Hong Kong Shue Yan University (HKSYU) is hosting the “International Conference on Human Resilience: Navigating Life Changes & Challenges” on campus from 28–30 May 2026, with leading scholars exploring resilience through research-based and interdisciplinary perspectives.

In her opening address, Professor Sun Tien-lun, Senior Vice President, highlighted that the conference stemmed from a three-year interdisciplinary study titled “Human Resilience, Life Adversity, and Adaptation to Life Course Transitions from Early Adulthood to Late Middle Adulthood”. The project, led by Professor Tang So-kum, Distinguished Professor of Research in the Department of Counselling and Psychology, unites psychologists, sociologists, neuroscientists, public health specialists, data scientists, and policy scholars to examine the diverse factors that enable individuals to adapt during critical life transitions.

Professor Sun emphasised that HKSYU remains committed to expanding its research capacity and strengthening interdisciplinary scholarship through meaningful funding and collaborative partnerships.

The opening ceremony was followed by the first keynote speech, delivered by Professor Ingrid Schoon at University College London. She discussed the risks and opportunities shaping young people’s routes into adulthood and considered how societies can better support them.

The three-day conference welcomes scholars and experts from the cross strait four regions, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, India, Singapore, the Philippines and other countries. The conference includes three keynote sessions, four symposiums, and 13 oral presentations. Several booths have been set up across campus to showcase research posters, calligraphy on fans, and psychology-related books.