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- tin-yuet.ting@polyu.edu.hk
Biography
Tin-Yuet Ting is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and his BA and MPhil from The University of Hong Kong. Dr. Ting’s research lies at the intersections of mobile social technology, platform creative economy, and spatial- and techno-politics. Funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong SAR, among others, his major projects examine the (trans)formation of networked public and connective action in contemporary mobile and datafied settings. His other research, also funded by RGC, investigates the uneven and unequal pathways to digital careers amidst platform precarity and uncertainty.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- MPhil, The University of Hong Kong
- BA, The University of Hong Kong