An international conference titled “Re-discovering Youths Today: Identity, Subculture, Psychosocial Functioning, and Service Needs” was successfully held on November 4, 2023, by the Social Research Centre, HKSYU. The conference was delivered in a mixed-mode format and attended by approximately 100 speakers and participants from both on-site and online, including academics, researchers, NGO social workers/counsellors, secondary and post-secondary teachers, professionals, and postgraduate students.

We were honored to have invited Professor Catherine Sun, Senior Vice President of HKSYU, to deliver the Welcoming Remarks to all participants. We were also very pleased to have three renowned scholars from both local and overseas to be our keynote speakers. They were Professor Daniel T. L. Shek from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Professor Sun W. Park from Korea University, and Professor Elisabetta Crocetti from Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, respectively. At the same time, the conference was enriched by a total of eight parallel panel sessions covering various areas of youth studies in different socio-cultural contexts, which has greatly facilitated the conference theme of “re-discovering youths today”.

One of the highlights of the conference was a special presentation of the 4-wave findings of the RGC IDS(CRG) project “Youth Identity Status and its Correlates: A Longitudinal Study in Hong Kong” conducted by Professor YW Cheung as Project Coordinator, and Dr. Raysen Cheung, Dr. Raymond Chui, Dr. Alex Li, Dr. Kelly Peng, and Dr. Li Hang as Co-PIs. Dr. Mikayla Man, Mr. Marco Cheung and Mr. Naizan Xu have also contributed to the data analysis and organization of the conference.

For more information and photos, please click here for the conference booklet and the website of Social Research Centre:
https://www4.hksyu.edu/src/index.php/photos/

Professor Catherine Sun officiating at the opening ceremony

Professor YW Cheung delivering the special presentation

Group photo: Professor Sun, Professor Cheung, the research team,
and local and online participants at the main venue (RLB502)