JC Joyage International Symposium 2019

Programme

TIME	PROGRAMME
Date:	Monday September 9 – Wednesday September 11, 2019
Venue:	Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Monday September 9, 2019
8:00am – 9:00am	Registration and morning coffee
9:00am – 9:15am	Welcoming Speech
	Professor William Hayward Dean of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
9:15am – 10:15am	Keynote Presentation (Theme 1) The Worlds of Work: Past, present and future in Work, Employment and Society Professor Eleonore Kofman Professor of Gender, Migration and Citizenship, Department of Law & Politics, Middlesex University Visiting Professor, Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics Joint-Editor-in-Chief, Work, Employment and Society Moderator: Professor Maggy Lee Department of Sociology Co-convenor, Cities 2050 Research Cluster, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
10:15am – 10:30am	Break
10:30am – 12:30pm	Theme 1: Migration and Work in the Urban Setting: Education / Training, Social Life, Labour Rights (part 1) Panellists: “Emotional authoritarianism”: state, work and the mobile working-class subjects Professor Ngai Pun Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong Last-mile delivery: Labour and logistics in China Dr Jenny Chan Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Industrial trainees from China and Vietnam in Japan: An entry point into key issues of international labour migration and skill transfer Dr Kaxton Siu Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Who controls technological progress? A PRC example (Huawei) Dr Bill Taylor Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong Associate Board Member, Work, Employment and Society Contradiction between organisational strategies in achieving sustainability in different dimensions: The Chinese auto parts industry as a case Dr Jieun Ryu Lecturer in Business Entrepreneurship, University of Northampton Ms Fuk Ying Tse Fellow, University of Warwick Moderator: Dr Bill Taylor
12:30pm – 1:45pm	Lunch
1:45pm – 2:45pm	Keynote Presentation (Theme 2) The future of work and automation: Why employment is good for you in small doses Dr Brendan Burchell Reader, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge Moderator: Dr Tommy Tse Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong Associate Board Member, Work, Employment and Society
2:45pm – 3:30pm	Break
3:30pm – 5:00pm	Theme 1: Migration and Work in the Urban Setting: Education / Training, Social Life, Labour Rights (part 2) Panellists: Masculinity and precarity: Taxiing as a masculine service niche in the Global South Professor Susanne YP Choi Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong "I feel free here": An intersectional study of ethnic minority migrant women in the UK Ms Seonyoung Hwang PhD Candidate, Warwick Business School Dr Alexandra Beauregard Reader, Department of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London Editor, Work, Employment and Society Gendering the generation of Chinese workers in vocational schools Dr Anita Koo Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The work-life experiences of an invisible workforce – The case of live-in women migrant domestic workers in Malaysia Dr Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya Lecturer, Department of Organizational Psychology, Birbeck, University of London Editor, Work, Employment and Society Gender (in)equality and women’s capability in China’s gig economy: A case study on female “gig” workers in Didi Chuxing Ms Haley Kwan PhD Student, Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong Moderator: Professor Susanne YP Choi