Academic Staff
SHIN, Hwajin
Assistant Professor
PhD, Korea University
Research Interests:
Social Networks; International Migration; Race and Ethnicity; Family; Work and Gender; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Hwajin Shin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hong Kong Baptist University. She was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Hong Kong prior to joining Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include social networks, migration, race and ethnicity, family, gender and work, and research methods. She primarily examines network disadvantages experienced by immigrants, refugees, and women in corporate organizations. Her current research explores how the structural organization of family shapes individual migrants’ and their family members’ life chances. Her research has been published in journals including Social Networks, Sociological Perspectives, and Journal of Refugee Studies.
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):
Course(s) Taught:
| SOCI 2027 | Social Problems |
| SOCI 4017 | Management, Organization and Society |
| SOCI 4026 | Contemporary Issues of Migration in Asia |
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(For complete list of publications, please view Staff CV.)
Shin, Hwajin and Inseo Son. (2025). “Disenchanted Comradery: The social process of persistent mistrust among North Korean refugees in the United Kingdom.” Population, Space and Place 31(1): e2856.
Shin, Hwajin and Soohan Kim. (2023). “Motherhood and Mentoring Networks: The unequal impact of overwork on women’s workplace mentoring networks.” Sociological Perspectives 66(3): 434-454.
Shin, Hwajin and In-Jin Yoon. (2023). “The Limits of Primordial Affinity to Ethnic Trust: The social origins of ethnic trust among North Korean refugees in London.” Journal of Refugee Studies 36(1): 84-104.
Shin, Hwajin. (2022). “Is Trust Really There? Unpacking the role of trust in ethnic friendship networks of North Korean refugees.” Social Networks 70: 208-217.
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