Anna is an MPhil student supervised by Professor Karen Joe-Laidler. Before joining the University of Hong Kong, Anna completed her undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford. Her research interests lie in border criminology, refugee studies and labour studies. She is interested in the uses and impacts of immigration detention, as well as labour relations experienced by the socially marginalised.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Philosophy, Politics and Economics
University of OxfordBorder criminology
Refugee Studies
Labour studies
Submitted thesis: (In)visible, Illegalised and Deportable: Constructing Immigration Detainees in Hong Kong as the Crimmigrant Other
My thesis studies how the practice of immigration detention evolved since 2005, and how immigrants in HK became illegal, detained and eventually deported. I analyse how social actors contested seeing immigration detainees as dangerous, undesirable and excludable, and how this contestation shaped detention practices and experiences.
My thesis draws on 26 interviews with former immigration detainees and civil society organisation members, as well as documentary research.Swire Undergraduate Scholarship, University College, University of Oxford (2015-2018)
Harold Wilson Prize, University College, University of Oxford (2018)
Charles Frankland Moore Award, Hong Kong Sino-British Fellowship (2014)
Au-Yeung, T. C., Chan, C. K.-C., Ming, C. K. K. and Tsui, W. Y. A. (2024) “The gig economy, platform work, and social policy: food delivery workers’ occupational welfare dilemma in Hong Kong,” Journal of Social Policy. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–19. doi: 10.1017/S0047279423000673.