{"id":9523,"date":"2023-11-17T10:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hku-ccsg.demo.digiec.com\/?page_id=9523"},"modified":"2024-01-06T02:01:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T02:01:31","slug":"techforgood-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/techforgood-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9523\" class=\"elementor elementor-9523\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-603aead elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"603aead\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b74dc4\" data-id=\"5b74dc4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-932ad15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hkuccsg-section-title-widget\" data-id=\"932ad15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hkuccsg-section-title-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"hkuccsg-section-title h2  title-line-light-green text-left\">\r\n                            Tech for Good Initiative - Projects                    <\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0dd51f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0dd51f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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.elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tUnder the framework of Tech for Good Initiative (TGI), The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Meta (formerly known as Facebook) will work together to launch a new research paper series and community outreach project for the research interests of scholars in the Asia Pacific region and the broader public community.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-33848e8\" data-id=\"33848e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b53877\" data-id=\"9b53877\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d40f40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d40f40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/partnership.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3987\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/partnership.jpg 970w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/partnership-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/partnership-768x340.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3af26b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3af26b0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2b8ff8\" data-id=\"b2b8ff8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4c59b elementor-widget elementor-widget-hkuccsg-section-title-widget\" data-id=\"7e4c59b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hkuccsg-section-title-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"hkuccsg-section-title h2  title-line-light-green text-center\">\r\n                            Research                    <\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2beda87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hkuccsg-features-three-widget\" data-id=\"2beda87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hkuccsg-features-three-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <section class=\"service-details-three p-relative fix hkuccsg-service-details-three 2beda87\">\n            <div class=\"\">\n                <div class=\"row sbox\">\n                                            <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-30\">\n                            <div class=\"services-box text-center wow fadeInUp animated d-flex align-items-center\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\" data-delay=\".4s\" style=\"visibility: visible; animation-name: fadeInUp;\" data-title=\"\" data-option=\"\" data-image=\"\" data-period=\"\" data-desc=\"\" data-link=\"\" data-btn=\"\">\n                                <div class=\"sr-contner\">\n                                                                            <div class=\"icon-wrapper mb-3\">\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"text\">\n                                        <div class=\"h3\">Series 1: Tech for resilience<\/div>\n                                        <p class=\"mb-0 \">The research will first focus on \u201ctech for resilience\u201d, with an emphasis on the use of AI and data science to understand sources of community resilience to a variety of threats to social cohesion, public health, and climate preparedness.<\/p>\n                                                                            <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 mb-30\">\n                            <div class=\"services-box text-center wow fadeInUp animated d-flex align-items-center\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\" data-delay=\".4s\" style=\"visibility: visible; animation-name: fadeInUp;\" data-title=\"\" data-option=\"\" data-image=\"\" data-period=\"\" data-desc=\"\" data-link=\"\" data-btn=\"\">\n              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                                 <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc76d8f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc76d8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d0b428\" data-id=\"5d0b428\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-300341a elementor-widget elementor-widget-hkuccsg-section-title-widget\" data-id=\"300341a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hkuccsg-section-title-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"hkuccsg-section-title h2  title-line-light-green text-left\">\r\n                            Community outreach                    <\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed60eb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed60eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>HKU\u2019s Centre for Civil Society and Governance and Meta will co-host an annual \u201cTech for Good\u201d roundtable, which will focus on issues addressed by the white papers published each year.<\/p><p>A platform for cultivating partnerships with key actors at the intersection of public policy, tech, and philanthropy will be established. The \u201cTech for Good\u201d roundtable and the University\u2019s\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ppaweb.hku.hk\/programmes\/tpg\/mpa\">Master of Public Administration (MPA)<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/slgp\">Master of Social Sciences in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance (MSLG)<\/a><\/span>\u00a0program lectures will be the main vehicles for the initiative.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d50717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d50717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An action research focusing on AI in commoning is expected to be launched in 2022. The project will be concerned with the issue of institutional compatibility in AI development, and supported by direct access to commoning initiatives in Hong Kong and potentially other locations in Asia Pacific. The aim is to promote new thinking about institutional innovation that will help transform the hard functionalities of AI into socially embedded applications, enhance commoning experiences and outcomes, and showcase AI-powered commoning as a new approach to governance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8755a6b\" data-id=\"8755a6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3ea939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-column-image-widget\" data-id=\"a3ea939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"column-image-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"hkuccsg-col-image a3ea939 \">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/img_0903.jpg\" alt=\"Background Image\" \/>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9cb522 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9cb522\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5a1bda\" data-id=\"a5a1bda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f3a4a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-column-image-widget\" data-id=\"5f3a4a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"column-image-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"hkuccsg-col-image 5f3a4a2 \">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/104384342_2632208573723278_2550071704172774493_n.jpg\" alt=\"Background Image\" \/>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96a9e6d\" data-id=\"96a9e6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1a4790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hkuccsg-section-title-widget\" data-id=\"e1a4790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hkuccsg-section-title-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"hkuccsg-section-title h2  title-line-light-green text-left\">\r\n                            Research grants                    <\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-457939c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"457939c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The University also appreciates Meta\u2019s generous support in terms of continuous research grants to allow scholars of HKU and other academic institutions in the Asia Pacific region to work on high-quality research papers in relevant fields. HKU and Meta have jointly developed the AI &amp; Ethics series. You can find more information about the awardees and their research topics\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #555555; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/ethics-in-artificial-intelligence-ai-research-initiative-for-the-asia-pacific\/\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p><p>HKU and Meta are now planning a new series of research grants to call for paper submissions in the field of AR\/VR.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0c38eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0c38eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed3522a\" data-id=\"ed3522a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee2a138 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"ee2a138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/meta-ar-vr-policy-research-request-for-proposals-for-the-asia-pacific-region\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-48cd5da\" data-id=\"48cd5da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf4ebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cf4ebc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/meta-ar-vr-policy-research-request-for-proposals-for-the-asia-pacific-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta AR\/VR Policy Research Request for Proposals for the Asia Pacific Region<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech for Good Initiative &#8211; Projects Under the framework of Tech for Good Initiative (TGI), The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Meta (formerly known as Facebook) will work together to launch a new research paper series and community outreach project for the research interests of scholars in the Asia Pacific region and the broader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"inside.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9523"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12251,"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9523\/revisions\/12251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccsg.hku.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}