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Dr Carmen K M Tong

Lecturer

9.11, 9/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus

ckmtong@hku.hk

3917 3956

Dr Carmen K M Tong

  • Carmen’s research expertise in schooling and student culture was inspired from her extensive teaching experiences in different higher education institutions in Hong Kong. Her ethnographic studies explore Hong Kong students’ sexual identities, life visions, and the dynamics of adaptation tactics in the competitive schooling environment.


    Carmen is currently intrigued by the rapidly growing field of human-animal studies and their potential contribution to sociological inquiries.

  • PhD in Sociology
    The University of Hong Kong


    MPhil in Sociology
    The University of Hong Kong


    BSocSc in Sociology
    The University of Hong Kong

    • Education and schooling

    • Gender and sexualities

    • Self and identity

    • Media and cultural studies

    • Human-animal relationships

  • Good Boy!? The Dynamics of Love and Control in Pet-Keeping in Hong Kong. Project Date: 21/07/2026-20/07/2030.


    Food for Thought, Food for Globe - Reduction of Meat Consumption in Hong Kong’s Schools. Funded by Knowledge Exchange Fund (KE-IP-2018/19-80) and Effective Altruism (U.S.) Fund. Project Date: 01/10/2018 - 30/05/2020.


    ‘Green a Difference – Reduction of Animal Consumption in Hong Kong.” Funded by Knowledge Exchange Fund (KE-IP-2017/18-66). Project Date: 01/08/2017 – 30/06/2018.


    ‘Size Does Matter: Reflecting Our Attitudes and Knowledge about Non-Human Animals in Urban Hong Kong.” Funded by Interdisciplinary Knowledge Exchange (KE) Project Fund (KE-ID-2015/16-20). Project Date: 01/09/2016 – 30/08/2017.

  • Teaching resources

    Sustainable relationships with animals. https://www.animals.sociology.hku.hk/


    Journal articles

    Tong, C. 2017. “A Chronology of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: January 2013 – December 2014”, Education Philosophy and Theory. 6 April 2017.


    Book chapters

    Tong, C.K.M. 2008. ‘Being a Young Tomboy in Hong Kong – The Life and Identity Construction of Lesbian Schoolgirls’, in Fran Martin et al. ed. AsiaPacifiQueer: Rethinking Genders and Sexualities. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. pp.117-130.

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