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Isabella NG is the Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and Policy Studies. She receives her PhD in Gender Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. She obtained her MPhil in Journalism and BA in English Literature in Hong Kong Baptist University and MA in Comparative Literature in the University College London. She focuses her research on Gender and Development in Asia, Feminist Geography, Feminist Research methods, anthropology of migration; migrants and diaspora, rural villages in Hong Kong and China and media studies, by drawing mainly on her training in anthropological research methods.
Prior to joining HKIED, she has taught in the University of Macau and the Community College, City University of Hong Kong. She also worked as a reporter for Time magazine, covering Greater China region. She has covered stories ranging from the Indonesian pogrom and Bali bombings, Hong Kong and Macau Handovers, Shanghai's makeover, the notorious New York snakehead Sister Ping and got the exclusive feature of the Macau Dragonhead Broken Tooth.
She is also a founder of the society Hong Kong Society for Asylum-Seekers and refugees, which fights for the rights of the asylum-seekers and refugees in Hong Kong and support their need. She has provided expert input on asylum-seekers and refugees issues to EU and OHCHR.
Research interests
Anthropology of Migration
Feminist research methodology
Feminist Geography
Gender
Media studies
Public Anthropology
Teaching Interests
Cross cultural Communication
International Communication
Introduction to Communication
Introduction to Social Theories and Concepts
Sociology of Bodies
Gender and Development
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Decision Making of Aspiring (Re)Migrants to and within the EU: The Case of Labour Market-leading Migrations from Asia
NG, F. S. I., Asuncion, F. F., Adéla, S., Ruth, A., Paola, B., Sofia, G., Mari, K., Maruja, M. B., Sirijit, S., Dang, N. A., Hathairat, P., Grace, L. & Kim, S. L.
01/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research project
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Investigating Hong Kong Students' Aspirations for the Future
CHAN, K. W. A., HO, C. S. M., TANG, H. H. H., HALSE, C. M., CHIU, C. S., BANERJEE, B., CHIU, M. M., GUBE, J. C. C., GAO, F. & NG, F. S. I.
19/03/20 → 18/09/20
Project: Research project
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In Local Exclusivity Lies Global Inclusion – The Relational Ontology of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees and Local Community in a Post-Colonial Hong Kong Village
01/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research project
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An unusual refuge: A case study of a South Asian and African multi-ethnic cluster in a Hong Kong rural walled village
NG, F. S. I., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 98, p. 1-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Resistance to ‘framing’? The portrayal of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong's online media
NG, F. S. I., CHOI, F. Y. & CHAN, A. L-S., 2023, In: Journalism Practice. 17, 7, p. 1537-1553Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Self-perceived mental health and factors associated with the mental health of Hong Kong's asylum-seekers and refugees: A mixed methods study
NG, F. S. I., CHUNG, J. W. Y., CHOI, S. F. Y. & YAN, V. C. M., Feb 2023, In: Heliyon. 9, 2, e13481.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Navigating the ethnic boundary: From ‘in-between’ to plural ethnicities among Thai middle-class migrant women in Hong Kong
NG, F. S. I. & ZHANG, H., 01 Mar 2022, In: Journal of Sociology. 58, 1, p. 59-75Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Criminalizing the innocents: Social exclusion of asylum-seekers and refugees in Hong Kong
NG, F. S. I., 2020, In: Journal of Asian Public Policy. 13, 3, p. 319-332Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)