kaxton SYK

SIU, Kaxton Y.K. 蕭裕均

Associate Professor

Ph.D. (The Australian National University)

Research Interests:

Comparative labor studies; Migration studies; Urban sociology; Youth studies; Chinese society; Hong Kong society; Vietnamese society; Japanese society; Cambodian society

Dr. Kaxton Siu researches comparative labor studies, migration studies, urban sociology, and youth studies. He also specializes in Chinese society, Hong Kong society, Vietnamese society, Japanese society, and Cambodian society. He has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals, such as Politics and Society, Journal of Social Issues, The China Journal, Critical Asian Studies, Youth and Society, Journal of Youth Studies, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and British Journal of Social Work. Dr. Siu’s book, Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination: Comparisons with Hong Kong and Vietnam, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. His latest book written in collaboration with Prof. Stephen WK Chiu, Hong Kong Society: High-Definition Stories beyond the Spectacle of East-Meets-West, has been published in 2022 in Palgrave Macmillan’s Hong Kong Studies Series. He is currently working as principal investigator on two research projects that investigates Chinese investors in Vietnam and Cambodia and their impact on industrial relations systems and labor standards, and Chinese and Vietnamese industrial trainees in Japan. Since 2022, Dr. Siu is serving as one of the associate directors of David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI), Hong Kong Baptist University. Dr. Siu received his PhD from the Australia National University. He obtained his MPhil and BSc from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

 

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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From Jan-2021 to Dec-2024 "Chinese Investors in Vietnam and Cambodia and their Impact on Industrial Relations Systems and Labour Standards" Research Grant Council/ General Research Fund (2020-21), Hong Kong SAR Government. as PI. HKD $994,823 (USD $127,541).
From Jan-2018 to Jun-2022 "Industrial Trainees from China and Vietnam in Japan: An Entry Point into the Key Issues of International Labour Migration and Skill Transfer" Research Grant Council/ General Research Fund (2017-18), Hong Kong SAR Government. as PI. HKD $660,203 (USD $84,575).
From Jan-2016 to Dec-2019 "Exit, Voice, and the Family/Work Dynamics of Married Migrant Factory Workers in China and Vietnam" Research Grant Council/ Early Career Scheme (2015-16), Hong Kong SAR Government. as PI. HKD $488,700 (USD $62,654).
From Feb-2022 to Feb-2024 "Urbanization, Migration and Welfare in China: A Comparative Study of Migrant Families, Social Service Provisions and Welfare Policies in Greater Bay Area and Yangtze River Delta". as Co-I. HKD $1,000,000 (USD $128,206).
From Sep-2018 to Sep-2019 "Opportunity or Trap? A Pilot Study Comparing Migration Experiences and Outcomes of Chinese and Vietnamese Interns/Trainees in Japan" Department of Applied Social Sciences, Departmental General Research Fund (2017-18), The. as PI. HKD $88,680 (USD $11,330).
From Sep-2016 to Sep-2017 "Risk Perception, Preparedness, Behaviour and Experience of Natural Disaster of Vulnerable Housing Groups in Hong Kong: A Case Study of Rooftop Dwellers" Department of Applied Social Sciences, Departmental General Research Fund (2015-16), The. as PI. HKD $119,600 (USD $15,334).
From Sep-2016 to Sep-2017 "A Pilot Study to Explore Response Strategies and the Family/Work Dynamics of Married Migrant Factory Workers in China and Vietnam". as PI. HKD $199,956 (USD $25,635).
From Sep-2014 to Sep-2015 "Comparing Perceptions of Vocationalism and School-to-Work Experiences between Non-engaged Youth and Vocational Training Recipients in Hong Kong" Direct Grant (2014-2015), Social Science Faculty, The Chinese University of Hong. as Co-I. HKD $31,000 (USD $3975).
(For complete list of publications, please view Staff CV.)
 

Publications

 

Books

 

Stephen WK Chiu and Kaxton Siu. (2022) Hong Kong Society: High Definition Stories beyond the Spectacle of East-Meets-West, Hong Kong Studies Reader Series, Palgrave Macmillan. [ISBN: 978-981-165-706-1]

 

Kaxton Siu. (2020) Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination: Comparisons with Hong Kong and Vietnam, Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies, Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9123-2; ISBN: 978-981-329-122-5].

 

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

 

Javier Pang, Kaxton Siu (2023). “Keeping A Distance: Changing Everyday Lives of Married Migrant Gay Men in China’s State-owned Enterprises.” Critical Asian Studies, 55(4), 538-554. [Impact Factor: Q1 and Ranked 7th out of 81 in the Area Studies Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Ngai Pun, Kaxton Siu and Heidi Gottfried (2022). “Global Capitalism and Labour in the Age of Monopoly: Hong Kong and Mainland China.” Critical Sociology, 48 (7-8), 1115-1122. [Impact Factor: Q3 and Ranked 84th out of 149 in the Sociology Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Kaxton Siu and Shuheng Jin (2022).  “Hong Kong’s Precarious Young Workers and Contradictions of Capital.” Critical Sociology, 48 (7-8), 1123-1139. [Impact Factor: Q3 and Ranked 94th out of 148 in the Sociology Category in Journal Citation Reports 2021].

 

Kaxton Siu and Anita Koo (2022). "Temporary Labor Migration and Skill Transfer in Japan: Migration Experiences and Outcomes of Technical Intern Trainees from Vietnam and China." Journal of Social Issues, 78 (3), 606-626. [Impact Factor: Q1 and Ranked 6th out of 44 in the Social Issues Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Kaxton Siu and Jonathan Unger (2020). “Work and Family Life among Migrant Factory Workers in China and Vietnam”, Journal of Contemporary Asia, 50:3, pp. 341-360. [Impact Factor: Q1 and Ranked 11th out of 84 in the Area Studies Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Jonathan Unger and Kaxton Siu (2019). “The Changing Conditions and Strategies of Chinese Migrant Factory Workers across Three Decades: Urbanization, Employment and Family Strategies”, Labor History, 60(6), pp. 765-778. [Impact Factor: Q3 and Ranked 19th out of 34 in the History of Social Sciences Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Kaxton Siu (2017). “Labor and Domination: Worker Control in a Chinese Factory”, Politics and Society, 45(4), pp. 533-557, 2017. [Impact Factor: Q2 and Ranked 59th out of 149 in the Sociology Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Ivan Franceschini, Kaxton Siu and Anita Chan (2016). “The ‘Rights Awakening’ of Chinese Migrant Workers: Beyond the Generational Perspective.” Critical Asian Studies, 48(3), pp. 422-442, 2016. [Impact Factor: Q1 and Ranked 7th out of 81 in the Area Studies Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Julian Groves, Wai-Ip Ho and Kaxton Siu (2016). “Exploring the Sacred-secular Dialect in Everyday Social Work Practice:  An Analysis of Religious Responses to Managerialism among Outreach Social Workers in Hong Kong.” British Journal of Social Work, 46(5), pp. 1411-1428. [Impact Factor: Q2 and Ranked 22nd out of 44 in Social Work Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Kaxton Siu (2015). “Continuity and Change in the Everyday Lives of Chinese Migrant Factory Workers.” The China Journal, Vol. 74, pp. 43-65. [Impact Factor: Q1 and Ranked 2nd out of 84 in the Area Studies Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022]

 

Kaxton Siu and Anita Chan (2015). “Strike Waves in Vietnam, 2006-2011.” Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 71-91. [Impact Factor: Q1 and Ranked 11th out of 84 in the Area Studies Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Julian Groves, Kaxton Siu and Wai-Ip Ho (2014). ‘The “Post-80s Generation,” “Young Night Drifters,” and the Construction of “Generic” Youth Subject in Hong Kong.’ Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 829-46. [Impact Factor: Q2 and Ranked 55th out of 110 in the Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Julian Groves, Wai-Ip Ho and Kaxton Siu (2012). “Youth Studies and Timescape: Insights from an Ethnographic Study of ‘Young Night Drifters’ in Hong Kong's Public Housing Estates.” Youth and Society, Vol. 44, No. 4, December 2012, pp. 548-66. [Impact Factor: Q2 and Ranked 50th out of 110 in the Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu (2010).“Analyzing Exploitation: The Mechanisms Underpinning Low Wages and Excessive Overtime in Chinese Export Factories.” Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 42, Number 2, June 2010, pp. 167-90 [Impact Factor: Q1 and Ranked 7th out of 81 in the Area Studies Category in Journal Citation Reports 2022].

 

Book Chapters in English

 

Kaxton Siu. (2016). “Continuity and Change of the Everyday Lives of Migrant Factory Workers”, in Key Papers on Chinese Economic History Since 1949 (Vol. 4), Dillon, M. ed. Leiden/Boston: Brill: 1030-1053.

 

Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu. (2015). “Strikes and Living Standards in Vietnam: The Impact of Global Supply Chain and Macroeconomic Policy.” In Labour Market and Industrial Relations in Vietnam, edited by Ingrid Artus, Uwe Blien, Judith Holland & Phan thi Hong Van. Munich: Nomos Bloomsbury.

 

Kaxton Siu (2015). “China and Vietnam: The Working and Living Conditions of Garment Workers in Comparison.” In Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective, edited by Anita Chan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 105-31.

 

Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu (2012). “Chinese Migrant Workers: Factors Constraining the Emergence of Class Consciousness.” In China’s Peasants and Workers: Changing Class Identities, edited by Beatriz Carrillo and David S.G. Goodman. London: Edward Elgar Publishing.

 

Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu (2011). “Made in China: Work and Wages in Walmart Supplier Factories.” In Walmart in China, edited by Anita Chan. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 71-94.

 

Kaxton Siu (2006). “The New Labour Protest Movement in Hong Kong: the Experience of the Student-Worker Mutual Aid Campaign.” In Globalization and After, edited by Samir Dasgupta and Ray Kiely. London: Sage, 2006, pp. 392-409.

 

Peer-Reviewed Bibliographies Chapter

 

Ngai Pun and Kaxton Siu (2022). “Labor and Labor Relations” Oxford Bibliographies in Chinese Studies. Oxford University Press. [DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199920082-0196 ; https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199920082/obo-9780199920082-0196.xml]

 

Journal Articles and Book Chapters in Other Languages

 

陈佩华、萧裕均。2016。〈中国制造:沃尔玛中国供应厂的工作与工资〉。陈佩华编《沃尔玛在中国》。中国:復旦大学出版社。页70-96。

李越民、蕭裕均、趙永佳。2016。〈脫出主流升學軌跡的青年:他們何時懂得計劃人生〉。趙永佳、葉仲茵、李鏗編《躁動青春:香港新世代處境觀察》。香港:中華書局。

 

Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu, “Die Entwicklung des Klassenbewusstseins chinesischer Wanderarbeiterinnen und Wanderarbeiter 1980-2010” (The Formation of Class Consciousness among Female and Male Chinese Migrant Workers between 1980 and 2010), in Wolfram Adolphi (ed.), Schönes Neues China (China’s Great Contradictions) (Karlesruhe, Germany: Das Argument Buch-Verlag, 2012), pp. 191-205. The paper also appeared in the journal Das Argument: Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften, No. 296, 2012.

 

Kaxton Siu, “A Brief History of the Struggle for Standard Work Hours in Hong Kong.” Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences, No. 41, Autumn/Winter, 2011, pp. 17-40 (in Chinese).

 

Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu, “Sweating of Labor in Wal-Mart Supplier Factories.” Open Times, Issue 6, 2009 (in Chinese).

External Services

 

Associate Editor, Social Transformation in Chinese Societies, Official Journal of Hong Kong Sociological Association