Professor LAI, Gina  賴蘊寬教授

Professor


Contact

Office: Room LC737, Library Complex, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, 12 Wai Tsui Crescent, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: 2806-5171
Email: wflai@hksyu.edu


Academic and Professional Qualification

PhD Sociology


Specialism and Research Interests

• Social Networks
• Mental Health
• Social Stratification

Courses

SOC406   Selected Topics: Social Networks and Inequality
SOC221   Social Research Methods

 

Selected Publications

Lai, Gina and Ka Yi Fung. 2020. “From Online Strangers to Offline Friends: A Qualitative Study of Video Game Players in Hong Kong.” Media, Culture & Society 42(4):483–501.

Lai, Gina, Odalia Wong, Song Jing, and Feng Xiaotian. 2016. “Transition to Higher Education in Contemporary China: A Study of High School Graduates in Urban Nanjing.” Journal of Sociology 52:83-102.

Lai, Gina, Odalia Wong, Xiaotian Feng. 2015. “Family, School and Access to Social Capital among High School Students in Urban Nanjing.” American Behavioral Scientist 59(8):946-960.

Research Projects

Preparing for the Old Age: Singlehood, Social Networks, and Social Support among Middle-aged Never-married Adults in Hong Kong (PI; GRF12600323)