Dr. Samuel Chu is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, where he also served as Head of the Division of Information and Technology Studies (2012–2016). He holds two doctoral degrees in education: a PhD in Online Education from University College London (UCL), and a PhD in Information and Library Science from The University of Hong Kong.

 

Dr. Chu has led or participated in over 60 research projects with a combined funding of more than USD 9 million. He has published over 340 academic and professional works, including 79 papers in international refereed journals and 9 scholarly monographs, such as 21st Century Skills (Springer). He is Co-founder and Co-editor of the international journal Information and Learning Science, and was ranked 66th worldwide in the field of Library and Information Science (2007–2012).

 

His achievements have been recognized with multiple awards from HKU’s Faculty of Education, including the Outstanding Researcher Award, Knowledge Exchange Award, and Excellence in Health Promotion Award. He has served as consultant for UNESCO Bangkok, the Hong Kong Education Bureau, Oxford University Press, and Pearson Education Asia. From 2017–2019, he was Chair of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), and continues to serve as advisor to several EdTech startups based in Hong Kong Science Park.