I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. My research interests include migration and immigration, refugee studies, and urban sociology. Currently, I am researching the trend of politically driven emigration from Hong Kong. I am also interested in the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong, with a particular focus on their settlement processes and outcomes.
MPhil, Sociology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
BSSc, Sociology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Migration and immigration
Refugee studies
Urban sociology
Emigration from Hong Kong
Asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong
Associate Fellowship, Higher Education Academy of the UK (AFHEA)
Forthcoming
Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin. Changing tactics in negotiating refugee assistance policies and practices: A case study of an asylum seeker-led organisation in Hong Kong. Journal of Refugee Studies.
Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin. The roles of asylum seeker-led organisations in settlement processes and determinants: Evidence from Hong Kong. Journal of International Migration and Integration.
Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin, Eric Fong, & Xinxin Wang. Narrative of governing emigration: A case study in Hong Kong. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin, & Eric Fong. The impacts of post-2019 outmigration on Hong Kong’s population structure. In Yuk Wah Chan & Yvette To (Eds.), Global Hong Kong: Mapping post-2019 migrations and the diverse Hong Kong migrant communities. Routledge.
Published Work
Shui, Kenny, Ka Wang Kelvin Lam, Judy Chen, & Eric Fong. (2023). Entry visa categories, current experiences and future expectations of highly educated migrants and their intention to stay. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 32(1), 152-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/01171968231174055
Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin, Hua Zhong, & Gloria Yuxuan Gu. (2023). Classic assimilation, self-selection and parent status: An analysis of the central–local political trust among highly educated Mainland migrants in Hong Kong. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 32(1), 83-104. https://doi.org/10.1177/01171968231167922
Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin, & Eric Fong. (2022). Migration flows in the region of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Asian Population Studies, 18(2), 109-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2022.2087934
In Progress
Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin, & Eric Fong. Time to leave? Comparing the emigration tendencies in Hong Kong after the 1997 handover and the 2019 social movement.
Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin, & Eric Fong. Extending the ideological migration thesis to understanding migration from more developed to less developed areas.