Reimagining Doctoral Futures Together: Collective Agency, Creative Art of Living and New Possibilities
Date: 03 June, 2026 (Wed)
Time: 04:30 PM– 05:45 PM HK
Type: Hybrid
Venue: RMS204, Runme Shaw Building, HKU & Zoom
Registration: Scan the QR code or use the link
Speakers:
Dr Hayes Tang, Associate Professor and Associate Head of Department of Education Policy and Leadership at the Education University of Hong Kong
Dr Gordon Tsui, Course Tutor in Common Core Curriculum at the University of Hong Kong
Abstract:
Future employment of doctoral holders is too often framed as a matter of individual responsibility. This workshop challenges that assumption by opening a collective, imaginative space for dialogue—inviting participants to explore possibilities beyond what has previously been thinkable. It encourages creative and critical reflection on academic life, including alternative ‘arts of living’ for doctoral holders that extend beyond conventional career trajectories.
Through dialogic and participatory sharing and co-creation, the workshop serves as a generative platform for reimagining doctoral futures. It foregrounds doctoral graduates as global citizens equipped with advanced expertise and methodological capacity, capable of exploring meaningful and socially responsive pathways.
By convening doctoral students,...
