What matters most? How COVID-19 may help re-align Hongkongers values and motivations towards sustainability (2020-2023)

PrincipaI investigators
Dr. Laurence L. DELINA
Dr. Benjamin STEUER

Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Nicolo Paolo Ludovice

Research postgraduate student
Ms. Olivia Anne PEREZ (2021 to 2023)

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on people’s health, causing high fatality rates. But it has also shown how we had to limit our freedoms and change our daily lives, especially how we consume and interact with others. This has been particularly felt in Hong Kong. But what about the longer-term effects on the city’s sustainability? This project aims to uncover how people in Hong Kong have changed their values and behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. This project sought to understand if their beliefs and actions have shifted and what drives these changes. By studying this, we can gain insights into how the pandemic has affected Hong Kong’s path towards sustainable development.

Conference Poster: Olivia Anne Perez, Delina, L.L, and Benjamin Steuer. (2023). Illustrating the Covid-SDG-Behavior change nexus: Cataloguing behaviour and value shifts in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. Herrenhausen Conference: “Climate-Related Systemic Risks: Lessons Learned from Covid-19,” Hanover, Germany, 19-23 June 2023.