Educational Qualifications
2002 - 2006
PhD in Social Sciences (focus on Social Gerontology), Lingnan University, Hong Kong (A Year Research Internship at the National Primary Health Care Unit, the University of Manchester, UK, 2005)
2001 - 2002
W.T. Chan Fellowship Program, The University of California, Los Angeles, USA
1997 - 2001
Bachelor of Social Sciences (First Class Honors), Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Academic and Professional Experience
2019 - Present
Associate Professor & Head, Master and PhD of Gerontology Programmes (S R Nathan School of Human Development) & Senior Fellow (Service-Learning & Community Engagement), Centre for Experiential Learning
2024 - 2026
Senior Research Scientist, Centre for Population Health Research and Implementation (CPHRI), SingHealth Regional Health System (RHS)
2023 - 2024
Visiting Professor, Gerontology Programme, Simon Fraser University, Canada
2022 - 2023
Visiting Professor, Gerontology Programme, Simon Fraser University, Canada
2018 - 2019
Senior Lecturer (S R Nathan School of Human Development) & Senior Fellow (Service-Learning & Community Engagement), UC
2016 - 2018
Senior Lecturer (Common Curriculum) & Senior Fellow (Service-Learning & Community Engagement), UC
2016 - 2018
Center Fellow, Asia Pacific Institute of Aging Studies, Lingnan University
2009 - 2016
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
2006 - 2016
Associate Director, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
2012 - 2013
Visiting Scholar, The New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE), University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
2009 - 2012
Court Member, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
2004 - 2005
Research Assistant, Division of Nursing & Health Studies, Open University of Hong Kong
Awards and Honours
Academic Awards
2025
Excellence in Teaching Award, Singapore University of Social Sciences
2025
The InmeRsiVa project by INSATI and Singapore University of Social Sciences won €60,000 Eureka Innowide funding from the European Union, ranking 8th among 624 proposals, excelling in Spain and Singapore
2024
Smart Ageing Award, Hong Kong Golden Age Foundation
2021
Scholar & Member, The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship, USA
2014–2015
Lingnan University Outstanding Contribution to Outcomes-Based Education Awards
Nov 2003
Hong Kong Association of University Women, Postgraduate Scholarship in Humanities or Arts (in memory of the late Madam Kao Jan Yun Bor)
2002 – 2003
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship
2000 – 2001
Providence Foundation Outward Bound Training Awards
1999 – 2000
Mrs. Jeanne D’Arc Chen Memorial Scholarship
1999
Lee Shiu Scholarship
1996
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Prize
Community Services Awards
2014
Outstanding Services Award, Home Affairs Department (Tuen Mun)
2001 – 2002
W.T. Chan Fellowship Program, University of California, Los Angeles
2000
Outstanding Services Award, Hong Kong Outstanding Tertiary Students’ Services Association
1999 – 2000
Dr. and Mrs. James Tak Wu Awards for Outstanding Service
1997
Outstanding Leader Award, Big Brother and Sister Scheme
1997
Community Services Award Scheme, Junior Police Call
Selected Publications
Pan, Thet Htoo, Aung, Myo Nyein, Moolphate, Saiyud, Aung, Thin Nyein Nyein, Koyanagi, Yuka, Ma,H.K. C Nam, Eun Woo, van Dijk, Jan A. G. M., Yuasa, Motoyuki, Thai Older Persons’ Digital Capacity and Application of Technology for Healthy Aging: A Mixed-Method Study, Journal of Aging Research, 2025, 8080561, 15 pages, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1155/jare/8080561
Flynn, M., Fossey, M., Parry, E., Ma, H.K, C (2025). Human Resource Management & Employing Service Leavers, Reservists and Veterans: Human Resource Management & Career Transitions from the Military to Civilian Work. Special Issue, Volume 36, Issue 5.
Flynn, M., Fossey, M., Parry, E., Ma H.K, C, & Christie, C. (2025). Introduction: human resource management and employing service leavers and veterans. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 36(5), 846–867. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2025.2492946
Hung, L., Ma,H.K C, Huang, C. Y., Wong, J., Wong, K. L., Chew, K. H., Chao, Y. C., Hussein, A., Yuen, K., Ren, L. H., & Zhao, Y. (2025). Facilitators, barriers, and impacts to implementing dementia care training for staff in long-term care settings by using fully immersive virtual reality: A scoping review. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 6, 1552370. https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2025.1552370
Ma,H.K, C (2024). Reflection of Service-Learning Development and its Network in Asia. Laughter: Ibero-American Journal of Service-Learning. 18: 106-119. Spain: Scientific Journals of the University of Barcelona (RCUB). https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/RIDAS/issue/view/3112
Jonathan J. Foo; Keng Hao Chew; Peggy Lim; June Tay and Ma,H.K.C (2024). Using Virtual Reality Recreation Therapy to Enhance Social Interaction and Well-Being in Homebound Seniors. Journal of Ageing and Longevity. 4(4):373-393. Switzerland: MPDI https://doi.org/10.3390/jal4040027
Lau, K.H, Lisa, L, Robin, S, Ma,H.K,C (2024). Validation of Service-Learning Outcomes Measurement Scale-Short Version (S-LOMS-SV) With New Samples and Cross-Cultural Comparisons. Journal of Experiential Education. Online First (1-12). USA: Sage Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/10538259241291779
Lau, K.H, Lisa, L, Robin, S, Ma,H.K.C (2024). The Development of the Service-Learning Outcomes Measurement Scale—Short Version (S-LOMS-SV) and Its Preliminary Validation. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. Vol 12, Issue 1: 1-19. USA: International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. https://doi.org/10.37333/001c.125347
Pan, T. H., Aung, M. N., Nam, E. W., Koyanagi, Y., Lee, H., Li, L., Kyaw, M. Y., Mulati, N., Moolphate, S., Ma, H.K, C, van Dijk, J. A. G. M., & Yuasa, M. (2024). Digital Inclusion among Community Older Adults in the Republic of Korea: Measuring Digital Skills and Health Consequences. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. Spain: MPDI Vol:14(8), 2314-2336 https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe14080154
Xu, S., Lou, V.W.Q., Chi, I., Ng, W.C., Zhou, J., Huang, L.K, Ma,H.K.C, Jagasia, M. (2024). Validating interRAI Chinese self-reported carer needs (SCaN) assessment and predicting caregiving distress among informal Chinese caregivers of older adults. BMC Geriatr 24, 409. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05014-0
Ma, H.K,C, D.Q.L. Chua, L. Tay, E.W.C. Teo, W.C. Ng, A.Y.M. Leung (2024). The Feasibility of Implementing the WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Framework in Singapore. Springer: The Journal of Frailty & Aging. Vol: 13 (4): 514-521 DOI: 10.14283/jfa.2024.59
Kyaw MY, Aung MN, Koyanagi Y, Moolphate S, Aung TNN, MA HK. C, Lee H, Nam H, Yuasa M, Nam EW (2024). Socio-digital Determinants of eHealth Literacy and Related Impact on Health Outcomes and eHealth Use in Korean Older Adults: A Community-based Cross-sectional Survey. JMIR Preprints. 06/01/2024:56061 DOI: 10.2196/preprints.56061
Mulati N, Aung MN, Field M, Nam EW, Ma HK.C, Moolphate S, Lee H, Goto Y, Kweun NH, Suda T, et al. (2022). Digital-Based Policy and Health Promotion Policy in Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand: A Scoping Review of Policy Paths to Healthy Aging. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(24):16995. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416995
Puntil, D., Dias, G., Kralj, C., Deplessis, C., Rylance-Watson, E., Ma,H.K C, & Zunszain, P. A. (2022). Connecting Postgraduate Students and Older Adults in the Community to Support Wellbeing: A Service-Learning Module During COVID-19 and Beyond. A Practice Report. Student Success, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.2481
Abenir, A. M., & Ma, H.K, C. (2020). Social theories and service-learning: Towards building an integrated service-learning sociological framework. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 12(3), 53-68. http://www.jheoe.uga.edu
Ma, H. K, C, & Law Shuk Man, S. (2019). Faculty engagement of service-learning at a Hong Kong university. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 23(3), 37-51. https://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/jheoe/article/view/1519
Ma, H.K, C, Chan Wing Fung, C., & Tse Pak Hoi, I. (2019). A common outcome measurement for service-learning in Hong Kong. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 23(3), 3-19. https://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/jheoe/article/view/1517
Ma, H.K, C, Chiu, T, & Lim, T.W (2019). Engaging communities in East Asia Metropolitan Universities Journal (MUJ), 30(3). Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities’ (CUMU). https://www.cumuonline.org/what-we-do/metropolitan-universities-journal/
Ma,H.K, C, Chiu, T, & Lim, T.W (2019). Service-learning in Asia. Metropolitan Universities Journal (MUJ), 30(3). Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities’ (CUMU). https://www.cumuonline.org/what-we-do/metropolitan-universities-journal/
Ma, H.K,C., Cheung S.L, F. (2018). An exploratory study of the impact of the summer English teaching service-learning program in a remote area of Yunnan Province, China. In The 6th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning (APRCSL 2017) (pp. 37-56). SHS Web Conf, 59. https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20185901005
Ma, H.K,C., Tse Pak Hoi, I., Chan Ka Man, C. (2018). Service-learning as pedagogy for transformation of students’ learning. In The 6th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Service-Learning (APRCSL 2017) (pp. 57-65). SHS Web Conf, 59. https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20185901006
Chan, M., Liu, L., Ma,H.K.C., & Liu, S. (2018). Developing and validating the Chinese version of service-learning outcome questionnaire. Journal of Service-Learning and Social Engagement, 1(1), 19-28. 臺灣服務學習學會-服務學習與社會連結學刊 (taiwansla.org)
Snell, R., Chan, M., Ma, H.K.C., & Chan, C. K. M. (2017). Preparing service leaders from Lingnan University through service-learning practicums in social enterprises and non-profit organizations. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health, 10(3), 327-338.
Ma, H.K.C., Chan, C. C. W.-F., & Chan, A. C. C.-M. (2016). The long-term impact of service-learning on graduates’ civic engagement and career exploration in Hong Kong. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 20(4), 37-56. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1141395
Ma, H.K.C., & Lo, D. F. Y. (2016). Service-learning as an independent course: Merits, challenges, and ways forward. International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, 4, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.37333/001c.29589
Snell, R. S., Chan, Y. L. M., Ma, H.K.C., & Chan, K. M. C. (2015). Developing civic-mindedness in undergraduate business students through service-learning projects for civic engagement and service leadership practice for civic improvement. Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 4, 73-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-015-0058-1
Snell, R. S., Chan, Y. L. M., Ma, H.K.C., & Chan, K. M. C. (2014). A road map for empowering undergraduates to practice service leadership through service-learning in teams. Journal of Management Education, 38(6), 883-907. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562914545631
Ma, H.K.C., Chan, C. M.A, (2013). A Hong Kong university first: Establishing service-learning as an academic credit-bearing subject. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 6, 178-198. https://doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v6i1.3286
Chan, C.M.A, Tang, P.K.P., & Ma, H.K.C. (2010). Ageing population and health services in the Asia Pacific region. Panorama: Insights into Asian and European Affairs, Special Issue on Ageing Population in Asia and Europe and its Consequence for Political Decision-Making Process.
Chan, C.M.A, Lee, W.K.M., & Ma, H.K.C. (2009). Service-learning model at Lingnan University: Development strategies and outcome assessment. New Horizons in Education, 57(3), 57-73.
Chan, C.M.A, Phillips D.R., & Ma, H.K.C. (2002). Doctor-Patient relationship in Hong Kong: Towards a partnership model in consultation. Hong Kong Association of Gerontology.
Edited Books and Book Chapters
Ma, H.K. C, Kuan T (2025). Senior learner as part of the lifelong learning policy in Singapore. In Shankardass, M K (2025). The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Ageing Issues: Global and Country Narratives. India: Routledge.
Lau Ka Hing, Lisa Lam, Robin Snell, Ma, H.K.C (2024). Service-Learning Outcomes Measurement Scale -Short Version (S-LOMS-SV) The User Manual. China: Centre for Innovative Service-Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University.
Ma, H.K.C (2024). History of service-learning in Asia. In Towards a Global History of Service-Learning. Argentina: CLYASS.
Ma, H.K. C (2023). Promoting access to assistive technology for healthy ageing in Singapore. In ASEM Global Ageing Center (2023). Case studies on promoting the rights of older persons through expansion of public accessibility of assistive/welfare technology. Korea: ASEM Global Ageing Center.
Ma, H. K. C. (2021). The implications of Confucianism for service-learning. In C. S. K. Lam, K. C. Chan, & R. Y. K. Chan (Eds.), Food for Thought: Service-Learning Research in Asia (pp. 13-28). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Shumer, R., Ma, H. K. C., & Chan, C. W. Y. (2021). Aspiration and hope in service-learning. In C. S. K. Lam, K. C. Chan, & R. Y. K. Chan (Eds.), Food for Thought: Service-Learning Research in Asia (pp. 221-238). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Shumer, R., Ma, H. K. C., & Chan, C. (Eds.). (2021). Food for Thoughts: Service-Learning Research in Asia. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Kiely, R., & Ma, H. K. C. (2021). Serving communities through internationalisation. In D. K. Deardorff, H. de Wit, B. Leask, & H. Charles (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of International Higher Education (2nd ed., pp. 519-535). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Ma, H. K. C. (2020). Community service, service-learning and service leadership. In T. W. Lim & S. S. Tang (Eds.), Leadership: Political-economic, regional business and socio-community contexts (pp. 223-241). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Lim, T. W., & Ma, H. K. C. (Eds.). (2020). Leadership: Political-economic, regional business and socio-community contexts. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Ma, H. K. C. (2018). Service-learning development in higher education in Hong Kong. In T. W. Lim & T. Y. Kong (Eds.), Hong Kong in 2017: Two decades of post-1997 Hong Kong developments (pp. 279-295). Singapore and New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing.
Ma,H.K.C., Chan, C.M., Chan, Fanny Mak, & Alice Chan. (2018). Service-Learning as a New Paradigm in the Higher Education of China. Michigan: The Michigan State University Press.
Snell, R., Chan, M., & Ma,H.K.C. (2017). Preparing Service Leaders from Lingnan University through Service-Learning Practicums in Social Enterprises and Non-Profit Organizations. In D. Shek & P. Chung (Eds.), Service Leadership Education for University Students (pp. 235-254). Hong Kong: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Snell, R. S., Chan, M. Y. L., Ma,H.K.C. L., & Chan, C. K. M. (2015). The service leadership initiative at Lingnan University. In D. T. L. Shek & P. Chung (Eds.), Promoting service leadership qualities in university students: The case of Hong Kong (pp. 99-115). Springer. The Service Leadership Initiative at Lingnan University | SpringerLink
Chan, C.M., Ma, H.K.C., & Liu, C. (2014). Addressing Aging Issues through Elder Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region. In Global University Network for Innovation (Ed.), Higher Education in the World 5: Knowledge Engagement and Higher Education: Contributing to Social Change (pp. 214-218). Spain: Global University Network for Innovation.
Ma, H.K.C., & Tandon, R. (2014). Knowledge Engagement and Higher Education in Asia and The Pacific. In Global University Network for Innovation (Ed.), Higher Education in the World 5: Knowledge Engagement and Higher Education: Contributing to Social Change (pp. 196-207). Spain: Global University Network for Innovation.
Chan, C.M.A., Ma, H.K.C., Wong, L.K.S., Leung, W.Y.N., Tang, H.H.E., Ho, M.C.W., Lebane, M.C., Endres, E., Fraier, J., & Sauer, K. (2013). Elder Academy: Curriculum Design and Operation Model. Office of Service-Learning, Lingnan University, Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University, Lingnan Education Organization. Hong Kong.
Chan, C.M.A., & Ma, H.K.C. (2012). Service-Learning in Action: Charting the Health Profile of an Ethnic Minority Village in Yunnan Province, China. In B. Jacoby (Ed.), Service-Learning in Higher Education: Connecting the Global to the Local (pp. 167-179). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chan, C.M.A., Pui Yee Phoebe Tang, & Ma, H.K.C. (2012). Aging Policy Integrative Appraisal System in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Case Study on Macao Special Administrative Region, China. In J.L. Powell & S. Chen (Eds.), Aging in China: Implications to Social Policy of a Changing Economic State (pp. 261-273). Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London: Springer Science & Business Media.
Chan, C. M. A., MA, H. K. C., CHAN, S. S., CHIU, Y. P., & YEUNG, S. S. S. (2011). Digital classroom project : impact of service-learning and information and communication technology on student learning in Hong Kong. In J. A. HATCHER, & R. G. BRINGLE (Eds.), Understanding Service-Learning and Community Engagement: Crossing Boundaries through Research (pp. 101-125). Information Age Publishing Inc.
Xing, J., & Ma, H.K.C. (2010). Service-Learning in Asia: Curricular Models and Practices. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Chan, C.M.A., & Ma, H.K.C. (2010). Moving forward with health promotion and active ageing in Asia and the Pacific. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Chan, C.M.A., Ma, H.K.C., & Suen, Y.T. (2009). Report of a gender perspective on ageing in Asia Pacific. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Chan, C.M.A., & Ma, H.K.C. (2009). Optional retirement in Hong Kong. Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre. https://www.bauhinia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/OptRetire_FullReport_En.pdf
Chan, C.M.A., Ma, H.K.C., & Richman, J. (2008). A gender responsive social protection-health security with reference to older women in Hong Kong. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Chan, C.M.A., Ma, H.K.C., & Fong, M.S.F. (2006). Service-Learning and Research Scheme: The Lingnan Model. Hong Kong: Lingnan University.
Chan, C.M.A., Cheng, S.T., Ma, H.K.C., Fong, M.S.F., & Wang, X.M. (2005). Impacts of ageing population on government policies. The Government of the Hong Kong SAR of the People’s Republic of China: The Central Policy Unit.
Books, Chapter & Newspaper Articles in Chinese
馬學嘉、陳章明、劉誠、麥梅芳合編。(2014)。高等教育新思维: 中国特色的服务研习。中国: 社会科学文献出版社。
陳章明、馬學嘉、黃麗娟、梁詠儀合編 (3/2013)。《長者學苑:課程設計與運作模式》。嶺南大學服務研習處、嶺南大學亞太老年學研究中心、嶺南教育機構。
陳章明、馬學嘉、黃麗娟、梁詠儀合編。(2013)。長者學習研究計劃 2011-2012:學員作品集。 香港: 嶺南大學服務研習處。
陳章明、馬學嘉、 黃麗娟、梁詠儀合編。(2013)。長者學習研究計劃 2011-2012: 計劃介紹及教材冊。 香港: 嶺南大學服務研習處。
陳章明、馬學嘉合編 (12/2012) 。《兩代情-細味人生睿智: 積極樂頤年 嶺大長者學苑的分享》。和富社會企業。頁139-142
陳章明、馬學嘉、陳嘉敏、黃麗娟、彭淑怡、林翠麗、黃慧萍合編 (2011)。《星級服務習「嶺」袖之旅領袖培訓手冊》
陳章明、馬學嘉、黃麗娟合編 (2010)。《以「長者學苑」為本的其他學習經歷實用手冊》
陳章明、馬學嘉、楊姍姍合編 (11/9/2008)。《其他學習經歷﹕以「長者學苑」作例》。星島日報
陳章明、馬學嘉合編 (21/2/2008)。《服務研習作為「國民教育」的平台》。星島日報。頁F2
陳章明、馬學嘉、馮明穗合編 (2008)。《服務研習計劃﹕嶺南模式》
陳章明、馬學嘉、馮玉燕合編 (2008)。《「環境先鋒」之關懷長者計劃成效評估報告書》
陳章明、馬學嘉、馮玉燕合編 (2008)。《「二人三足」鄉郊長者探訪計劃暨鄉郊長者關懷行動 – 鄉郊長者的需要及生活質素調查報告書》
陳章明、馬學嘉合編 (21/5/2007)。《服務研習—教學新模式》。星島日報。頁F2
陳章明、馬學嘉合編 (3/7/2007)。《人口老化帶來挑戰與機遇》。香港商報。頁A9
關銳煊、陳章明、梁萬福、馬學嘉合編 (2004)。《護老者綜合服務論叢》。香港:天地圖書。頁119-126