Jin Sun has been appointed as an Assistant Professor of Department of Sociology starting from January 2023. His research received funding from Stanton Foundation, the European Research Council (ERC), and the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS). His articles with collaborators have been published by the American Journal of Sociology, Global Governance, and other peer-reviewed journals. He was honored with the International Geneva Award in 2020. He also contributed chapters to books at Edwards Elgar Publishing and Cambridge University Press. His research focuses on transnational and global sociology, comparative-historical sociology, and the sociology of law and global governance with regard to global sanctions, financial capitalism, climate change, global environmental law, global digital rules, global health law, multinational financial institutions, and neoliberal globalization, using a mix of methods including the fieldwork, interview, ethnography, participant observation, and data analysis. He passed the Chinese bar in Beijing and Directed Studies at the Hague Academy of International Law. He obtained master’s and Ph.D. degrees, respectively, from Harvard University and the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Area/ Project Title | Open for |
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- Transnational and global sociology
- Comparative-historical sociology
- The sociology of law and global governance
Area | Supervisee |
Sociology of law and global governance, ESG and SDGs | YANG Xinyun (Doctor of Social Science (DSSC)) |
Year | Title of the Grant | Project Title |
2017-2022 | European Research Council (ERC) | “A Sociology of the Transnational Legal Field” |
2021-2022 | Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) | “When Money Can’t Buy Food and Medicine: Global Humanitarian Governance?” |
Project Title | Description |
A sociolegal study of Chinese environmental movements and its implication for transnational environmental governance on climate, ESG and SDGs | Area: sociology of law, global governance, carbon neutrality, Greater Bay Area (GBA), ESG, SDGs, environmental movements |
Transnational Orders between China and the World: from Modernization to Globalization | Area: China’s Modernization, Transnational Legal Orders, Global Governance |
Journals |
Chen, Ling, and Jin Sun. (2023). Trans-Governmental Normative Orders: Chinese Central-Local Relations in the Pilot Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme. Journal of Public Administration (in Chinese), 91(1): 144-160. |
Mallard, Grégoire, and Jin Sun. (2022). Viral Governance: How Unilateral US Sanctions Changed the Rules of Financial Capitalism. American Journal of Sociology, 128(1): 144-188. |
Chen, Ling, Jin Sun, and Lan Xue. (2022). Algorithm Fairness and Algorithm Governance: Global Governance and Chinese Experience. China Reform (in Chinese), 423(03): 54-58. |
Book Chapters |
Jin Sun. (2023). From Arms Control to Climate Change Compliance: A Case Example of the Non-Compliance Mechanisms. In Christina Voigt and Caroline Foster (ed.), International Courts versus Compliance Mechanisms: Comparative Advantages of Non-Compliance Mechanisms and Complaint Procedures. Cambridge University Press. |
Jin Sun. (2021). International payment settlement in China including Macau and Hong Kong and unilateral sanctions-related disputes: sources, remedies and procedures. In Charlotte Beaucillon (ed.), The Research Handbook on Unilateral and Extraterritorial Sanctions, Research Handbook of International Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 322-340. |
- SOCI 3452 Selected Topics in Sociology II: Introduction to Global Sociology