University of Hong Kong

Ph.D. Sociology

M.Phil. Comparative Literature

B.A. (Hons) Comparative Literature

University of Amsterdam

Associate Professor, Media Studies Department (2022–Present) 

Assistant Professor, Media Studies Department (2021–2022)

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Centre for Asian Studies in Africa, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Research Associate (2025 - Present)

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Lingnan University, Hong Kong

Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Cultural Studies (2022–2025)​

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The University of Hong Kong

Assistant Professor (Media and Culture), Department of Sociology (2014–2021)

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

Adjunct Professor, Master of Social Science in Global Political Economy (GPEC) (Spring 2021)

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Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts / HKU SPACE CDP 

Lecturer, MA Arts and Cultural Enterprise (2015–2017)

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Nottingham Trent University / Hong Kong Design Institute

 Lecturer, Department of Fashion & Image Design (2013–2015)

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Hong Kong Baptist University

Lecturer I, School of Communication (2011 - 2014)​

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HKU SPACE

College Lecturer, The Culture and Media Domain (2008–2011)​

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Visiting Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (Spring 2026)

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Harvard University, Cambridge, Boston

Academic Visiting Fellow, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies (2025–2026)

 

University College London (UCL), London

Visiting Scholar & Research Associate, Department of Anthropology (2018–2019)
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London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London 

Visiting Scholar, School of Media and Communication (Fall 2018)
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Donghua University, Shanghai

Visiting Scholar, Fashion Institute of Design (Aug 2015)
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Communication University of China, Beijing

Visiting Scholar, National Center for Radio and Television Studies (Jul 2015)​

Editorial Boards

Dialogues in Cultural Studies (Sage) (2025–2029)
International Journal of Cultural Studies (Sage) (2025–2029)

International Journal of Fashion Studies (2021 – Present)
Fashion, Style and Popular Culture (2021–2026)
Work, Employment and Society (2021–2025)

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Professional Leadership
Elected Member, Amsterdam Young Academy (2021–2023)
Vice-President, Hong Kong Sociological Association (2019–2021)
Treasurer, Hong Kong Sociological Association (2017–2019)
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Advisory Roles

Board Member, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) (2023–2027)

Research Consultant, Hong Kong Culture Gallery, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, The Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government (2018–2020)
Advisor, United Nations ESBN Young Entrepreneurs Taskforce (2017–2019)​

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University Service

Examination Board Committee, Faculty of Humanities, UvA (2022–present)
Program Director, Asia as the Global Future Summer Institute (2016–2017)
Chief Examiner, MSocSc (MCCC), Department of Sociology, HKU (2015–2020)

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Peer Review   

Reviewed 100+ manuscripts for leading journals including Journal of Consumer Culture, Work, Employment and Society, Fashion Theory, and Global Media and China; book manuscript reviews for Routledge, Taylor & Francis, and Polity.

Principal Investigator 

• China Africa Fashion Power (ERC Consolidator Grant, European Research Council, 2022–27)

• De-Westernising Fashion: An Ex-centric Perspective on Creativity, Authenticity, Cultural Mediation, and Consumer Agency along Chinese–African Fashion Value Chains (HKU Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, 2020–21)

• Migrant Integration in China, Vietnam and Myanmar: Case Studies and Experience Exchange (Oxfam Hong Kong/China Project Fund, 2020–21)

• Working In/Out the Automated “Smart” Cities: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese Media Professionals’ Psychological Wellbeing (HKU Faculty of Social Sciences Strategic Research Clusters Seed Funding, 2019–20)

• Cultural/Creative Labour and “Neo-Precarity”: Emerging Challenges and Responses of Precarious Workers in Chinese Cultural and Creative Industries (HKU Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, 2018)

• Creative Industries in Flux: A Critical Investigation into the Challenges, Agency and Potential of Cultural and Creative Workers in Hong Kong (Public Policy Research Funding Scheme [PPR], Central Policy Unit, 2016–17)

• Good Work, Bad Life? Demystifying the Glamour of Creative Labour in the Advertising Industry (HKU Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, 2016–17)

• Co-creating Fashion in the Post-Industrial Society: A Comparative Analysis of Creative Industries in China and South Korea (Early Career Scheme [ECS], University Grants Council, 2015–17)

• A Comparative Analysis of Creative Industries in Greater China and South Korea – Fashion as Case Study (HKU Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research for New Staff, 2014–15)

• Co-creating the Authentic Brand Histories and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Consumer Skepticism (HKBU COMS Departmental Seed Fund, 2014)

• Hong Kong Fashion Media’s Power in Communicating Fashion (HKBU COMS Departmental Seed Fund, 2013)

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Co-Investigator

• The Cultural and Creative Industries and Youth Development in the Greater Bay Area (Lingnan University Creative and Cultural Innovation Research Institute, Qianhai, Shenzhen, 2023–28)

• Creative Workers Participated in the 2019 Hong Kong Protests: A Critical Investigation of the Causes, Motivations and Relations between Socio-Economic Factors and Political Participation (Public Policy Research Funding Scheme [PPR], Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office [PICO], 2020)

• Digital Labour and Wellbeing: A Qualitative Exploration of Digital Workers’ Job Insecurity and Mental Health in Mainland China (University of Leicester Research Development Fund, 2019)​

Teaching Development Grants

PI, Some We Love, Some We Eat (HKU, 2016)
Co-I, Celebrity and Entertainment Business (HKBU, 2014–15)
 

Knowledge Exchange Projects
PI, Food for Thought, Food for Globe (HKU, 2018–19)
PI, Green a Difference (HKU, 2017–18)
PI, Size Does Matter (HKU, 2016–17)
Co-I, Sustainable Sunday Couture (HKU, 2017–18)​

University of Amsterdam

Nominee, 2022 UvA Lecturer of the Year 
Nominee, UvA Faculty of Humanities Education Award 2022 
 

Hong Kong University

Awardee, The HKU Social Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award 2019 
Finalist, HKU Outstanding Teaching Award 2019 

Alibaba Group

Shortlisted Dreamer, full-time, Alibaba Global Dreamers Programme (Jul–Aug 2018)

GlaxoSmithKline; Hugo Boss AG; Bluebell Asia
Copywriter & Translator, project-based (2007-2012)

 

TBWA\ (Global 4As creative agency)

Account Manager, full-time (2007–2008)

ADO Design (Hong Kong creative agency)

Account Executive, full-time (2006–2007)

Art Map Co. Ltd. HK.

Editor, full-time (2006)