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Professor CHU Kai Wah Samuel

Biography

Professor Samuel Kai Wah Chu is primarily affiliated with the Education University of Hong Kong (since September 2025), where he teaches in both the Doctor of Education (EdD) and Master of Education (MEd) programmes for the Graduate School. He has developed and taught innovative courses, including AI for Teaching and Learning and Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

He is also an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Professor Chu holds two PhDs in Education: one in e-Learning from the UCL Institute of Education, University College London (UK), and another in Information and Library Science from HKU.

His expertise spans three major academic domains:

  1. Information and Library Science – Ranked among the top 0.46% of scholars worldwide in 2021, placing 60th among 12,940 scientists in a Stanford University study.
  2. Education, particularly gamified learning – Recipient of the HKU Faculty of Education Outstanding Researcher Award (2013). HKU is known for its education research. It was ranked World No. 1 in Education and Educational Research in 2022-2023 and again from 2024-2026.
  3. Health Education – Author of many journal articles on health education and health literacy.

Throughout his career, Professor Chu has participated in more than 80 research projects with total funding exceeding USD 11 million. He has published over 500 articles and books, including more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His scholarly impact is reflected in an h-index of 65.

His numerous honors include the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award (2016) from HKU, the Excellent Health Promotion Project Award from the Food and Health Bureau (2017), and the China New Development Award (2023) from Springer Nature for a book on AI literacy co-authored with his students.