Dr LU, Yun-Chieh

Yun-Chieh (Catherine) completed her Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham’s Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues in the UK, under the supervision of Professor Kristján Kristjánsson. She has developed an interdisciplinary framework drawing from virtue ethics, social psychology, developmental psychology, and multicultural education. Her work incorporates empirical data collected from the UK, Taiwan, and Slovakia to support and refine her original theoretical multicultural character education framework. 

1. Winner of 2025 Michael K. O’Rourke Best Publication Award at the University of Birmingham. (2025.06)

2. Honorable Mention Award of Young Scholars in the International Conference of Democracy and Education, Taiper, Taiwan. (2016.11)

1. PhD project 'Well-being and character education: Developing a multiculturally sensitive character education framework' at the University of Birmingham (2022.01-2025.12)

2. National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic research project 'Exploring cultural characteristics and institutional strategies in character education: A study of Slovakia teachers' (2025.9-2025.10) 

Lu, Y. C. (2025). Exploring virtue diversity to develop a multiculturally sensitive character education, Ethics and Education, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2025.2602982
Lu, Y. C. (2025). Exploring multicultural sensitivity in character education: Qualitative study comparing teachers’ views on character education in Taiwan and the UK. Journal of Character Education, 21(1-2): 60–75, https://doi.org/10.1108/JCED-08-2025-0006
Lu, Y. C. (2025). The compatibility of character education and citizenship education in Aristotelian approaches to moral development. Journal of Moral Education, 54(4), 710–724. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2024.2354746 (Best publication award 2025 at the University of Birmingham)
Wang, R., Lin, S., Tsai, M., Chang, D., & Lu, Y. C. (2021). The research on constructing teacher education selection model by applying neural network (In Mandarin). Journal of Education & Psychology, 44(3), 35-68. https://doi.org/10.3966/102498852021094403002

PESGB membership (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)

1. UK government Turing Scheme oversea research funding (2023, 2024)

2. National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic research funding (2025.06)