Women Scholars in Hong Kong - In Pursuit of Intellectual Leadership

This book depicts the diverse approaches of established women professors in perceiving and developing intellectual leadership in Hong Kong. It analyzes the combined influences of various disciplines, different higher education institutions, and gender on the careers of female scholars in the East Asian region. The complexity and interaction of academic careers for women, disciplinary contexts, higher education systems, and socio-cultural environments may present a relatively holistic landscape for readers interested in academic life and leadership. Scholars, administrators, managers, and policymakers in higher education-related fields may gain comprehensive ideas to facilitate faculty and institutional development through a cultural and sociological lens. This may empower female academics and students, while also providing benefits for doctoral students and early-career researchers seeking insights into the evolving advantages and disadvantages in women's academic careers. Audiences interested in gender issues may find it intriguing to compare women scholars with women in other professions and in different cultural contexts.

Dr. Nian RUAN is a research specialist in the Strategic Planning and Development Office at Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU), Shenzhen, China. She currently focuses on the intellectual leadership of early career academics and the development of Universities of Applied Sciences. Her research interests encompass higher education policies and leadership, intellectual leadership among women professors, Chinese international students' mobility, and teaching and learning in higher education.

 

Nian earned her Ph.D. from the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. Her doctoral research project, which investigated women professors' intellectual leadership in Hong Kong, was recognized with an honorable mention for the CIES Higher Education SIG's Best Dissertation Award. Relevant articles stemming from her research have been published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Qualitative Research, Higher Education Quarterly, and Educational Philosophy and Theory.