Name: Ethel SHA

Profession: Social Worker

Research Interest: Application of Big Data Analytics in Social Service, Project Management, Knowledge Management, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Something about me:

Ethel completed her undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong in 2007 and became a social worker in 2018 upon graduation from the Master of Social Science in Social Work at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She provided counselling services and managed projects for gamblers and their families, drug abusers and their families, and youths concerning career development and mental well-being.

She is a Senior Addiction Counsellor recognized by the Asia Pacific Association for Addiction Professionals. She is also a professional translator specialising in social service and social justice issues, having her Master of Arts in Translation earned at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2022.

With a concern for human rights and dignity, she founded a social business project in 2017 with a vision to reduce trafficking survivors’ and vulnerable groups’ risks of being trafficked. She is working on a feasible business model to create stable incomes for high-trafficking-risk groups through liaison with local and overseas organizations.

Name: ZHOU Fangfang

Profession: Social Work

Research Interest: Research on Ageing, Elderly Services and Health Policy, Social Work Education, Social Organizations

Something about me:
My name is Zhou Fangfang. I graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a Master’s Degree in Social Work in 2012. After graduation, I worked as a teacher of social work major in Zhongshan Polytechnic. I have been engaged in the social work education for ten years. At the same time, I have also served as the director general of a social work agency in Zhongshan, responsible for the management of the agency. I have presided over 5 research projects and participated in more than ten research projects and published several academic papers covering the fields of social work for the elderly, social work education, and social organizations.