Prof. ZHANG Jun (張珺)

Discipline:

• Sociocultural Anthropology

Research Interests:

• Social Transformation and Urban Development
• Mobility and Class Politics
• Infrastructures and Spatial Politics
• Science, Technology and Society in Asia
• China Studies

On-going research projects:

• Urbanization, Infrastructural transformation, and Spatial politics in China (funded by GRF & ECS)
• Platform Economy and Platformized Lifestyles
• An Ethnographic Exploration of a Care-centered Approach to Square Dancing and Gendered Aging in Urban China (funded by CityU)
• The emerging philanthropic landscape in China (with Dr. Gonçalo Santos; funded by GRFs; book manuscript in progress)
• The Politics and Ethics of Childbirth Medicalization in Reform era China (with Dr. Gonçalo Santos; funded by GRF)

• Project Planning & Management for Development
• Comparative Development in Asia
• Social Changes & Governing Challenges: A Critical Appreciation through Film
• Special Topics in Asian Studies
• Problem-Based Studies of Selected Asian Societies and Region I
• Political Sociology
• Environment and Society in Asia

• Journal of Contemporary Asia
• Worldwise Waste: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

• The Treasurer for Society for East Asian Anthropology under the American Anthropological Association (November 2022 to November 2025)
• Board member in the Impact Committee in the international NGO “Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong” (since 2022)
• An executive member of the International Research Network: Sci-Tech Asia; producer of its book talk podcast series “TechnoViews”.

• Interviewed or quoted by international newspapers (English) including The New York Times, BBC and the Deutsche Welle
• Interviewed by Chinese newspaper, magazines, and other media platforms including 澎湃新聞、南方人物週刊、第一財經、中歐商業評論、時代財經、智族 and so on.
• Interviewed by broadcast networks such as CNA (Singapore-based)