M K Bhowmik
Biographic Data
| ID | 49974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M K Bhowmik |
| GIVEN NAMES | M K |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhowmik |
| SIGNATURE | BHOWMIK M K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Education University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4585-781X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ethnic minority students’ self-formation strategies in navigating sociocultural challenges in higher education: A scoping review
Sociocultural diversity in higher education plays a significant role in harnessing equitable and enriching learning experiences for all students. This scoping review adopts a self-formation model to examine how ethnic minority students navigate sociocultural challenges in Hong Kong higher education. Self-formation emphasises the importance of cultural hybridity and capital conversion as ways of resisting structural exclusion. By reviewing 17 stud…
Psychosocial patterns of online social participation, psychological well-being, and learning opportunities in digital and global competences: Between Europe and Asia
Young adults engage online, but not always competently or responsibly. This study examined media literacy (ML) and online civic engagement (OCE) to identify psychosocial profiles and explore their associations with psychological well-being (PWB). A sample of 1,298 university students from Poland, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong was analyzed. Clustering identified four profiles: Cautious Observers (38%), Careless Activists (23%), Digital Leaders (21%), …
Higher education leadership for equity, diversity and inclusion: A systematic review of literature from 2000 to 2024
With the changing demographics of student and staff populations, evolving legal frameworks and political resistance there is a pressing need to assess how higher education leadership approaches equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). This paper provides a systematic review of English-language literature on higher education leadership for EDI from 2000 to 2024, covering a total of 68 works, including 38 journal articles, 25 book chapters, and five…
Relational agency for inclusion: How a Hong Kong school and families co-construct collaborative strategies
This article explores the intersecting perspectives of school and parent leaders in fostering home-school collaboration at a socioeconomically diverse primary school. Grounded in relational sociology, the study examines how collaborative strategies develop through relationships, focusing on intersubjectivity, reciprocity, and emotional bonding. We conducted a qualitative case study comprising semi-structured interviews with school leaders and par…
How Does Covid-19 Affect Marginalized South Asian Families in Hong Kong
The COVID-19 pandemic has a profound impact on families worldwide. Previous studies suggested that the pandemic may disproportionally affect marginalized families. However, the impact of the pandemic on marginalized ethnic minorities in Hong Kong remains relatively unknown. This study aimed to investigate the stress and coping strategies experienced by South Asian families in Hong Kong during the pandemic. Qualitative in-depth interviews were con…
Media and information literacy's antecedents and consequences: A survey of Hong Kong University students
Studies have shown how instruction can improve students’ media and information literacy (MIL), but researchers have not modeled MIL's broader antecedents or consequences. Hence, we explore demographics, digital citizenship's, and online engagement's links to MIL, and its ties to social trust or psychological well-being (PWB). In Hong Kong, 726 university students completed surveys. Our structural equation model showed that students with stronger …
Seeking refuge in a productivist welfare regime: Well-being of African asylum seekers/refugees in Hong Kong
Consistent with its productivist welfare model, Hong Kong offers limited welfare support to asylum seekers and refugees (ASR). This study examines the living conditions, experiences, support systems and well-being of African ASRs in Hong Kong in the context of the city's productivist welfare regime. Semi-structured interviews with 53 African ASRs revealed that they faced economic precarity, social stigma, and social isolation, which culminated in…
Heroes and Villains: Media Constructions of Minoritized Groups in Hong Kong's Season of Discontent
Hong Kong witnessed unprecedented protests from June 2019 to early 2020. Drawing on frame analysis, this study explores the discourse and ideologies related to minoritized groups using multiple media sources. The findings revealed that there were multiple constructions of minoritized groups and their engagement in the protests: Niche/pro-democracy and liberal media were inclined to make 'heroes' of their engagement while pro-China media seemed to…
Reconceptualizing inclusive leadership to address diversity in schools
Through combining a diversity perspective and intersectionality approach, this paper contributes to the conceptualization of inclusive leadership for addressing diversity in schools. Drawing on literature from business and management studies as well as that of educational management and leadership, the paper first theorizes inclusive school leadership and outlines the tenets of inclusive school leaders. It then highlights some of the challenges f…
Identities in Troubled Times: Minoritized Youth in Hong Kong’s “Summer of Protest”
Discursive experiences can contribute to shaping lives and their identities. For minoritized youth in Hong Kong, the 2019 protest movement provided many such experiences, although very little has been heard about them. Instead, reporting has focused on the experiences of the dominant Chinese population. This paper aims to highlight the voices of minoritized youth in relation to the social movement that dominated Hong Kong in the second half of 20…
Minoritised communities and Hong Kong’s ‘summer of uprising: Attitudes and Engagement Without Citizenship
Hong Kong experienced unprecedented political and social turmoil starting in June 2019. The original impetus was a proposed law that would have enabled the extradition of Hong Kong residents to Mainland China. The focus of previous work relating to the consequent social movement that opposed the law has been on the engagement of the dominant Chinese population. Little attention has been paid to the attitudes or experiences of Hong Kong’s minoriti…
Reconceptualization of support and policy for minoritised students with dis/abilities in Hong Kong
Minoritised students with dis/abilities in Hong Kong may face aggregated challenges. As a minoritised student with dis/ability or impairment, they may be doubly marginalised or triply marginalised, as in the case of a female or poor minoritised student with dis/ability or impairment. Little is known, however, about these students or about the underpinning philosophies of existing support. Adopting an intersectionality approach and dis/ability cri…
Multiculturalism and the cultural politics of racism in Hong Kong
This article examines a new element in the cultural politics of multicultural Hong Kong, namely the emergence of racism towards ethnic and other minorities in on-line discussion forums. To gauge the extent of this problem, we examined 2,918 on-line reader commentaries about the 249 news articles on ethnic minorities published by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) between 2012–2018. A discourse analysis found that racist and racialized discourses…
Intercultural sensitivity and prosocial behavior towards South Asians in Hong Kong: Mediating mechanisms of warmth and stigma
A qualitative inquiry of acculturation experiences of minoritised youth in Hong Kong
Acculturative stress and coping strategies among Mainland Chinese university students in Hong Kong: A qualitative inquiry
Despite the growing population of Mainland Chinese students at the local government-funded universities in Hong Kong, little is known about their acculturation experiences and psychosocial adjustment. Drawing on an acculturation framework (Berry, 2003) and theories of coping (Folkman, 1984), resilience (Masten, 2001), and socioecological processes (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006), this article provides an in-depth account of acculturative stress a…
Education for all – but not Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students
School participation rates in Hong Kong are acknowledged to be high but not always for the city’s ethnic minority students. Case study was used to portray the ‘out of school’ phenomenon for ethnic minority students at a secondary school in Hong Kong through the experiences of one such ethnic minority student. Morshed, a Pakistani student, participated with the researchers in an unstructured in-depth interview. In addition, interviews were also co…
‘Out of School’ Ethnic Minority Young People in Hong Kong
Education for all – but not Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students
School participation rates in Hong Kong are acknowledged to be high but not always for the city’s ethnic minority students. Case study was used to portray the ‘out of school’ phenomenon for ethnic minority students at a secondary school in Hong Kong through the experiences of one such ethnic minority student. Morshed, a Pakistani student, participated with the researchers in an unstructured in-depth interview. In addition, interviews were also co…
A qualitative inquiry of acculturation experiences of minoritised youth in Hong Kong
Heroes and Villains: Media Constructions of Minoritized Groups in Hong Kong's Season of Discontent
Hong Kong witnessed unprecedented protests from June 2019 to early 2020. Drawing on frame analysis, this study explores the discourse and ideologies related to minoritized groups using multiple media sources. The findings revealed that there were multiple constructions of minoritized groups and their engagement in the protests: Niche/pro-democracy and liberal media were inclined to make 'heroes' of their engagement while pro-China media seemed to…
Minoritised communities and Hong Kong’s ‘summer of uprising: Attitudes and Engagement Without Citizenship
Hong Kong experienced unprecedented political and social turmoil starting in June 2019. The original impetus was a proposed law that would have enabled the extradition of Hong Kong residents to Mainland China. The focus of previous work relating to the consequent social movement that opposed the law has been on the engagement of the dominant Chinese population. Little attention has been paid to the attitudes or experiences of Hong Kong’s minoriti…
‘Out of School’ Ethnic Minority Young People in Hong Kong
Education for all – but not Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students
School participation rates in Hong Kong are acknowledged to be high but not always for the city’s ethnic minority students. Case study was used to portray the ‘out of school’ phenomenon for ethnic minority students at a secondary school in Hong Kong through the experiences of one such ethnic minority student. Morshed, a Pakistani student, participated with the researchers in an unstructured in-depth interview. In addition, interviews were also co…
Acculturative stress and coping strategies among Mainland Chinese university students in Hong Kong: A qualitative inquiry
Despite the growing population of Mainland Chinese students at the local government-funded universities in Hong Kong, little is known about their acculturation experiences and psychosocial adjustment. Drawing on an acculturation framework (Berry, 2003) and theories of coping (Folkman, 1984), resilience (Masten, 2001), and socioecological processes (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006), this article provides an in-depth account of acculturative stress a…
A qualitative inquiry of acculturation experiences of minoritised youth in Hong Kong
Reconceptualization of support and policy for minoritised students with dis/abilities in Hong Kong
Minoritised students with dis/abilities in Hong Kong may face aggregated challenges. As a minoritised student with dis/ability or impairment, they may be doubly marginalised or triply marginalised, as in the case of a female or poor minoritised student with dis/ability or impairment. Little is known, however, about these students or about the underpinning philosophies of existing support. Adopting an intersectionality approach and dis/ability cri…
Multiculturalism and the cultural politics of racism in Hong Kong
This article examines a new element in the cultural politics of multicultural Hong Kong, namely the emergence of racism towards ethnic and other minorities in on-line discussion forums. To gauge the extent of this problem, we examined 2,918 on-line reader commentaries about the 249 news articles on ethnic minorities published by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) between 2012–2018. A discourse analysis found that racist and racialized discourses…
Intercultural sensitivity and prosocial behavior towards South Asians in Hong Kong: Mediating mechanisms of warmth and stigma
Reconceptualizing inclusive leadership to address diversity in schools
Through combining a diversity perspective and intersectionality approach, this paper contributes to the conceptualization of inclusive leadership for addressing diversity in schools. Drawing on literature from business and management studies as well as that of educational management and leadership, the paper first theorizes inclusive school leadership and outlines the tenets of inclusive school leaders. It then highlights some of the challenges f…
Identities in Troubled Times: Minoritized Youth in Hong Kong’s “Summer of Protest”
Discursive experiences can contribute to shaping lives and their identities. For minoritized youth in Hong Kong, the 2019 protest movement provided many such experiences, although very little has been heard about them. Instead, reporting has focused on the experiences of the dominant Chinese population. This paper aims to highlight the voices of minoritized youth in relation to the social movement that dominated Hong Kong in the second half of 20…
Minoritised communities and Hong Kong’s ‘summer of uprising: Attitudes and Engagement Without Citizenship
Hong Kong experienced unprecedented political and social turmoil starting in June 2019. The original impetus was a proposed law that would have enabled the extradition of Hong Kong residents to Mainland China. The focus of previous work relating to the consequent social movement that opposed the law has been on the engagement of the dominant Chinese population. Little attention has been paid to the attitudes or experiences of Hong Kong’s minoriti…
How Does Covid-19 Affect Marginalized South Asian Families in Hong Kong
The COVID-19 pandemic has a profound impact on families worldwide. Previous studies suggested that the pandemic may disproportionally affect marginalized families. However, the impact of the pandemic on marginalized ethnic minorities in Hong Kong remains relatively unknown. This study aimed to investigate the stress and coping strategies experienced by South Asian families in Hong Kong during the pandemic. Qualitative in-depth interviews were con…
Media and information literacy's antecedents and consequences: A survey of Hong Kong University students
Studies have shown how instruction can improve students’ media and information literacy (MIL), but researchers have not modeled MIL's broader antecedents or consequences. Hence, we explore demographics, digital citizenship's, and online engagement's links to MIL, and its ties to social trust or psychological well-being (PWB). In Hong Kong, 726 university students completed surveys. Our structural equation model showed that students with stronger …
Seeking refuge in a productivist welfare regime: Well-being of African asylum seekers/refugees in Hong Kong
Consistent with its productivist welfare model, Hong Kong offers limited welfare support to asylum seekers and refugees (ASR). This study examines the living conditions, experiences, support systems and well-being of African ASRs in Hong Kong in the context of the city's productivist welfare regime. Semi-structured interviews with 53 African ASRs revealed that they faced economic precarity, social stigma, and social isolation, which culminated in…
Heroes and Villains: Media Constructions of Minoritized Groups in Hong Kong's Season of Discontent
Hong Kong witnessed unprecedented protests from June 2019 to early 2020. Drawing on frame analysis, this study explores the discourse and ideologies related to minoritized groups using multiple media sources. The findings revealed that there were multiple constructions of minoritized groups and their engagement in the protests: Niche/pro-democracy and liberal media were inclined to make 'heroes' of their engagement while pro-China media seemed to…
Ethnic minority students’ self-formation strategies in navigating sociocultural challenges in higher education: A scoping review
Sociocultural diversity in higher education plays a significant role in harnessing equitable and enriching learning experiences for all students. This scoping review adopts a self-formation model to examine how ethnic minority students navigate sociocultural challenges in Hong Kong higher education. Self-formation emphasises the importance of cultural hybridity and capital conversion as ways of resisting structural exclusion. By reviewing 17 stud…
Psychosocial patterns of online social participation, psychological well-being, and learning opportunities in digital and global competences: Between Europe and Asia
Young adults engage online, but not always competently or responsibly. This study examined media literacy (ML) and online civic engagement (OCE) to identify psychosocial profiles and explore their associations with psychological well-being (PWB). A sample of 1,298 university students from Poland, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong was analyzed. Clustering identified four profiles: Cautious Observers (38%), Careless Activists (23%), Digital Leaders (21%), …
Higher education leadership for equity, diversity and inclusion: A systematic review of literature from 2000 to 2024
With the changing demographics of student and staff populations, evolving legal frameworks and political resistance there is a pressing need to assess how higher education leadership approaches equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). This paper provides a systematic review of English-language literature on higher education leadership for EDI from 2000 to 2024, covering a total of 68 works, including 38 journal articles, 25 book chapters, and five…
Relational agency for inclusion: How a Hong Kong school and families co-construct collaborative strategies
This article explores the intersecting perspectives of school and parent leaders in fostering home-school collaboration at a socioeconomically diverse primary school. Grounded in relational sociology, the study examines how collaborative strategies develop through relationships, focusing on intersubjectivity, reciprocity, and emotional bonding. We conducted a qualitative case study comprising semi-structured interviews with school leaders and par…
Sociology (12 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works)