Prof. LUI Tai Lok

Research Professor 
Felizberta Lo Padilla Tong School of Social Sciences

Key Research Areas

  • Class Analysis and Social Stratification
  • Economic Sociology
  • Urban Sociology
  • Social change in Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

Core Areas of Expertise

Prof. Lui’s research focuses on class analysis, economic sociology, urban sociology, and social change in Hong Kong. His scholarship examines social stratification, economic transformation, and urban development, contributing to a deeper understanding of the changing social and economic dynamics of contemporary Hong Kong society.

 

 Recent Publications

2026
Editorial
  • Social stratification and social inequality in East Asia (Editorial)

2024
Edited Book
  • Hong Kong as a Global Business and Financial Hub: Navigating the Turbulence and Challenges (Editor)
Book
  • 回頭好難:錯失了的跨代對話
Journal Article
  • 香港作為一個全球城市:社會結構」上的轉變與挑戰

2022
Journal Articles
  • After the storm: how Hong Kong can hold on to its status as a global business hub in the Asia-Pacific
  • Still in command and control? Hong Kong's headquarters economy in the changing global and regional context
  • The Sinicisation of the Hong Kong economy or the Hongkongnisation of the Greater Bay Area: are we 'barking up the wrong tree'?
  • 《眾位弟兄》的社會基礎:社會學的視野
Edited Book
  • 市民的大會堂:延亮六十年微光 (Editor)
Book Chapters
  • 前言:內斂的微光
  • Decolonization? What Decolonization? Hong Kong's Political Transition
  • 「不動如山」

2021
Journal Articles
  • From an industrializing city to a global city: Hong Kong economic sociology's changing agenda.
  • Hong Kong's Socioeconomic and Political Challenges: The Future of One Country, Two Systems.
Book Chapter
  • One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong: An Unfinished Business Resting on a Precarious Balance

2020
Journal Article
  • The unfinished chapter of Hong Kong's long political transition
Books
  • 那似曾相識的七十年代(增訂本)
  • 尷尬:香港社會還未進入一國兩制的議題
Book Chapters
  • 出版八年後回顧:兼論七十年代出現的政府與社會的新關係
  • 英國「空降議員」和殖民地的政治轉變