Climate-Resilient Care Systems in Hong Kong: Foreign Domestic Helpers, Care Continuity, and Household Resilience
Project Description
Climate-related disruptions such as extreme heat, typhoons, heavy rainfall, and service interruptions can affect not only physical infrastructure but also the continuity of care that many households depend upon. In Hong Kong, foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) play a critical role in supporting childcare, eldercare, disability support, and care for individuals with chronic health conditions. Despite their importance, little is known about how environmental disruptions affect caregiving arrangements, household functioning, and resilience.
This project explores the emerging intersection of climate adaptation, caregiving, and household resilience. The student will conduct a structured review of international research, policy reports, and practitioner literature on migrant care work, home-based care, ageing in place, disaster preparedness, climate adaptation, and continuity-of-care systems. Drawing on lessons from Hong Kong and other jurisdictions, the student will examine how care systems can better prepare for and respond to climate-related disruptions.
The project will contribute to a larger study investigating how climate risks affect caregivers, care recipients, households, and the organisations that support them. The student will help develop an evidence base for more inclusive and socially responsive climate adaptation policies, while gaining exposure to cutting-edge research on care infrastructure, social resilience, public policy, and climate governance.
This project explores the emerging intersection of climate adaptation, caregiving, and household resilience. The student will conduct a structured review of international research, policy reports, and practitioner literature on migrant care work, home-based care, ageing in place, disaster preparedness, climate adaptation, and continuity-of-care systems. Drawing on lessons from Hong Kong and other jurisdictions, the student will examine how care systems can better prepare for and respond to climate-related disruptions.
The project will contribute to a larger study investigating how climate risks affect caregivers, care recipients, households, and the organisations that support them. The student will help develop an evidence base for more inclusive and socially responsive climate adaptation policies, while gaining exposure to cutting-edge research on care infrastructure, social resilience, public policy, and climate governance.
Supervisor
DELINA Laurence Laurencio
Quota
2
Course type
UROP1000
UROP1100
UROP2100
UROP3100
UROP3200
UROP4100
Applicant's Roles
1. Conduct a structured review of academic, policy, and practitioner literature on climate resilience, caregiving, and household adaptation.
2. Compile an annotated database of international evidence on domestic workers, care continuity, ageing, disability support, and climate-related disruptions.
3. Identify key risks, vulnerabilities, adaptation strategies, and support mechanisms relevant to caregivers and care-dependent households.
4. Develop a conceptual framework linking climate disruptions, caregiving, care continuity, and household resilience.
Prepare a concise evidence report and policy recommendations relevant to Hong Kong.
2. Compile an annotated database of international evidence on domestic workers, care continuity, ageing, disability support, and climate-related disruptions.
3. Identify key risks, vulnerabilities, adaptation strategies, and support mechanisms relevant to caregivers and care-dependent households.
4. Develop a conceptual framework linking climate disruptions, caregiving, care continuity, and household resilience.
Prepare a concise evidence report and policy recommendations relevant to Hong Kong.
Applicant's Learning Objectives
1. Develop skills in literature review, policy analysis, and evidence synthesis.
2. Gain understanding of the relationships between climate change, caregiving, public health, ageing, and social resilience.
3. Learn how household-level experiences and care systems shape adaptation outcomes during environmental disruptions.
4. Build experience translating research evidence into policy-relevant recommendations.
2. Gain understanding of the relationships between climate change, caregiving, public health, ageing, and social resilience.
3. Learn how household-level experiences and care systems shape adaptation outcomes during environmental disruptions.
4. Build experience translating research evidence into policy-relevant recommendations.
Complexity of the project
Challenging