CUHK Sociology 香港中文大學社會學系

08/06/2026

🎉Congratulations to Prof. Sun Jin on Being Selected as a Feixiaotong Jiangcun Resident Scholar!

We are delighted to share that Prof. Sun Jin from the Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been selected for the inaugural Jiangcun Resident Scholars Programme in memory of Prof. Fei Xiaotong.

Marking the 90th anniversary of Fei Xiaotong’s landmark Jiangcun fieldwork, this prestigious programme brings together leading scholars from across China to conduct immersive field research in Kaixiangong Village (Jiangcun). As a partnership of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Peking University, and the Suzhou Wujiang government in Jiangsu, the initiative aims to advance rural revitalization, grassroots governance innovation, and sustainable local development through close collaboration between academia and communities.

Prof. Sun, who serves as Executive Director of the Laboratory for Social Governance and Sustainable Development and Deputy Director of the Public Policy Research Centre at CUHK, will join a distinguished cohort of scholars contributing their expertise to this important national initiative.

For details, please refer to https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QLss2BWIhyc4aQqFZF0ZZQ (Chinese version), or https://www.sgsd-sochk.com/copy-of-home (English version)

We are delighted to share that Prof. Sun Jin from the Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been selected for the inaugural Jiangcun Resident Scholars Programme in memory of Prof. Fei Xiaotong.

29/05/2026

𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨! CSSL@CUHK Webinar

🗣Topic:
𝗩𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀

👨‍🏫Speaker: Prof. Yongjun ZHANG
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science
Stony Brook University

🗓Date: 17 June 2026 (Wednesday)
🕤Time: 10:30 – 12:00
📌Details: https://linktr.ee/cssl.cuhk

07/05/2026

Congratulations! The awardee, Zhang Zhuoxuan (張卓軒), was a Year 4 student in our department and has subsequently been admitted to the MPhil programme.

📣祝賀社科院學生於第九屆「一帶一路」綜合能力比賽榮獲大專組冠軍🏆

中大社科院—政務與政策科學學院學生張雅雯（政治與行政學三年級) 及社會學系四年級學生張卓軒，於4月25日在恆生大學舉行的第九屆「一帶一路」綜合能力比賽中脫穎而出✨，勇奪大專組冠軍。

本屆賽事競爭激烈，吸引全港逾40所中學及大專院校組隊參加。在決賽中，兩位同學以「青年視角下的企業拓展新機遇」為題發表精彩演講，展現了深厚的研究能力與宏觀視野。

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟵𝘁𝗵 “𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲” 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻🌟

We are proud to announce that CHEUNG Nga-man (Year 3, Government and Public Administration, SGPS) and ZHANG Zhuoxuan (Year 4, Sociology) emerged as the champions at the 𝟵𝘁𝗵 “𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲” 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (Tertiary Category)🏆.

Held on 25 April at Heng Seng University, the competition was highly competitive, attracting teams from over 40 secondary schools and tertiary institutions across Hong Kong. In the grand final, our students delivered a compelling keynote presentation titled “𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗔 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲”, showcasing their profound analytical skills and global vision on this issue.

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06/05/2026

Upcoming Webinar: "Taxing the Rich: How Incentives and Embeddedness Shape Millionaire Tax Flight", presented by Prof. Cristobal YOUNG, Associate Professor of Sociology, Cornell University.

Date: 22 May 2026 (Friday)
Time: 09:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (HKT)
Venue: ZOOM

Enquiries: +852 39436625
Registration: https://cuhk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_imgMi-TgQN-MsgKSr5rjkA

06/05/2026

We are pleased to share that the CUHK Gender Research Centre has hosted an international conference on Technology, Intimacy and Violence Prevention.

The event brought together academics, practitioners, and stakeholders from different sectors to explore responses to technology‑facilitated violence and to strengthen cross‑sector collaboration in violence prevention.

🔗 Read the full press release:
https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press/cuhk-gender-research-centre-hosts-international-conference-on-technology-intimacy-and-violence-prevention-event-advances-cross-sector-collaboration-on-tech-facilitated-violence/

The Gender Research Centre (GRC) of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) recently hosted the international conference “Technology, Intimacy and Violence: Education and Prevention”, with support from the University’s Gender Studies Progra...

06/05/2026

The Centre for Chinese Family Studies (CCFS) is to host an online seminar on 15 May (Friday). Please find the detailed information as follows:

Topic: Explaining Low Desired Fertility in Urban China

Speaker: Prof. Shuang Chen, Professor at the Department of Social Policy, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm, 15 May 2026 (Friday, HK Time)

Venue: Zoom

Language: English

Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=4272597

About the seminar: Ideal family sizes remain at or above two in most low-fertility settings, but subreplacement fertility ideals have been reported for urban China. What explains the low fertility ideals in urban China? This seminar presents two recent papers examining the puzzle. The first paper addresses a long-standing debate about how "genuine" reported ideal family sizes are in the presence of policy restrictions on family size. The second paper examines whether growing up as an only child can lead to lower fertility ideals. Explaining China's distinctly low fertility ideals sheds new light on the long-term impact of family planning policies and a key mechanism underlying the "Low-Fertility Trap" hypothesis, with implications for other low-fertility societies.

About the speaker: Dr Shuang Chen is an assistant professor at the Department of Social Policy of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). A demographer by training, Shuang's addresses questions at the intersection of demography, education, and social policy. Her current research focuses on the causes and consequences of low fertility in China and the role of education in fertility transitions. Shuang’s work has appeared in Demography, Population Studies, and International Journal of Educational Development. Shuang holds a PhD in Demography and Social Policy from Princeton University and received her B.S. and M.A. from Stanford University

04/05/2026

𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨! CSSL@CUHK Webinar

🗣Topic:
𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵

👨‍🏫Speaker: Prof. Han ZHANG
Young Family Assistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Brown University

🗓Date: 28 May 2026 (Thursday)
🕤Time: 9:30 – 11:00
📌Details: https://linktr.ee/cssl.cuhk

04/05/2026

Upcoming Webinar: "Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China", presented by Prof. Jieyu LIU, Professor of Sociology and China Studies, SOAS University of London.

Date: 15 May 2026 (Friday)
Time: 03:30 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. (HKT)
Venue: ZOOM
Enquiries: +852 39436625
Registration: https://cuhk.zoom.us/.../register/WN_zL9SPL0sTVy7omgi_rdaUg

28/04/2026

The Centre for Chinese Family Studies (CCFS) is to host an in-person seminar on 14 May (Thursday) .
Below please find the details, and the poster for the talk.

Topic: Longitudinal Employment Patterns and Parental Health: A Cross-Country Look

Speaker: Prof. Wen-Jui Han, Professor at Silver School of Social Work, New York University

Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm, 14 May 2026 (Thursday, HK Time)

Venue: FYB_UG02 (UG/F), CUHK (see the address on Google Maps)

Language: English

Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=4269965

About the seminar: Employment provides valuable resources to afford a stable standard of living, but the rise of the digital and service economy since the 1980s has made work more unstable and insecure for many families. Nonstandard and unpredictable schedules can harm health. This study adopts a cross-country lens to examine how parents’ work patterns over time relate to physical and mental health using longitudinal data from Australia, Germany, the UK, and the US. We identified 4–6 distinct work patterns across life stages and found that not working or having volatile work arrangements is linked to poorer health, though the persistence and magnitude of these associations vary by country. Our findings underscore the important role of employment in shaping health and its potential impact on intergenerational transmission of employment and health vulnerabilities.

About the speaker: Wen-Jui Han is a Professor at Silver School of Social Work, New York University. She earned her PhD from School of Social Work, Columbia University. The ultimate goal of Dr. Han’s research is to advance our understanding of factors that will improve the individual well-being including children and their families. To this end, she has investigated relationships between parental behaviors and child health and development, the effects of policies on parental behaviors and child outcomes, and precarious employment and later health and well-being. Her work has been published in leading academic journals, including the American Journal of Public Health, Child Development, Demography, Journal of Marriage and Family, etc. Dr. Han currently serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Social Welfare.

21/04/2026

📢New Publication Announcement

We are delighted to share a recently published paper by our faculty member, Prof. Qian HE in Social Force:

He, Q. (2025). Less than citizens: Varieties of workplace marginalization of immigrants to the United States. Social Forces , 00, 1–25.

URL to the full article: doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf145