Personal profile
Name in Chinese
潘毅
Biography
Pun Ngai received her Ph.D. from the University of London, SOAS in 1998. She is the winner of the 2006 C. Wright Mills Award for her book, Made in China: Women Factory Workers in a Global Workplace (Duke University Press, 2005). Made in China is widely used as required reading in major universities in America, Europe, and Asia. Together with Dying for Apple: Foxconn and Chinese Workers (co-authored with Jenny Chan and Mark Selden, 2016), these two texts have been translated into German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish and Chinese. Two of her Chinese books were also awarded Hong Kong Book Prize 2007 and 2011 as the top ten popular books, widely read in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
She published extensively and cross-disciplinary in top-tier journals in the areas of Cultural Studies, China Studies, Labor Studies, Anthropology, and Sociology. Her articles appeared in Positions, Public Culture, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Global Labor Studies, Work, Employment and Society, The China Quarterly, Modern China, and The China Journal, Cultural Anthropology, Dialectical Anthropology, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Sociological Review, Sociology, etc.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Exploring 'Active NEET' as a Cultural Phenomeno: Youth Unemployment and Ani-work Politics in Contemporary China (對於「主動性尼特族」作為文化現象的探究:當代中國的青年失業與反工作政治)
NA, Y. V. (PI), HUANG, Y. (CoI), XIA, B. (CoI), ZHOU, Y. (CoI) & PUN, N. (CoI)
Research Grants Council (Hong Kong, China)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Grant Research
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Commoning as Grounded Method of Cultural Studies in Hong Kong
PUN, N. (PI) & CHAU, J. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 30/06/27
Project: Grant Research
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When Crisis of Work Meets Crisis of Care: "Full-Time Children" as a Cultural Phenomenon
PUN, N. (PI) & NA, Y. V. (CoI)
LU Research Committee, LU Research Committee (Dept/Unit)
1/06/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Grant Research
Research output
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Chinese female workers’ cultural production and vlogs against techno-colonisation
CHEN, P. & PUN, N., 30 Jan 2026, Decolonisation in the 21st Century: Rethinking Coloniality, Resistance and Solidarity. LIU, J. C. H. & NEILSON, B. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Ltd., p. 187-202 16 p.Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Introduction: Socialist industrialization, deskilling, and reducing the gap between mental and manual labor in China
ANDREAS, J., PUN, N., EYFERTH, J. & DONG, Y., Jun 2026, In: World Development. 202, p. 107339 107339.Research output: Journal Publications › Editorial/Preface (Journal)
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Labor Market Theory as a Tautology or Theoretical Construct? Toward a Marxist Labor Market Theory
QIAN, Z. K. & PUN, N., Mar 2026, In: Critical Sociology. 52, 2, p. 269-289 21 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
Prizes
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LU Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award 2023 (RGC Grant)
PUN, N. (Recipient), Sept 2023
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
Activities
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Digital Intimacies: Young Women and Social Transformation in Globalizing Asia
NIRANJANA, T. (Speaker), PUN, N. (Moderator) & CASTILLO BAUTISTA, R. C. (Discussant)
1 Jun 2023Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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Reconceptualizing Youth Poverty through the Lens of Precarious Employment in Global Pandemic Period
PUN, N. (Speaker) & CHEN, P. (Speaker)
16 Dec 2022Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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Confronting global infrastructural capitalism: the triple logic of the ‘vanguard’ and spatial and class contradictions in China’s high-speed rail program
PUN, N. (Speaker)
28 Apr 2022Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
Press/Media
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勞工市場需求洞察 探索青年就業挑戰與未來出路 On labour market research
15/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries
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勞工市場需求洞察 探索青年就業挑戰與未來出路|嶺航未來 On labour market research
14/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Commentaries
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AI解讀14萬則招聘廣告 關稅戰衝擊 勞工點自救?Lingnan University’s study shows 40 per cent of job vacancies in Hong Kong in traditional service industries Rise in gig employment amid lagging adoption of advanced technologies
11/05/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer