Prof Eric W C Fong
Chair Professor in Sociology
Associate Dean (T & L), Faculty of Social Sciences
3917 7439
9.16, 9/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus
Eric Fong joined the University of Hong Kong in 2020 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he served as chair of the Department of Sociology and the inaugural Director of the Research Centre on Migration and Mobility. Prior to returning to Hong Kong in 2016, Fong had been a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto for more than 20 years. He was also Changjiang Chair Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Fong formerly served as President of the Canadian Population Society and the North America Chinese Sociologist Association, as well as Chair of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association. Fong publishes widely on race and ethnic residential patterns and immigration. His latest book with Brent Berry, Immigration and the City, was published by Polity Press in 2017.
PhD
University of ChicagoMigration
Race and Ethnicity
Urban sociology
Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong
Chinese migration in Asia
High-skilled migration in Hong Kong and mainland
Honorary Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Xian Jiaotong University (2020-present)
Academic Counsel, Center for Chinese Entrepreneur Studies, Tsinghua University, China (2012-present)
Changjiang Chair Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University (2016-2019)
President, Hong Kong Sociological Association (2020-2022)
Chair, International Migration Section, American Sociological Association (2012-2013)
President, Canadian Population Society (2012-2014)
Section Chair, International Migration Section, American Sociological Association (2012-13)
Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto (1997, 1998, 2000-2003)
Editorial Board
Demography, Deputy Editor (2018-present)
International Migration Review (2018-present)
Social Science Research (2014-present)
Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies (2013-present)
Asian Population Studies (2020- present)
Chinese Journal of Sociology (2019- present)
Journal of Population Studies (2011-present)
Forthcoming. "Participation in Social Movement and Emigration Intention: A Study of Hong Kong Social Movement in 2019" International Migration Review (Eric Fong, Xi Ni, and Pui Kwan Man) https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183251316523
Forthcoming. "Time to Leave? Emigration Tendencies in Hong Kong After the 1997 Handover and the 2019 Social Movement" Population, Space, and Place (Ka Wang Kelvin Lam and Eric Fong)
Forthcoming. "Motherhood and Women’s Migration: Evidence from Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong." American Behavioral Scientist (Song, Jing., Lai, Weiwen, and Fong, Eric) https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642241242930
Forthcoming. "Income Inequality of South Asians in Hong Kong: the role of race, religion and human capital" Asian Population Studies (Shafei Gu and Eric Fong) https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2025.24711232024. "Income Inequality Between Local-born and Migrant Adults in Hong Kong: A Comparison of Baby Boom and Millennial Generations." Chinese Sociological Review 56(4):436-465. (Pui Kwan Man and Eric Fong ) https://doi.org/10.1080/21620555.2024.2343652
2024. "The Influence of Bullying Victimization on Acculturation and Life Satisfaction Among Children from Multicultural Families in South Korea." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 50(18):4718-4737 ((Jinho Kim and Eric Fong) https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2359678