
Research Tracks & projects
Current Research Tracks
The International Research Centre in Cultural Studies currently has two main research tracks:
#1 Critical Migration Study
Research Statement: Critical Migration Studies adopts a multidisciplinary approach to study key aspects of migration and its representation in literature and culture. It incorporates perspectives from refugee studies, diaspora studies, human rights philosophy, ethics and politics, and transnationalism. Research areas include migration theories; postcolonial politics of displacement; refugee studies; gender, race and migration; migration, popular culture and the arts, etc.
Partners: Maison Française d’Oxford (MFO), UKMontpellier Studies of the English-speaking World (EMMA), Paul Valéry University of Montpellier 3, FranceCentre for International Studies and Research (CERI), Science Po, France


#2 Comparative Cultures of Care
Research Statement:
With intellectual roots in Medical Humanities, Sustainability Studies, Gender Studies, Migration Studies and Cultural Studies, Comparative Cultures of Care draws on interdisciplinary resources in its approach to social wellbeing and environmental and scientific sustainability. It brings together the two domains of Care Humanities and Care Science/Care Tech. Research areas include philosophy of care; theories of social care; studies of care in post-pandemic times; studies in biopolitics and health; gender inequalities in the care industries; museum and heritage studies; linguistic creativity, arts, and wellbeing; images and narratives of care in popular culture, etc.
Partners: Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University; Department of Humanities & Creative Writing, Hong Kong Baptist University; School of Film, Media and Journalism, University of Lincoln, UK; Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada; Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University; VolTra Limited (NGO); Breadline (NGO); FOOTPRINT (NGO)
Current Projects
Thanatic Ethics: The Circulation of Bodies in Migratory Spaces
Project PI: Dr.Bidisha Banerjee
Associate Director, IRCCS,
Associate Head / Associate Professor, Department of LCS, EdUHK
Comparative Cultures of Care: An Interdisciplinary Project
Project PI: Prof. John Nguyet Erni
Director, IRCCS
Dean of Humanities & Chair Professor of Cultural Studies, FHM, EdUHK
Art, Science, and Culture: The Sustainable Humanities Project
Project PI: Prof. John Nguyet Erni
Director, IRCCS
Dean of Humanities & Chair Professor of Cultural Studies, FHM, EdUHK
One City One Book Hong Kong
Project PI: Dr. Jeffrey Clapp
Associate Director, IRCCS,
Associate Professor, Department of LCS, EdUHK