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The Future of Work Disruptions ahead and silver linings

The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only factor disrupting working lives. Automation and changes in worker-employee relationships are transforming labour across the world. HKU scholars have been considering the potential pros and cons of these changes.

Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain

The workplace disruptions caused by automation may ultimately improve our lives, suggests Professor Yuk-fai Fong of the HKU Business School.

Robots Do Us Better

The recent landings on Mars showed how robots can venture where no person has gone before. Professor Xi Ning’s laboratory is exploring that capability here on Earth.

Keeping Humans in the Loop

Robo-doctors are still the domain of science fiction. But researchers in engineering and medicine are developing human-controlled advanced technologies that will improve healthcare.

Unmasking the Machine

The workplace and commercial environments are increasingly being populated by robots and digital assistants that have human features. But putting a face on them can sometimes backfire, warns Dr Sara Kim of the HKU Business School.

Workers of the World, Divided

Automation and robots aside, the worker-employer relationship is changing across the world. Legal scholar Dr Jedidiah Kroncke has been looking at the surprising convergence between America and China in eroding workers’ collective rights.

Lest We Forget

A research team have spent over two decades locating and studying military relics left from World War II and are now campaigning for the government to conserve these historically significant structures.

Invention Turns Waste Heat into Electricity

Dr Tony Feng Shien-Ping has devised an effective, cost-efficient and greener way to recover low-temperature waste heat, even body heat, and use it to generate power.

The Global Inequities of Urban Development

The first study to compare urban development, urban greening and population growth in large cities around the world shows how low income cities are lagging behind.

How Green Is Seen

A collaborative research study spanning architecture, psychology and neuroscience answers the question: what happens in the brain when people view urban green landscapes?

Breakthrough in Fight against Liver Disease in Newborns

Scientists and clinicians join forces to battle liver disease in newborn babies and discover a novel disease mechanism.

Hollywood’s Cosy Ties with the US Military

Hollywood is as much a part of the American military-industrial complex as the defence and aerospace industries. Dr Sylvia Martin has been researching the connections.

Leprosy Paradox

A paradox – the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared leprosy officially eliminated as a public health problem has hindered treatment for those suffering from the disease.

Poetry in Motion

The friendship between two poets – one from Chile and one from China – in the 1950s has lent a cultural perspective and legacy to diplomatic ties between the two countries.