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Irene Pang is a political sociologist specializing in labor, citizenship, and civil society dynamics in contemporary China and India. Her ongoing research investigates how low-income internal migrant construction workers in Beijing and Delhi navigate their relationships with capital, the state, and civil society in their struggle for effective citizenship and formal bureaucratic status. Drawing from ethnographic data collected over years of fieldwork, her work contributes to academic debates on precarious labor and the dynamics of capitalism. She has obtained funding from prestigious organizations like the National Science Foundation (US) and ZEIT-Stiftung (Germany) to support her research initiatives. Dr. Pang has authored several publications, including a notable paper titled "Legal Construction Precarity: Lessons from the Construction Sectors in Beijing and Delhi" and is recognized for her insights on the contradictions of microfinance in Ghanaian markets. Her scholarship reflects a deep engagement with pressing social issues that intersect with her areas of expertise.
Department of Philosophy