{"id":3229,"date":"2023-09-18T09:22:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.64.101.110\/ssrc\/?page_id=3229"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:57:52","slug":"mission-and-significance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/ssrc\/mission-and-significance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3229\" class=\"elementor elementor-3229\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-139e2a36 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"139e2a36\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c20aa78\" data-id=\"1c20aa78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d2975c elementor-widget elementor-widget-StartNext_About_Us\" data-id=\"21d2975c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"StartNext_About_Us.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t                            <div class=\"container\">\r\n                    <div class=\"row\">\r\n                        <div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12\">\r\n                            <div class=\"about-image\">\r\n                                                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/ssrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Social-Sciences-Research-Centre-01.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                                                                                <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12\">\r\n                            <div class=\"about-content\">\r\n                                <div class=\"section-title\">\r\n                                    <h2><\/h2>\r\n                                    <div class=\"bar\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n                                    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC), was established in January 1987 within the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong, and has the following mission objectives:<\/p><ul><li>to promote methodological research in the social sciences, both within and beyond the Faculty of Social Sciences;<\/li><li>to foster ties with social science research institutes and other related institutions outside the University;<\/li><li>to provide high quality training in advances in social science research<\/li><li>to collect high quality social science research data in Hong Kong for innovative research<\/li><li>to explore and make arrangements for contract research and consultancy service for Government and other outside organizations;<\/li><li>to explore external funding sources in support of research programmes in the Faculty<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"about-inner-area\">\r\n                        <div class=\"row\">\r\n                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                    \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC), was established in January 1987 within the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong, and has the following mission objectives: to promote methodological research in the social sciences, both within and beyond the Faculty of Social Sciences; 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