Research on class, gender, ethnicity and age as sources of inequality, in East and Southeast Asia and comparatively.

Research on corruption, organised crime, illegal markets, policing and drug policy, and on the informal orders that emerge where formal regulation is weak.

Research on religion, culture, media and social theory, with particular strength in Chinese religion and in theories of charisma and cognition.

Sociological, criminological and anthropological research on markets, money, consumption and illicit trade.

Research on the social determinants of health and inequality across the life course, and on medicine as a social institution.

Demographic and stratification research on migration, ageing, family change and social mobility, with a strong methodological component.

Research on digital money, platform governance and online interaction, and on computational methods for social science.