SUN Jin
孫晉
Assistant Professor
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Area/ Project Title Open for
  • A sociolegal study of Chinese environmental movements and its implication for transnational environmental governance on climate, ESG and SDGs
  • Transnational Orders between China and the World: from Modernization to Globalization
  • MPhil/ Ph.D. in Sociology
  • Doctor of Social Science (DSSC)
  • Research Assistant/ Research Associate/ Postdoc
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
  • Transnational and global sociology
  • Comparative-historical sociology
  • The sociology of law and global governance
Supervisees
Area Supervisee
Sociology of law and global governance, ESG and SDGs YANG Xinyun (Doctor of Social Science (DSSC))
Selected Grants
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?”
Current Projects
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
Selected Publications
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.
COURSES
  • SOCI 3452 Selected Topics in Sociology II: Introduction to Global Sociology