Fcontributiontojournal%2Farticle