Daniel T.L. Shek: Pioneer in Chinese Quality of Life Research
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Daniel Shek was born in Hong Kong. He has one elder sister and four younger sisters. His father died when he was in Grade 8. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 1979 at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He then worked as a full-time demonstrator and pursued his full-time PhD study at HKU for four years. After he obtained his PhD degree, he taught at City Polytechnic of Hong Kong from 1984 to 1987. He then moved to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) teaching social work for 22 years. In response to the severe lack of studies on quality of life of Chinese people, he has gradually developed his research programs on the wellbeing of Chinese adolescents and families since 1980s. Daniel Shek is currently Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme) and Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He is also Advisory Professor of East China Normal University, Honorary Applied Research Quality Life (2018) 13:257–259 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-018-9597-0
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