Chi-Kin John Lee

Professor John Lee Chi-Kin is President and Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at The Education University of Hong Kong.

His research interests focus on curriculum and instruction, geographical and environmental education, school improvement, and life and values education. He is active in leading and securing education research and development projects. He also has a solid track record in securing external grants. One of his projects (together with Prof Jim Chi Yung, Dr Alice Chow Sin Yin and team), ‘Tree Assessment for Life Education (TALE) Project’, has won a Silver Medal in the first-ever virtual edition of Geneva's Inventions Expo held in March 2021 and won a Gold Medal and Special Award in the International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN) in August 2021. Professor Lee’s another project (led by Dr Song Yanjie), entitled ‘Learningverse – A 3D Metaverse for Online Collaborative Learning’, was awarded a Bronze Medal in the 48th Geneva International Inventions Exhibition in 2023.

Professor Lee is also the UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning, The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Research Fellow, and Director of the Academy for Applied Policy Studies and Education Futures, Academy for Educational Development and Innovation, and Centre for Religious and Spirituality Education at EdUHK.