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COURSE INFO

VECTOR	[2-0-1:2]
DESCRIPTION	This course discusses both opportunities and risks that technological breakthrough has brought to the human society. What would be the policy responses required to maximize its positive benefit and minimize its social costs? In particular, how could we utilize the technological advancement, entrepreneurial thinking to address the challenges our societies are facing, such as job loss/unemployment, income inequality and societal polarization, environmental degradation, health disparity, population aging, and among others. The course uses either case studies or cross-country and time-series data analyses to facilitate the discussion of various social issues and look for innovative solutions of in the real world.

VECTOR

[2-0-1:2]

DESCRIPTION

This course discusses both opportunities and risks that technological breakthrough has brought to the human society. What would be the policy responses required to maximize its positive benefit and minimize its social costs? In particular, how could we utilize the technological advancement, entrepreneurial thinking to address the challenges our societies are facing, such as job loss/unemployment, income inequality and societal polarization, environmental degradation, health disparity, population aging, and among others. The course uses either case studies or cross-country and time-series data analyses to facilitate the discussion of various social issues and look for innovative solutions of in the real world.

SOCH 5000 - Technological Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (2 units)

Section	Date & Time	Room	Instructor	Quota	Enrol	Avail	Wait	Remarks
L01 (6372)	Tu 03:00PM - 04:50PM	Rm 101, W1	HUANG, Wenjing JIANG, Kejun KAN, Ge Lin KWOK, YUE KUEN LIU, Anjie LIU, Jingyu WU, Xun YANG, Jiaqi	100	42	58	0
LA01 (6374)	Tu 05:00PM - 05:50PM	Rm 101, W1	HUANG, Wenjing JIANG, Kejun KAN, Ge Lin KWOK, YUE KUEN LIU, Anjie LIU, Jingyu WU, Xun YANG, Jiaqi	100	42	58	0

COURSE INFO

VECTOR	[0-1-0:1]
DESCRIPTION	This one credit course is intended to provide basic professional training to research postgraduate students in the Society Hub. The course will begin with lectures and a workshop on ethics in research. Students will be asked to focus on a particular theme of their choice that links technological innovation to various social and policy issues, conduct analysis and present their findings. They will also need to work in a team and learn to effectively communicate their ideas in informal and formal settings. Graded PP, P or F.

VECTOR

[0-1-0:1]

DESCRIPTION

This one credit course is intended to provide basic professional training to research postgraduate students in the Society Hub. The course will begin with lectures and a workshop on ethics in research. Students will be asked to focus on a particular theme of their choice that links technological innovation to various social and policy issues, conduct analysis and present their findings. They will also need to work in a team and learn to effectively communicate their ideas in informal and formal settings. Graded PP, P or F.

SOCH 6780 - Professional Development in Innovation, Technology, and Social Responsibility (1 unit)

Section	Date & Time	Room	Instructor	Quota	Enrol	Avail	Wait	Remarks
T01 (6378)	23-JAN-2026 - 07-FEB-2026 Tu 06:00PM - 07:50PM	Rm 233, W1	ZHANG, Pu ZUO, Ruiting	40	40	0	0
T01 (6378)	08-FEB-2026 - 07-MAR-2026 Tu 06:00PM - 08:50PM	Rm 233, W1	ZUO, Ruiting	40	40	0	0