Prof. Tin Yuet TING

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Associate Professor

丁天悅教授

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+852 2766 5722
tin-yuet.ting@polyu.edu.hk

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Biography

Tin-Yuet TING is Associate 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. Prof. TING’s research lies at the intersections of mobile social media, data technology, platform creative economy, and techno-politics. Funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong SAR, among others, his major research 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 in the platform creative economy.

Prof. TING received the Joshua Feigenbaum Award from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, USA, the Early Career Grant Award from RGC, Hong Kong SAR, and the Advance HE Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom. At The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he was a recipient of the Best Teaching Award from the Department of Applied Social Sciences and the Faculty Prize in Teaching from the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. Prof. TING currently sits on the Editorial Board of Journal of Information Society and is a Board Member of the Research Committee on Futures Research of the International Sociological Association. He was the Secretary-Treasurer to the Research Committee on Futures Research of the International Sociological Association in 2018-2023, and the Secretary to the Hong Kong Sociology Association at the 11th Council in 2018-2020 and the 12th Council in 2020-2022.

Education and Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts, The University of Hong Kong

Professional Qualifications

Advance HE Fellow, Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom

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Grants (selected)

PI – Research Grants Council / General Research Fund (RGC/GRF), Hong Kong SAR, “Intergenerational dynamics in the digital creative economy: How Hong Kong families grapple with the promise and pitfalls of platform careers.” Amount: HK$583,600. Year of Award: 2025.

PI – Research Grants Council / General Research Fund (RGC/GRF), Hong Kong SAR, “Technopolitical contention over state-led social datafication: A digital ethnography of data-driven governance in Hong Kong’s counter-public sphere.” Amount: HK$579,200. Year of Award: 2023.

PI – Research Grants Council / Early Career Scheme (RGC/ECS), Hong Kong SAR, “Self-started digital entertainers in the social media age: Work-life experiences of YouTubers and Facebook opinion leaders.” Amount: HK$440,120. Year of Award: 2019.

PI – University Grants Committee / Teaching Development Grant (UGC/TDG), Hong Kong SAR, “Multimedia storytelling and collaborative gaming: Transmedia pedagogies for active and collaborative learning.” Amount: HK$199,450. Year of Award: 2019.