Presentations

2024

International Conference on “Political Economy of China: History, Institutions, and Policies” organized by Sun Yat-sen University and Harvard-Yenching Institute, June 14-16.

2023

Research forum of “Temporal, Social and Environmental Risks of Mental Problems and Deviance/Crime” organized by Department of Sociology, CUHK, May 31.

2022

Departmental Seminar of Department of Psychology, CUHK, November 8.

2018

Harvard-Yenching Institute 90th Anniversary Alumni Conference in Shanghai, China, June 23.

2015

The University of Southampton, under World Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund (2014), June 11.

2014

Harvard-Yenching Visiting Fellow Workshop, Harvard University, U.S., April 28.

2014

China Sociology Meeting (Hosted by Prof. Ezra Vogel and Prof. Martin Whyte), Harvard University, April 22.

2014

Harvard-Yenching Visiting Fellow Workshop, Harvard University, U.S., February 28.

2022

“Socioeconomic status, locality of social ties, and smoking/drinking: Rural-to-urban migrant workers vs. local urban workers in China.” Presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, January 8.

2022

“Stratified susceptibility and impact of infodemic during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, January 8.

2021

“Chinese government performs well? The impacts of attention to covid-19 information and perceived source credibility.” Presented at the 71st Annual Conference of International Communication Association through virtual engagement, May 27-31.

2021

“The digital equalizer or digital apartheid? The third level digital divide and health disparity during the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, China.” Presented at the 71st Annual Conference of International Communication Association through virtual engagement, May 27-31.

2020

“Non-institutional political participation in Hong Kong: The role of relative deprivation, post- material values, and national identity.” Presented at the 115th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association through virtual engagement, August 8-11.

2019

“Genetic factors, social environment, and substance abuse among Chinese male population.” Presented at the 3rd Belt & Road Initiative Global Health International Congress & 2019 Global Health Forum of the University Alliance of the Silk Road, Xi’an, China, Sept 13-16.

2018

“Prevalence and correlates of drug use among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (HIVMSM) in China.” Presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong, December 1.

2018

“Gene by social-environment interaction for substance abuse: A pilot study in the Chinese population.” Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, Hong Kong, June 14–16.

2017

“The interactive role of genes by social correlates in the propensity to addictive behaviours: A pilot study in Hong Kong.” Presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Hong Kong, December 9.

2016

“Genes, social environment, and substance abuse: A study on young males in China.” Presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology, New Orleans, U.S., November 16-19.

2015

“Genes, environment, and drug abuse in Chinese societies.” Presented at International Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment organized by Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research, Macau, November 8-11.

2015

“Strain, school context, and delinquency among migrant adolescents in china: A test of Agnew's macro-level strain theory.” Presented at the 7th Annual Conference of Asian Criminological Society, Hong Kong, June 24-26.

2014

“Migration, strain, and substance use among migrant adolescents in Guangzhou.” Presented at the Conference on Comparative Studies on the Migration of Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, Shanghai, China, October 31-November 2.

2013

“Social development and crime in Hong Kong: A time-series analysis between 1981-2012.” Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, U.S., November 20-23.

2013

“Crime trend and development in Hong Kong.” Presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, New York City, New York, U.S., August 8-10.

2012

“Comparison of the attitudes toward restorative justice between Hong Kong and China.” Presented at the Conference on “Law and Institutions in China’s Economic and Societal Transition: Between Tradition and Modernity”, Hong Kong, November 6.

2012

“Delinquent behaviours of migrant adolescents: Does school matter?” Presented at the 7th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Barcelona, Spain, June 25- 28.

2011

“Risk behaviours of migrant adolescents in Guangzhou.” Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., November 16-19.

2011

“The influence of socioeconomic status on delinquency” (with Hua Zhong). Presented at the Seminar on the Protection of Migrant Workers in China: Theories and Practices, Sun Yat-sen University, China, November 5-6.

2010

“Social capital and psychological wellbeing among left-behind children in Rural China”. Presented at 12th Annual Conference of Hong Kong Sociological Association, Baptist University, Hong Kong, December 4. t, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore.