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I am Associate Professor of the Department of Public Policy and Director of the Political Analysis Lab at the City University of Hong Kong. My research interests include comparative politics, contentious politics, political sociology, political communication, risk governance, and research methods, with a focus on Asia. My current research unites two strands of intertwined political science inquiry: the dynamics of collective action and political communication in the digital age, and the contestation towards scientistic knowledge and political institutions amplified by exogenous shocks.
My work has appeared in Political Communication, Political Studies, International Political Science Review, British Journal of Social Psychology, Sociological Methodology, Information, Communication & Society, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Mobilization, China Quarterly, China Journal, among others. I recently co-edited with Sebastian Veg the special issues “Revisiting the Public Sphere in 20th and 21st Century China” in China Quarterly and with Francis Lee “Organizing Dynamics of Networked Movements in Asia” in Social Movement Studies. I received a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics in 2015. Prior to joining City University, I worked at Hong Kong Baptist University and the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China. |
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Professional services |
I am a Co-Editor of Social Movement Studies, the Vice President of the Hong Kong Political Science Association, and the Principal Investigator for Hong Kong of the World Values Survey Association.
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Research collaboration |
My research has been supported by the American Political Science Association, Central Policy Unit, French National Research Agency, Hong Kong University Grants Committee, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong Policy Innovation and Coordination Office, and Hong Kong Institute for Data Science.
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Community outreach |
My research findings or commentaries have been cited in Atlantic, Asahi Shimbun, BBC, CNN, NPR, RTHK, Guardian, LeMonde, MingPao, Spiegel, Strait Times, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Time Magazine, Times Higher Education, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, among others.
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