Ms Yan Yue Joyce Shum
PhD Student
8.25, 8/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus
Joyce is a full-time PhD student at HKU Sociology. She received her bachelor’s degree in social sciences from The University of Hong Kong and completed her master’s degree in criminal justice policy at The London School of Economics and Political Science.
Her research interests cover various topics around the theme of crime and deviance, including cyber security and technology crime, policing, criminal justice, and drugs. Prior to her PhD studies, she worked as a research assistant at local universities for different projects, where she explored topics such as the regulation of Web 3, fake news detection among college students, and drug use and policies using ethnographic methods and in-depth interviews.
MSc Criminal Justice Policy
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Bachelor of Social Sciences
The University of Hong Kong
Crime and deviance
Cyber security and technology crime
Policing
Drugs
2024 Hong Kong PhD Fellowship
2020 Dean’s Honours List
2020 Henry James Lethbridge Memorial Book Prize
2019 Tang Pak Kau Scholarships
2018 Serena Yang Award