The University of Hong Kong 
Mr Li Xiaotian
PhD Student 8/F Hub, 8/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial CampusBiography
Li Xiaotian is a full-time PhD student at HKU sociology, where he is researching the Internet economy in China, especially the labor process in the digital world. He received his Master degree in Renmin University of China and his Bachelor degree in Tsinghua university, both in Sociology. His research interests include gender and sexuality, labor and migration in China, and how technology changes work and everyday life.
Research postgraduate students undertake exchange visit to UK
Education
Master in Sociology
Renmin University of China (Beijing, China)
Bachelor in Sociology
Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
Exchange Student
National Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Research interests
Gender and sexuality
Labor and migration in China
Technology
Digital labor
Honours and recognitions
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, Hong Kong Research Council, 2017
Selected publications
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Li, Xiaotian. 2022. Managerial Technique and Worker Subjectivity in Dialogue: Understanding Overwork in China’s Internet Industry, Work, Employment and Society
Tse, Tommy, and Li, Xiaotian. 2022. Recoupling corporate culture with new political discourse in China’s platform economy: The case of Alibaba, Work, Employment and Society
Li, Xiaotian. 2021. Strategic flexibility in a male-dominated occupation: women software engineers in China, Journal of Gender Studies
MEDIA ARTICLES
LI Xiaotian, 2020. < Precariat：一個階級概念的回顧與爭論 >，文化研究國際中心工作論文，ISSN 2707-2193，ICCS Working Paper No. 26，https://iccs.nctu.edu.tw/zh/wps_one.php?USN=29.
LI, Xiaotian. 2019. “The 996.ICU Movement in China: Changing Employment Relations and Labour Agency in the Tech Industry.” China Columns, Online Only, Made in China Journal. see https://madeinchinajournal.com/2019/06/18/the-996-icu-movement-in-china-changing-employment-relations-and-labour-agency-in-the-tech-industry/.
LI, Xiaotian. “塵肺工人維權難 呼喚精準扶貧新起點”. Ming Pao, 15 November 2018.