Seminar Room,
Oxford Internet Institute,
1 St Giles,
Oxford,
OX1 3JS
This event is hybrid, and attendees are encouraged to join in person. A drinks reception will follow the event.
The OII is delighted to present Professor Chris Chan and his latest research on the platform labour markets in Hong Kong.
Chris King Chi Chan is the co-principal investigator for Fairwork Hong Kong, an OII Research Project.
Chris is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, and the Director of Social Innovation Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He worked as a labour organizer before completing his graduate studies at the University of Warwick. His research interests include labour, civil society, social movement and social development with a specific focus on Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Chris is the author of The Challenge of Labour in China: strikes and the changing labour regime in global factories. (Routledge, 2010) and has published numerous papers in journals such as China Quarterly, Journal of Cotemporary Asia, Globalizations, Development and Change, British Journal of Industrial Relations, and International Labor Review. Chris also works closely with trade unions, NGOs and activist groups to promote labour rights and social equality. He now serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Asia Monitor Research Centre and an Executive Committee member of Worker Empowerment in Hong Kong.
Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, and the Director of Social Innovation Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chris worked as a labour organizer before completing his graduate studies at the University of Warwick. His research interests include labour, civil society, social movement & social development.
DPhil Student
Srujana is a doctoral student at the OII and a member of the Fairwork Project. Her research focusses on digital labour, migration, and resistance.
