Dr Gina C Y Yang
Part-time Lecturer
Dr. Yang's research focuses on youth transitions from school to work in Kinmen, Taiwan, Hong Kong's community economy and youth employment issues, young people's career and migration aspirations in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. She has published in Journal of Youth Studies, and Population, Space and Place, and contributed a chapter to the edited collection Dystopian Emotions: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures (Bristol University Press, 2021). Dr. Yang's current research focus is on comparative youth engagement in gender education, social and cultural innovation.
She also has extensive teaching experience in both undergraduate and graduate levels in cultural studies, education, gender studies and sociology. In addition to her academic work, she engages with local community groups as a leadership trainer and oral historian. Recently, she co-authored a publication on the history of Nam Chung, Hong Kong, focusing on the intersection between women’s collectives, co-living practices and Hong Kong history. Dr. Yang also has wide-ranging professional experience in management roles with non-governmental organizations on gender and education.
PhD
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.Youth Studies
Commons / Community Economies
Globalization
Gender Studies
Migration Studies
Taiwan and Borderland Studies
Work and Employment
Journal Article
Yang, G. C. Y., & Koo, A. (2024). Transitions across borders: Migration aspirations of young people from Kinmen, Taiwan. Population, Space and Place. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2843
Yang, C. Y. & Koo, A. (2023). Hope and Uncertainty at the Periphery in Global Times: Youth Employment in Kinmen, Taiwan. Journal of Youth Studies, 1-16.
Book Chapter
Chan, S. X., Yang, C. Y. & Chan, W.Y (2024). Gupo’s Yunzhen Tong: A Historical Space for Single Women’s Collective Living. In: Lee Tung (ed) The History of Nam Chung: Forgotten Stories of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Partnership for Nature Education and Conservation. (In Chinese)
Yang, C. Y. (2021). Borderland Emotions: A Case Study of Youths in Kinmen, Taiwan.In: McKenzie, J. & Patulny, R. (eds) Dystopian Emotions: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Editorial and Translation Works
Tang, T.S& Ng, W. Y. 鄧芝珊 、伍詠欣 (2024)《同聲同氣香港年長女同志口述史》[The Oral History of Hong Kong Old Lesbians]. Hong Kong:手民出版社 [Typesetter] (English to Chinese).
Kong, S.K. 江紹祺(2018)《華人男同志跨地域研究》[Chinese Male Homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy]. 香港：香港中文大學出版社 [Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press] (English to Chinese).
Kong S.K. 江紹祺. (2014)《男男正傳：香港年長男同志口述史》 [Oral History of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong]. 香港：進一步 [Hong Kong: Stepforward Multimedia, Ltd.] (English to Chinese).