Prof. Ronnel B. King is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he leads the Positive Psychology and Education Lab. His research focuses on the factors that underpin motivation, socio-emotional learning, and well-being. He is also keen on leveraging positive psychology / education interventions to enhance these optimal states.

He has published more than 250 journal articles on these topics in the top-ranked journals in educational psychology. He is recognised as one of the most prolific educational psychology researchers in Asia and globally, and his citations are at the top 0.05% in the field. He is currently Associate Editor of the British Journal of Educational Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, and The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. He will lead his team to contribute to this programme.