Dr Rodney Chu received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Cambridge, Master of Philosophy degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Doctor of Philosophy degree from The University of Queensland. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Sciences of PolyU. He teaches social science subjects related to contemporary issues, with specific reference to Hong Kong and China. Dr Chu is Chairperson of the Department’s Learning and Teaching Committee since 2013, an elected Council Member for six consecutive terms since 2012, and elected Chairman/Vice-Chairman of the PolyU Staff Association since 2013. In 2018, he was the elected general staff representative to serve on the Search Committee for President. He is the appointed Warden of LiSheng Hall of the PolyU Student Halls of Residence since June 2020. He has also been appointed to the Learning & Teaching Committee of the University as a staff member in August 2023.  

In recent years, Dr Chu has been involved in a couple of educational research projects, and the focus of concern is on pedagogy design for blended learning and flipped classroom approaches. His latest involvement is the attempt of bringing immersive learning experience into the curriculum design of different social science subjects via VR/AR device, with reference to the use of CAVE for teaching and learning purposes. He led his team and won the QS-Reimagine Silver Award (Asia Region) in December 2023.

• Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland, Australia
• Master of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Master of Arts, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Diploma in Social Work, Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong