2019-presentFellow, Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research andPrevention, The University of Hong Kong
2013-presentHughes Hall Fellow/Visiting Scholar, Hughes Hall Department ofPsychology, University of Cambridge
2012Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Peking University
2009-2010Fulbright Scholar, Institute of Personality and Social Research, University
of California, Berkeley
2006-presentProfessor/Associate Professor (with tenure) - Department of Psychology,
The University of Hong Kong
> Digital Well-Being in the Present Tech-Saturated World
Abstract:With the advent of information technology (IT), the Internet has revolutionized many aspects of contemporary society. As a result, a myriad of everyday activities have gone online, including work, entertainment, social interactions, teaching and learning, and even shopping. While IT advancement and digitization have brought considerable convenience to and improved efficiency in our daily lives, new emerging societal problems and inequalities have inevitably surfaced. When going online, Internet users are constantly exposed to a plethora of online problems and risks, such as gaming disorder, social media addiction, cyberbullying, cybercrimes, and Internet security threats. All these prevalent, emergent problems have posed massive threats to the digital well-being and quality of (real) life for many Internet users all over the world. The present keynote speech seeks to advance the understanding of both sides of the debate by espousing a balanced perspective, critically evaluating various burning issues regarding the pros and cons of Internet use and whether such use can do more harm than good to people’s mental health.