Dr Li Xiang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before joining PolyU, she worked as a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr Li has accumulated research and work experience in social work and psychology. In particular, she has strong research and professional interest in child development, antisocial behavior, well-being, leadership, and assessment. She desires to serve children and adolescents with problem behaviour through conducting empirical studies and providing appropriate intervention strategies.

Dr Li’s research papers are published in many high-tier journals in the fields of child development, aggressive behaviour as well as psychometric assessment, such as the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Social Development, Child Psychiatry and Human Development, and Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. She has obtained around HK$1.3 million funding from many competitive grants (e.g., Early Career Scheme) as a PI over the past few years to conduct research on youth antisocial behaviour (e.g., cyberbullying and aggression) and youth well-being (e.g., mental health and positive youth development). She also worked as a Co-PI or Co-I in other research projects. Dr Li has been a member of the Editorial Review Board of the journal Child Psychiatry and Human Development since 2022, and serves as a reviewer for many leading journals, such as Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Children and Youth Services Review, Research on Social Work Practice, Social Indicators Research, and Applied Research in Quality of Life. She also serves as an external examiner of Doctoral and Master’s theses for The University of Sydney and Lingnan University.

Besides research, Dr Li’s another career goal is to disseminate knowledge to students and facilitate their learning and thinking. She has rich experience in teaching different courses on psychology and leadership. In 2021, she and her co-workers (led by Professor Daniel Shek) collectively won a Gold Award (Nurturing Wellbeing & Purpose) from the QS Reimagine Education Awards.

• PhD in Social Work and Psychology, City University of Hong Kong
• BL in Social Work, Xiamen University