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Personal profile
Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8689-9536
Scopus Author ID: 56284423900
Impact
Qualifications/Experiences
BA MPhil PhDCUHK
Biography
Dr Yuk Wah Chan is Series Editor of the Routledge Series on Asian Migration (https://www.routledge.com/series/RSAM). Her areas of research cover international migration, borderland, tourism, Vietnam-China relations, identity, and food. Her recent publications include: Diseasescape and immobility governance: COVID-19 and its aftermaths (Mobilities), The politics of sanitization: Pandemic crisis, migration and development in Asia-Pacific (Asian and Pacific Migration Journal), Asian food and culinary politics: Food governance, constructed heritage and contested boundaries (Asian Anthropology) and New Chinese Migrations: Mobility, Home, and Inspirations (Routledge).
Editor or Editorial Membership
Journal Special Issue
- Chan, Yuk Wah and Yvetto To, eds. (2023) Special Issue: In search of a greener pasture: Post-2019 migrations from Hong Kong in American Behavioral Scientist, Online First.
- Chan, Yuk Wah and Pei-Chia Lan, eds. (2022) Special Issue: The politics of sanitization: Pandemic crisis, migration and development in Asia-Pacific, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 31(3): 205-224.
- Chan, Yuk Wah and James Farrer, eds. (2020) Special Issue: Asian food and culinary politics: Food governance, constructed heritage and contested boundaries, Asian Anthropology 20(1): 1-92.
- Chan, Yuk Wah and Bill Pritchard, eds. (Dec 2016) Special Issue: Food Politics and Relations in East Asia: Food Safety, Resilience and Sustainability, Asia-Pacific Viewpoint 56(3): 295-408.
- Chan, Yuk Wah and Brantly Womack, eds. (Aug 2016) Special Issue: Borderlands in Asia: Emergent Conditions and Relations, Asian Anthropology 15(2): 95-206.
- Wee, Vivienne and Chan Yuk Wah, eds. (2006) The Cultural Economy of Regionalisation, Journal of Contemporary Asia 36(3): 325-405.
Research Interests/Areas
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Migration and development
- Migration governance and mobility
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Vietnamese-Chinese relationships
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Vietnamese and Chinese diaspora
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Asian borderlands
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Food, culture and identity in Asia
Current/Recent Research Projects
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Asian Migration and Diaspora
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Food Relations in Asia
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Diseasescape
Teaching
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Culture and Change in Asia
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Asian Migration and the Global Diasporas
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Food: Culture, Science and Society
- Tourism, Culture and Development
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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Research output
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Double Push and the Contingent Path: Migration and Remigration of South Asian Minorities in Post-2019 Hong Kong
Chan, Y. W. & Kwok, K., Mar 2025, In: American Behavioral Scientist. 69, 3, p. 358-377Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Foodways, social sustainability and the multiscalar foodscape in Asia
Chan, Y. W., 23 Jan 2025, (Online published) In: Food, Culture & Society.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
From colonial subjects to British? Hong Kong-British identity and BN(O) migrants in the UK
Chan, Y. W., 2025, Global Hong Kong. Chan, Y. W. & To, Y. (eds.). Taylor & Francis, p. 39-54 (Routledge Series on Asian Migration).Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review
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From politics to poetics of migration: Migrant workers' 'life-in-migration' during the COVID pandemic
Chan, Y. W. & Haines, D., Dec 2025, In: Migration Studies. 13, 4, 15 p., mnaf059.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Global Hong Kong: Post-2019 Migration and the New Hong Kong Diaspora
Chan, Y. W. (Editor) & To, Y. (Editor), 4 Mar 2025, 1st ed. Routledge. 222 p. (Routledge Series on Asian Migration)Research output: Scholarly Books, Monographs, Reports and Case Studies › RGC 14 - Edited book (Editor) › peer-review
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TDG(CityU): Flipping Online Classes and Distance Learning with Multiple Tools
CHAN, Y. W. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), LAM, Y. W. (Co-Investigator) & LI, W. (Co-Investigator)
1/06/21 → …
Project: Research
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GRF: "Caring for Carers": A Study of the Precarity-transnationality Nexus in the Life Course of Migrant Domestic Workers
CHAN, Y. W. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) & Piper, N. (Co-Investigator)
1/09/21 → 13/08/25
Project: Research
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EXT: Chinese or Vietnamese? The Chinese Vietnamese Diaspora in Vietnam
CHAN, Y. W. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/07/10 → 29/12/12
Project: Research
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TDG(CityU): Teaching Complex Societies - China in Transition
CHAN, Y. W. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/09/09 → 22/03/10
Project: Research
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ResCtrs: Southeast Asia Research Centre (SEARC)
THOMPSON, M. R. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), FOSSATI, D. (Co-Principal Investigator), CHAN, Y. W. (Co-Investigator), EGRETEAU, R. (Co-Investigator), HAO, G. (Co-Investigator), LIM, C. W. (Co-Investigator), ONG, R. Y. C. (Co-Investigator), PASCOE, D. C. (Co-Investigator), ROBERTSON, J. (Co-Investigator), THOMAS, N. D. (Co-Investigator), TJIA, Y. N. (Co-Investigator), Taylor, B. (Co-Investigator), WISSINK, B. (Co-Investigator) & YUE, W. T. (Co-Investigator)
1/09/00 → 11/08/25
Project: Research
Press/Media
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In curbing ‘job hopping’, Hong Kong must protect domestic workers’ welfare
30/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Le port du masque, signe de la différence culturelle entre l’Asie et l’Occident
3/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Mask or no mask: the cultural assumptions at the heart of coronavirus crisis management
31/03/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Foreigners who fly in to join Hong Kong protests say they’re not interfering, just ‘showing solidarity across borders’
9/11/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Activities
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Asian anthropology (Journal)
Chan, Y. W. (Guest Editor)
Jun 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work (RGC: 61) › RGC 61 - Journal editor
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Global-e Journal (Journal)
Chan, Y. W. (Guest Editor)
May 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work (RGC: 61) › RGC 61 - Journal editor
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CrossMigration-ReSOMA closing conference: The coming of age of migration studies: Past, present, and future
CHAN, Y. W. (Speaker)
5 Feb 2020 → 6 Feb 2020Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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Reluctant Exiles to Voluntary Diaspora: Post 1997 Migrations from Hong Kong
CHAN, Y. W. (Speaker)
3 Dec 2019Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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International Conference on Cultural Governance in Asia 2019 (ICCGA 2019)
CHAN, Y. W. (Organiser)
10 May 2019 → 11 May 2019Activity: Organizing or Participating in a conference / an event › Conference / Symposium