Over the past decade, our research direction has been shaped by a series of local and global challenges – political unrest, Covid 19, social and cultural fragmentation, geo-political conflicts, disruptive technologies, and climate change. At this crucial crossroad in our region, what roles do faith traditions play in enabling flourishing to take root amidst such crises? In particular, we seek to investigate how the dynamics of Christianity’s engagement with China, both in the past and present, can contribute to the development of individual, societal, and planetary wellbeing. 

We approach the question from various disciplinary perspectives, using historical and contemporary lenses to bring basic and applied research into focus. Our plan is to incorporate insights from pure research into our scholastic approach which in turn will produce new research based on the data from our teaching programmes. 

Currently, our developing research cluster covers three areas: