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Dr CHEUNG Darren Man-wai
Research Coordinator

Dr. Darren CHEUNG is a Research Coordinator of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI). Dr. Cheung obtained his MA in Social Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and completed his PhD study in 2015 at the University of Hong Kong. His thesis investigates the dynamics between the government, developers and community in the land supply and land-use planning of public open space in Hong Kong. 

Dr. Cheung’s research interests include: sustainable energy transition; energy and planning governance; and energy and urban geography. Prior to joining HKBU in 2017, he served various teaching and research positions in the Department of Urban Planning and Design in the University of Hong Kong.

Research Project: 

  • PI, Climate justice, vulnerability and governance: A pilot comparative study of heat stress and energy poverty of the vulnerable groups in Hong Kong (China), Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Mandalay (Myanmar) (Co-Is: Siu, Kaxton; McLellan, Benjamin; Shwe Yi Myint Myat; Wai Phyoe Maung), funded by LEWI Strategic Partnership Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2025-2026, HKD 210,000. 
  • Co-PI, Public Participation in Climate Budgeting: Engaging academics, professionals, practitioners, and the public in climate change discussion through a Deliberative Poll (PI: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin; Co-Is: Chan, Cary; Ho, Derrick; Lam, Sam; Law, Winnie; Lo, Kevin; McLellan, Benjamin; Ng, Tom; Siu, Alice; Tai, Amos; Wong, Paulina; & Woo, Karen), funded by Greenpeace East Asia, 2024, HKD 270,000. 
  • PI, GEOG3007 Energy Problems and the Environment, Service-Learning Mini-Grants, Centre for Innovative Service-Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2024-2025, HKD 53,700. 
  • PI, GEOG3007 Energy Problems and the Environment, Service-Learning Mini-Grants, Centre for Innovative Service-Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2023-2024, HKD 120,000. 
  • Co-I, Delivering Carbon-neutral Goals through Smart Social Learning in Communities: A Cross-cultural Analysis of Three Asian Cities (Kyoto, Seoul and Hong Kong) (PI: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin; Co-Is: Choi, Byron; Kim, Hana; McLellan, Benjamin; Siu, Alice; & Yun, Sun-Jin), General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, 2023-2025, HKD 999,670. 
  • PI, Asian-European Cities Online Energy Map (Co-Is: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin; Choi, Byron; & Lo, Kevin), Digital Scholarship Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University Library, 2023-2024, HKD 100,000. 
    • PI, Sunny Hong Kong – Developing a Prototype of an Open Access, Big Data Driven, Online Solar Map through Multi-sector Partnerships (Co-PI: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin; Co-Is: Lo, Kevin; Zhou, Qiming; Choi, Byron; & Mak, Bonnie), Knowledge Transfer Partnership Seed Fund, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2022-2023, HKD 120,000. 
    • Co-PI, Exploring the Role of Big Data Analytics in Promoting Smart Low-carbon Cities: A Human-centered, Community-based, and Deep Engagement Approach in Hong Kong (PC: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin; Co-PIs: Chan, Mau Hing; Choi, Byron; Chun, Kwok Pan; Guo, Yike; Lo, Kevin; Ng, Kingsley; & Zhou, Qiming), Research Impact Grant, Research Grants Council, 2021-2024, HKD 5,700,000. 
    • Co-PI, Exploring a Community-based Solution for Enhancing Hong Kong’s Climate Resilience: A Pilot Study of a Climate Resilient Community in Sai Kung (PI: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin; Co-Is: Chan, Mau Hing; Choi, Byron; Chun, Kwok Pan; Lo, Kevin; & Ng, Kingsley), funded by Greenpeace East Asia, 2020-2021, HKD 100,000.  
    • Co-I, The Role and Missions of Hong Kong under Energy Transition of the Greater Bay Area《香港在粤港澳大湾区能源转型中的角色定位和重要任务》(PI: Chen, Yong; Co-PI: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin; Co-Is: Guo, Meiyu; & Lo, Kevin), funded by Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2020-2022, RMB 60,000. 
    • Co-I, The Conditions, Characteristics and Trends of Energy Demand and Supply in Hong Kong under the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area 《粤港澳大湾区之香港能源供需现状、特点和趋势分析研究》 (PI: Chen, Yong; Co-PI: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yin; Co-I: Lo, Kevin), funded by Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2019, RMB75,000. 
    • Co-I, Solar Schools in Hong Kong – Potentials and Challenges (PI: Mah, Daphne Ngar-yib; Co-Is: Chan, Mau Hing; Leung, Michael Kwok Hi; & Lo, Kevin), funded by Greenpeace East Asia, 2018, HKD 135,000. 

     

     

    Book Chapter: 

    • Cheung, W. K., Mah, D., Cheung, D. M. W., Siu, A., Kim, H., McLellan, B. C., Mori, A., Deng, L., & Huang, L. (2024). Building Cross-Cultural Academic Exchange with University Students During COVID-19 Through Online Deliberation: The Case of an Energy Studies Course in Hong Kong. In B. L. Moorhouse, S. S. C. Li & S. Pahs (Eds.), Teaching with Technology in the Social Sciences (pp. 65-79). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. 

     

    Journal Article: 

    • Mah, D. N., Cheung, D. M. W., Cheung, W. K., Wang, A., Siu, A. W. H., Leung, M. K. H., Wang, M. Y., Wong, M. W. M., Lo, K., & Cheung, A. T. F. (2025). Understanding the up-scaling mechanisms of urban energy transitions: An application of a capital-based framework to a comparative case study of two solar communities in Hong Kong. Energy Research & Social Science, 104164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104164 
    • Tang, C., Zhang, X., & Cheung, D. M. W. (2024). Nuancing regional geography: An analysis of the evolution and mechanism of intercity cooperation network in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 115(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12615 
    • Deng, L., Mah, D., Cheung, D. M. W., & Lo, K. (2023). Civic activism and petition politics in energy transitions: Discursive tactics, networking, and media mobilization in an anti-nuclear movement in China. Energy Research & Social Science, 95, 102889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102889 
    • Lam, C. K. C., He, Q., Cheng, K. L., Yetemen, O., Cheung, D. M. W., & Mah, D. N. (2022). Impact of climate change and socioeconomic factors on domestic energy consumption: The case of Hong Kong and Singapore. Energy Reports, 8, 12886–12904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.09.059 
    • Cheung, D. M. W., Mah, D. N. Y., Siu, A., McLellan, B. C., Wakao, S., Lam, V. W. Y., Lee, G. H. F., & Brunet, P. L. (2022). Understanding smart energy transitions as a new source of distrust: The perspectives of Hong Kong citizens on the risks of regional intercity energy collaboration in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). China Perspectives, 2022(3). https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.14083 
    • Mah, D. N., & Cheung, D. M. W. (2021). Conceptualizing niche–regime dynamics of energy transitions from a political economic perspective: Insights from community-led urban solar in Seoul. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 39, 249–269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.03.002 
    • Mah, D. N., Cheung, D. M. W., Lam, V. W., Siu, A., Sone, Y., & Li, K. (2021). Trust gaps in energy transitions: Japan's National Deliberative Poll after Fukushima. Energy Policy, 157, 112214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112214 
    • Zhang, X., Cheung, D. M. W., Sun, Y., & Tan, J. (2019). Political decentralization and the path-dependent characteristics of state authoritarianism: An integrated conceptual framework to understand China's territorial fragmentation. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 60(5), 548–581. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2019.1667843 
    • Zhang, X., & Cheung, D. M. W. (2018). Evaluating the institutional performance of the Pearl River Delta integration policy through intercity cooperation network analysis. Cities, 81, 218–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2018.04.002 
    • Cheung, D. M. W., & Tang, B. S. (2016). Recreation space or urban land reserve? Land-use zoning patterns and the transformation of open space in Hong Kong. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 142(3), 04016004. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000314 
    • Cheung, D. M. W., & Tang, B. S. (2015). Social order, leisure, or tourist attraction? The changing planning missions for waterfront space in Hong Kong. Habitat International, 47, 135–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.01.006 
    • Cheung, D. M. W. (2012). From privately managed public open space to private open space: A case study of a private residential complex in Hong Kong. Pacific News, 37, 10–14.