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Professor Tiwald coordinates research on comparative approaches to specific issues in practical ethics, and organizes interdisciplinary workshops on specific issues in moral psychology and on East Asian political thought. He is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong.

Professor Wong's research examines the intersection of geopolitics, political and moral philosophy, and technology, with particular interests in the ethics and dynamics of authoritarian regimes and their foreign policies, responding to historical and colonial injustices, and the impact of automation on labour and human societies. He is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong.

Professor Sharadin works on value theory, broadly construed. He is currently thinking about the moral, cognitive, and political impacts of large-scale artificial intelligence systems.

Professor Cappelen coordinates research on ethical and political issues involving language. He is a Chair Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong.

Professor Babic coordinates research on rational choice, decision theory, and game theory. He is an HKU100 Associate Professor with co-appointments in the Faculty of Law, Philosophy, and the Institute of Data Science at the University of Hong Kong.

Professor Sterken coordinates research on ethics, language, and communication. She is an Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong.

Professor Jackson's research focuses on philosophy of education, with a focus on comparative philosophy and global equity and inclusion. She is the Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Professor in Diversity and Equity at the University of Hong Kong as well as Associate Dean (Research) in its Faculty of Education.

Postdoctoral fellow Hill’s research mainly focuses on the nature of luck/risk and on how these concepts have been applied in debates in epistemology and ethics. He also has interests in social and political philosophy and on the ethics of virtue signaling.

Dr. Fang primarily focuses on ancient Greek and Roman ethics, especially debates about the tension between self-sufficiency and sociability in Stoicism. He is also interested in how ancient Chinese and Western traditions have responded to these debates, and more broadly in the significance of ancient ethics for the modern world.