Prof. Daniel T.L. Shek is an Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme), Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, and Li and Fung Endowed Professor in Service Leadership Education at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also an Advisory Professor at East China Normal University, an Honorary Professor of Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, Guangdong University of Technology, and South China Normal University, a Changjiang Scholar (Changjiang Chair Professor), and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Psychological Society. He has received many teaching awards throughout his academic career. He was elected the Best Lecturer, teaching major courses in the Department of Social Work in 1995–1996. He was awarded the Exemplary Teaching Award by the Faculty of Social Science of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2002–2003. He was awarded five Reimagine Education Awards (Bronze Award under "Ethical Leadership" and "Social Enterprise" categories in 2016; a Silver Award under "Ethical Leadership" and a Gold Award under "Sustainability" in 2017; a Gold Award under "Nurturing Student Well-Being and Purpose" in 2021). He and his team members were awarded the UGC Teaching Award in 2018. He was named one of the world's most cited 2% of scientists by Stanford University and Clarivate for many years. In 2024, Daniel Shek was named an inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS (top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide) in Social Work.