DR. CHEUNG CHUN-SING, JOHNSON

cjcs@hku.hk
(852) 3917 2082
CJT-549

Dr. Cheung C.S. Johnson

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Johnson Chun-Sing, Cheung received his BSW and MSocSc from HKU, MA in Philosophy from CUHK, and DSW from PolyU. He is a RSW, a Certified Philosophical Counselor, and has extensive experiences in working at both frontline and administrative positions in youth and community settings. He was elected member of the Specialized Committee on Children and Youth Service of HKCSS and is consultant of the Society for Innovation and Technology in Social Work (SITSW). He works closely with urban planners and architects in the community and is now the director of iDiscover Asia, a Hong Kong based charitable organization that works with city governments and developers to make heritage preservation financially feasible and design trajectories to open people’s eyes to the value of heritage. Prior to joining HKU, he taught social work courses at CUHK and PolyU. He was awarded “Top Peer Reviewer in Social Sciences” by Publons of Clarivate Analytics and had reviewed over 200 manuscripts for social work journals mainly indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. He is currently the Subject Editor (Social Work) of Social Sciences and Humanities Open, Co-Editor of The International Journal of Community and Social Development, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Social Welfare, Associated Editor of the Journal of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, Consulting Editor of Health & Social Work, Academic Editor of PLOS ONE, and editorial board member of Child & Family Social Work, Research on Social Work Practice, the European Journal of Social Work, Practice: Social Work in Action, and Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work.

Publications

  • Cheung, J. C. S. (2021). Vaccination: keep records secure with blockchain. Nature, 590(7846), 389. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-00411-6. [SCI]
  • Cheung. J. C. S. (2021). 743,571 (Poem). Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 17(2), 94. DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2020.1816523.
  • Cheung, J. C. S. (2021). Responses to COVID-19 in major social work journals: A systematic review of empirical studies, comments, and editorials. Research on Social Work Practice, DOI: 10.1177/10497315211046846. [SSCI]
  • Cheung, J. C. S. (2021). What has COVID-19 paved the way for social work practice teaching? Greenwich Social Work Review, 2(1), 153-155. DOI: 10.21100/gswr.v2i1.1265.
  • Cheung. J. C. S. (2021). Surprising news: How the media affect - and do not affect – politics (Book Review). Democratization, 28(3), 654-656. DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2020.1816966. [SSCI]
  • Cheung, J. C. S. (2020). Key debates in social work and philosophy. (Book Review), Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 17(5), 635-36. DOI: 10.1080/26408066.2020.1797606.
  • Cheung, J. C. S. (2020). What have hospital social workers been prepared for COVID-19 from SARS, MERS, and H1N1? Health & Social Work, 45(3), 211-214. DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlaa017. [SSCI]
  • Cheung, J. C. S. & Rogers, J. (2020). Civic crowdfunding of social work research: Opportunities, challenges and strategies. British Journal of Social Work. DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa008. [SSCI]

Externally funded research

  • (Co-PI) Research Impact Fund (RIF) - Research Grants Council (RGC), E2Power: Engagement and empowerment of communities through social capital development, 2021 – date
  • (Co-PI) Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Localization of the “FRIENDS Resilience” group programs in secondary schools: An evaluation study in Hong Kong, 2020 – 2021
  • (Co-PI) St. James’ Settlement, Evaluation research on the impact of “Emotionally-focused Group Therapy on Parents with Parenting Stress”, 2018 – 2019
  • (Co-I) Playright Children’s Play Association, Intervention Research of Free Play on Children, 2020-2021
  • (Co-I) The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and the Lotteries Fund, Youth Service Innovation Programme, 2017 – 2019
  • (Co-I) The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and the Lotteries Fund, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Institute Project: Certificate Training cum Mentored Practicum Augmented by an e-Learning Knowledge Hub, 2018 – 2019
  • (Co-I) The Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, Program Evaluation of the Jockey Club “Mapperthon Community Action” Project, 2017 – 2019

Honor (fellowship, award, honorary appointments):

  • Top Peer Reviewer in Social Sciences (2019), awarded by Publons of Clarivate Analytics
  • Poster Commendation Award (2018), awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Burt Gummer Award (2018), awarded by the editorial board of the journal Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance
  • Jo Campling Memorial Prize (2014), awarded by the editorial board of the journal Ethics & Social Welfare

Key Community Services

  • Disciplinary Committee Panel Member, Disciplinary Committee Panel, Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB)
  • Consultant, Society for Innovation and Technology in Social Work
  • Consultant, “Deepening and Developing” Project, Support network for parents of children with special educational needs (SEN)
  • Director, iDiscover Asia
  • Subject Editor (Social Work), Social Sciences and Humanities Open
  • Co-Editor, The International Journal of Community and Social Development
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Social Welfare [SSCI]
  • Associate Editor, Philosophical Practice - Journal of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA)
  • Consulting Editor, Health & Social Work [SSCI]
  • Academic Editor, PLOS ONE [SCI]
  • Editorial Board Member, Child & Family Social Work [SSCI]
  • Editorial Board Member, Research on Social Work Practice [SSCI]
  • Editorial Board Member, European Journal of Social Work [SSCI]
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work
  • Editorial Board Member, Practice: Social Work in Action - Journal of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW)