CUHK Sociology 香港中文大學社會學系

29/07/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Jin Sun on Receiving the 2026 AJOC Best Paper Award Honorable Mention!

The Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong is proud to congratulate Prof. Jin Sun and his co-authors and PhD students, Shiyu Gu. and Ruotong Su, on receiving the 2026 Asian Journal of Criminology (AJOC) Best Paper (Honorable Mention) Award for their paper:

📖 AI-Empowered Responsive Regulation for Preventing Future Crimes: An Empirical Inquiry into the Regulatory Pyramid to Combat Future Crimes in China and Southeast Asia

The award committee recognized the paper for its innovative extension of Braithwaite's Regulatory Pyramid into the AI era. Drawing on extensive interviews with police officers and digital experts across China and Southeast Asia, the study offers valuable insights into cyber fraud prevention, AI governance, and cross-border cooperation.

This international recognition reflects the impact of Prof. Sun's research and the Department's commitment to advancing cutting-edge criminological scholarship.

👏 Congratulations to Prof. Sun and all award recipients!

28/07/2026

𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨! CSSL@CUHK Webinar

🗣Topic:
𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀

👨‍🏫Speaker: Prof. Prof. Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Luskin School of Public Affairs
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

🗓Date: 19 August 2026 (Wednesday)
🕤Time: 9:30 – 11:00
📌Details: https://linktr.ee/cssl.cuhk

21/07/2026

Professor Ambrose King Yeo-chi, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and former Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, will be conferred the degree of Doctor of Education, honoris causa, by The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) at its Honorary Awards Ceremony on 22 October 2026.

This prestigious honor recognizes Professor King’s extraordinary lifelong contributions as a groundbreaking sociologist, a visionary academic leader, and a dedicated advocate for higher education and public service.

Please join us in extending our heartiest congratulations to Professor King on this well-deserved recognition!

To learn more about the conferred honors, please read the EdUHK Press Release at https://www.eduhk.hk/en/press-releases/eduhk-to-confer-honorary-doctorates-and-present-honorary-fellowships-on-distinguished-individuals.

香港中文大學社會學榮休講座教授兼前校長金耀基教授，將於 2026 年 10 月 22 日舉行的香港教育大學榮譽學位頒授典禮上，獲頒授榮譽教育學博士學位。

此項崇高榮譽表彰金教授作為開創性社會學家，具遠見卓識的學術領袖，以及致力於高等教育和公共服務的傑出貢獻。

讓我們一同向金教授致以最熱烈的祝賀，恭賀他獲此實至名歸的榮譽！

如欲了解更多授予榮譽的詳情，請參閱教大的新聞稿：https://www.eduhk.hk/zht/press-releases/eduhk-to-confer-honorary-doctorates-and-present-honorary-fellowships-on-distinguished-individuals。

13/07/2026

金耀基教授新著《美學的純金度——中國藝術散論》發布 Book Launch of Professor Ambrose Yeo-chi KING

香港中華書局將於 2026年香港書展隆重推出香港中文大學前校長及社會學系榮休講座教授 金耀基教授 最新著作《美學的純金度——中國藝術散論》。本書為金教授首部藝術理論文集，融合藝術鑑賞、美學理論與文化省思。

新書內容聚焦現當代中國藝術，評析李叔同、豐子愷、朱銘、吳為山、晁海等藝術家的創作特色與美學精神，同時品讀紀弦、金聖華、林青霞等文化人物的人生風貌，並從宏觀視野探討傳統與現代、美學本質與藝術價值等重要議題。書中提出「美學的純金度」理念，強調藝術應以追求與表現「美」為核心，反思當代藝術過分追求新奇而忽略審美價值的現象，為藝術與美學的關係提供深刻而獨到的思考。

新書發布會將於香港書展期間舉行，金耀基教授將親臨現場擔綱講者，與廣大讀者面對面交流，暢談其筆下的藝術宇宙與美學追求。

日期： 2026年7月18日（星期六）
時間： 下午6時15分至7時15分
地點： 香港會議展覽中心 S227會議室

位於非展場區域，讀者無需購買書展門票即可免費入場參與。誠邀各位師生及校友參與，一同分享金教授對藝術、美學與文化的最新思考。

09/07/2026

🎉Prof. Jaemin Lee Honoured with the 2026 American Sociological Association James S. Coleman Award for Outstanding Article🎉

The Department of Sociology is thrilled to announce that Prof. Jaemin Lee has received the James S. Coleman Award for Outstanding Article from the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society. This annual award recognizes pioneering scholarship in decision-making, social networks, and the broader traditions of analytical and computational sociology.

🏆Award-Winning Article
Lee, Jaemin, David Lazer, and Christoph Riedl. 2025. “Complex Contagion in Social Networks: Causal Evidence from a Country-Scale Field Experiment.” Sociological Science 12:685–714.

The award committee offered high praise for this work, noting:

“This paper is an impressive large-scale country level behavioral experiment. It uses multiple methods to estimate effects (including a novel computational method to generate exact p-values). The study tests the theory of complex contagion to unpack behavioral adoption driven by social reinforcement and social embeddedness. Leveraging a rigorous large-scale field experiment and advanced computational methods, this research delivers substantial theoretical contributions to social network studies. It clearly verifies the core theoretical mechanism of complex contagion in real-world settings, distinguishes complex contagion from other diffusion processes, and effectively bridges individual behavioral choices and aggregate social diffusion outcomes.”

👏We extend our warm congratulations to Prof. Lee and his co-authors on this distinguished international recognition. This ASA award highlights the global impact of our department’s scholarship and brings honors to CUHK.

The award will be formally presented at the Section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society’s business meeting at the ASA Annual Meeting in New York this August.

08/07/2026

𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨! CSSL@CUHK Webinar

🗣Topic:
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵

👨‍🏫Speaker: Prof. Philip Renyu ZHANG
Associate Professor
Business School
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

🗓Date: 28 July 2026 (Tuesday)
🕤Time: 9:30 – 11:00
📌Details: https://linktr.ee/cssl.cuhk

02/07/2026

The Department of Sociology is very pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Yue QIAN (錢岳) as a full Professor, effective from 2 July 2026.

Prof. Qian’s research examines the intersections of gender, family, work, and inequality in global contexts, with a particular focus on East Asia and North America. She joins us from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she was a Professor of Sociology. She has an excellent track record of research and global impact. She has published over 70 articles in top-tier journals, including Nature Human Behaviour, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), American Sociological Review, Social Forces, and Journal of Marriage and Family.

In 2022–2025, Prof. Qian was named in the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists. Her work has influenced policy conversations at the United Nations, the World Bank, and the WHO, and has been featured extensively by international media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBC, and South China Morning Post. Her contributions were recognized with UBC’s Killam Research Prize, Public Engagement Award, and Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award, as well as the Canadian Sociological Association’s Early Investigator Award.

We look forward to the valuable contributions she will bring to the CUHK community! Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Prof. Qian!

錢岳教授獲香港中文大學社會學系委任為正教授，任期由2026年7月2日起生效。

錢教授的研究深入探討在全球背景下性別、家庭、工作與不平等的交織關係，當中研究特別聚焦於東亞與北美地區。她先前於加拿大英屬哥倫比亞大學擔任社會學教授。她擁有卓越的研究成就與廣泛的國際影響力，曾在頂尖學術期刊發表超過70 篇論文，包括《自然人類行為》(Nature Human Behaviour)、《美國國家科學院院刊》(PNAS)、《美國社會學評論》(American Sociological Review)、《社會力量》(Social Forces) 及《婚姻與家庭雜誌》(Journal of Marriage and Family)。

在 2022年 至 2025 年間，錢教授被評為論文被引用次數全球排名前2% 的學者。其研究成果不僅影響了聯合國、世界銀行和世界衛生組織等機構的政策討論，亦曾獲《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》、加拿大廣播公司及《南華早報》等國際媒體的廣泛報導。錢教授的學術貢獻屢獲殊榮，曾榮獲英屬哥倫比亞大學的Killam Research Prize、Public Engagement Award和Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award，以及Canadian Sociological Association’s Early Investigator Award。

我們期待錢教授為香港中文大學社群帶來寶貴的貢獻。敬請與我們一同熱烈歡迎錢教授加入社會學系！

02/07/2026

📢New Publication Announcement

We are delighted to share a recently published paper by our faculty member, Prof. Ling ZHU in Sociological Methodology

Zhu, L., Cao, J., Tian, R., Li, Y., Yue, X., Qi, D., & Liang, H. (2026). Comparing modularity scores across different social networks: Pitfalls, illustrations, and suggestions. Sociological Methodology. Advance online publication.

URL to the full article:

In the thriving field of network studies, there has been an emerging practice of comparing optimal modularity across social networks to evaluate the variation o...

27/06/2026

We are pleased to announce an upcoming seminar entitled “Exclusion, Disruption, and Children's Behavioral and Learning Outcomes: Emerging Evidence from the Climate, Environment, and Childhood Inequality Project”.

The seminar is scheduled for June 30, 2026 (Tuesday), from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 n.n. (Hong Kong Time) in Room 520, 5/F, Chen Kou Bun, CUHK. Our honorable speaker, Prof. Emily Hannum, Associate Dean for the Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology at University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the seminar.

For further information, kindly refer to the poster. Thank you.

08/06/2026

🎉Congratulations to Prof. Sun Jin on Being Selected as a Feixiaotong Jiangcun Resident Scholar!

We are delighted to share that Prof. Sun Jin from the Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been selected for the inaugural Jiangcun Resident Scholars Programme in memory of Prof. Fei Xiaotong.

Marking the 90th anniversary of Fei Xiaotong’s landmark Jiangcun fieldwork, this prestigious programme brings together leading scholars from across China to conduct immersive field research in Kaixiangong Village (Jiangcun). As a partnership of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Peking University, and the Suzhou Wujiang government in Jiangsu, the initiative aims to advance rural revitalization, grassroots governance innovation, and sustainable local development through close collaboration between academia and communities.

Prof. Sun, who serves as Executive Director of the Laboratory for Social Governance and Sustainable Development and Deputy Director of the Public Policy Research Centre at CUHK, will join a distinguished cohort of scholars contributing their expertise to this important national initiative.

For details, please refer to https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QLss2BWIhyc4aQqFZF0ZZQ (Chinese version), or https://www.sgsd-sochk.com/copy-of-home (English version)

We are delighted to share that Prof. Sun Jin from the Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been selected for the inaugural Jiangcun Resident Scholars Programme in memory of Prof. Fei Xiaotong.