Prof. Pang is a specialist in educational administration, management and leadership, as well as school effectiveness and improvement. Besides being a professor, he serves as Executive for the Hong Kong Centre for the Development of Educational Leadership, Leader of the School Development and Evaluation Team (SDET) and Programme Director of the Preparation for Principalship Course and School Managers Course, jointly organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Educational Research and Hong Kong Education and Manpower Bureau. Prof. Pang was elected the Chairman of Hong Kong Educational Research Association for the year 1999-2001 and he was also the Chairman of the Organization Committee of 2002 HKERA International Conference, which attracted over 600 participants from all over the world. He was a panel member of the Hong Kong Council of Academic Accreditation , member of the Advisory Committee on Quality Assurance Inspectorate of Education and Manpower Bureau and the Working Group on the Study of Effectiveness of Public-sector Secondary Schools of the then Education Department.