HKU Department of Sociology

Address: Room 928, 9/F., The Jockey Club Tower, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HK, HK
Telephone: +852 3917 2050

Our programmes and courses

Attention: HKU undergraduates
Are you an HKU undergraduate, and looking for a sociology course? Explore our course overview

Discover sociology at HKU

Programme overview

Undergraduate
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Taught postgraduate
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- Criminology
- Media, Culture & Creative Cities
Research postgraduate
Who is this for?
- MPhil / PhD Sociology

Attention: HKU undergraduates
Are you an HKU undergraduate, and looking for a sociology course? Explore our course overview

Meet our staff

Staff overview

Guy Abel
Professor (joining soon)
Research interests: Migration, Demography, Quantitative Methods
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Satoshi Araki
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Social Stratification and Inequality, Education and Work, Comparative Social Policy/Comparative Education, Multidimensional Well-being, Family and Marriage, Research Methods
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Gordon Brett
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Culture, Cognition, Creativity, Theory
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Cheris S C Chan
Associate Professor
Research interests: Cultural sociology, Economic sociology, Healthcare, Globalization, New social movements, Sociocultural changes in China, Qualitative research methods
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Tarani Chandola
Head, Department of Sociology
Research interests: Sociology of Health and Illness/Medical Sociology, Health inequalities, Ageing and social gerontology, Psychosocial factors, Work and Health, Social Science research methods, Quantitative research methods
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Eric W C Fong
Chair Professor in Sociology
Associate Dean (T & L), Faculty of Social Sciences
Research interests: Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Urban sociology
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Sinn Won Han
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Social demography, Political demography, Norms and trust, Labor markets and public policies, Quantitative methodologies, Cross-national comparative research
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Paul Joosse
Associate Professor
Research interests: Social theory, Criminology, Social movements, Terrorism, Religion
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Travis S K Kong
Associate Professor
Research interests: Gender and sexuality studies, Cultural and media studies, Contemporary social theory, Qualitative research methods
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Karen A Joe Laidler
Professor
Research interests: Race and crime, Gender, Gangs and delinquency, Drugs
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Maggy S Y Lee
Professor
Research interests: Transnational migration and cities, Criminology of mobilities, Crime and incivilities, Youth and ethnicity
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Tom McDonald
Associate Professor
Research interests: Anthropology, China, Credit/debt, Communications, Digital money, Internet, Social media, Technology
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David A Palmer
Professor
Research interests: Chinese religion, Daoism and ethnicity in southern China and Southeast Asia, Inter-Asian religious circulations, Civil society, governance and subject formation, Anthropology of ethics and moralities, Comparative and historical sociology, Asian assemblages of science and religion
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Ioana Sendroiu
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Crisis, Future projections, Resilience, Climate change
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Xiaoli Tian
Associate Professor
Research interests: New media, Social interaction, Social studies of science and technology, Medical sociology, Comparative and historical sociology, Information and communication technology, Cultural sociology
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Peng Wang
Associate Professor
Research interests: Crime and anti-crime, Corruption and anti-corruption, Policing, Bureaucracy and governance, Economic sociology, Law and society, China studies
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Ming Wen
Professor, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences
Research interests: Social determinants of health & well-being, Midlife health and mortality, aging and the life course, Child development, Urban sociology, Migration
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Duoduo Xu
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Social Stratification and Mobility, Migration and Immigration, Urban Sociology, Sociology of Education, Child and Youth Development, Survey and Quantitative Methods
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Hui Zheng
Professor
Research interests: Health and Mortality, Demography, Social Epidemiology, Aging, Life Course, Social Inequality, Migration, Quantitative Methods
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Guy Abel
Professor (joining soon)
Research interests: Migration, Demography, Quantitative Methods
See full profile
Satoshi Araki
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Social Stratification and Inequality, Education and Work, Comparative Social Policy/Comparative Education, Multidimensional Well-being, Family and Marriage, Research Methods
See full profile
Gordon Brett
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Culture, Cognition, Creativity, Theory
See full profile
Cheris S C Chan
Associate Professor
Research interests: Cultural sociology, Economic sociology, Healthcare, Globalization, New social movements, Sociocultural changes in China, Qualitative research methods
See full profile
Tarani Chandola
Head, Department of Sociology
Research interests: Sociology of Health and Illness/Medical Sociology, Health inequalities, Ageing and social gerontology, Psychosocial factors, Work and Health, Social Science research methods, Quantitative research methods
See full profile
Eric W C Fong
Chair Professor in Sociology
Associate Dean (T & L), Faculty of Social Sciences
Research interests: Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Urban sociology
See full profile
Sinn Won Han
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Social demography, Political demography, Norms and trust, Labor markets and public policies, Quantitative methodologies, Cross-national comparative research
See full profile
Paul Joosse
Associate Professor
Research interests: Social theory, Criminology, Social movements, Terrorism, Religion
See full profile
Travis S K Kong
Associate Professor
Research interests: Gender and sexuality studies, Cultural and media studies, Contemporary social theory, Qualitative research methods
See full profile
Karen A Joe Laidler
Professor
Research interests: Race and crime, Gender, Gangs and delinquency, Drugs
See full profile
Maggy S Y Lee
Professor
Research interests: Transnational migration and cities, Criminology of mobilities, Crime and incivilities, Youth and ethnicity
See full profile
Tom McDonald
Associate Professor
Research interests: Anthropology, China, Credit/debt, Communications, Digital money, Internet, Social media, Technology
See full profile
David A Palmer
Professor
Research interests: Chinese religion, Daoism and ethnicity in southern China and Southeast Asia, Inter-Asian religious circulations, Civil society, governance and subject formation, Anthropology of ethics and moralities, Comparative and historical sociology, Asian assemblages of science and religion
See full profile
Ioana Sendroiu
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Crisis, Future projections, Resilience, Climate change
See full profile
Xiaoli Tian
Associate Professor
Research interests: New media, Social interaction, Social studies of science and technology, Medical sociology, Comparative and historical sociology, Information and communication technology, Cultural sociology
See full profile
Peng Wang
Associate Professor
Research interests: Crime and anti-crime, Corruption and anti-corruption, Policing, Bureaucracy and governance, Economic sociology, Law and society, China studies
See full profile
Ming Wen
Professor, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences
Research interests: Social determinants of health & well-being, Midlife health and mortality, aging and the life course, Child development, Urban sociology, Migration
See full profile
Duoduo Xu
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Social Stratification and Mobility, Migration and Immigration, Urban Sociology, Sociology of Education, Child and Youth Development, Survey and Quantitative Methods
See full profile
Hui Zheng
Professor
Research interests: Health and Mortality, Demography, Social Epidemiology, Aging, Life Course, Social Inequality, Migration, Quantitative Methods
See full profile

Events

Events overview

HKU Department of Sociology RPG Student Writing Retreat
Mon 16 Oct 2023
9:30am - 5:00pm
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News

News overview

Research
Professor Chandola was a co-editor of the Handbook of Life Course Occupational Health published by Springer
By HKU Sociology
Research
Dr Araki publishes an article on happiness and unhappiness.
By HKU Sociology
Research
The race for data: Collecting data with Running Man Athletic Club
By Shi Yingyu
Su Weijia
Lu Xiaoyang
Deng Bowen
Liang Yinghong
Jiang Wenxin
Research
Dr Ioana Sendroiu's paper “‘All the Old Illusions’: On Guessing at Being in Crisis,” has been selected as an Honorable Mention for the 2023 Junior Theorist Award.
By HKU Sociology
Research
Dr Araki received the Best Paper Award from the Japan Society of Educational Sociology (JSES)
By HKU Sociology
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HKU Department of Sociology

Our programmes and courses

Undergraduate

Taught postgraduate

Research postgraduate

Discover sociology at HKU

Meet our staff

Guy Abel

Satoshi Araki

Gordon Brett

Cheris S C Chan

Tarani Chandola

Eric W C Fong

Sinn Won Han

Paul Joosse

Travis S K Kong

Karen A Joe Laidler

Maggy S Y Lee

Tom McDonald

David A Palmer

Ioana Sendroiu

Xiaoli Tian

Peng Wang

Ming Wen

Duoduo Xu

Hui Zheng