Policing, Legitimacy and Governance in East Asia

My research examines how policing is governed, legitimated and learned in East Asia. Working comparatively across Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, I develop two linked frameworks: conditional legitimacy, which explains how public consent to policing is granted and withdrawn as political conditions change, and tacit policing knowledge, which traces how officers acquire the unwritten judgement that shapes everyday practice. Current projects, including an NSTC-funded study (2026–2028), extend this work to private and commodified policing, algorithmic profiling in immigration enforcement, and the policing of mobile and migrant populations, connecting Taiwan's experience to international debates. A second strand, in the sociology of sport, studies grassroots football, coaching as precarious work, and women's football in Hong Kong and Australia.

東亞警政、正當性與治理

我的研究關注東亞地區的警政如何被治理、如何取得正當性，以及如何被學習與傳承。我以香港、澳門與臺灣為比較場域，發展兩個相互連結的分析架構：「條件式正當性」（conditional legitimacy），探討民眾對警政的支持如何隨政治情勢變化而給予或撤回；以及「警政默會知識」（tacit policing knowledge），追溯員警如何習得那些未被明文化、卻主導日常執勤判斷的實務知識。目前的研究計畫，包括國科會補助之研究（2026–2028），將上述架構延伸至私人及商品化警政、移民執法中的演算法側寫，以及對移動與移民人口的治理，並將臺灣經驗連結至國際學術討論。另一研究主軸為運動社會學，探討基層足球發展、教練工作的不穩定專業化，以及香港與澳洲的女子足球。