معرفی
Dr Sui Ting Kong is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Durham University. Since joining in 2017 she has combined social-work training with sociological scholarship to advance feminist participatory methodologies and social-work practice research.
Education
- PhD, University of York (UK), 2015 – Sociology/Social Work
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Hong Kong, 2015–2017
- Professional training in Social Work, Hong Kong (prior to doctoral studies)
Research Interests
Dr Kong’s work centres on feminist participatory methodologies, social-work practice research, and violence against women. She designs innovative collaborative methods—Cooperative Grounded Inquiry, Collaborative Focus-Group Analysis, and Collaborative Practice Research for Social Work—to democratise knowledge production with practitioners, survivors, and diaspora communities. Core theoretical contributions include relational models for care in intimate-partner violence, relational personhood in end-of-life care, and the concept of hierarchical harmony in politicised personal lives.
Research Themes in Publications
Across more than 25 peer-reviewed outputs (2016–2025), her work explores:
- Hong Kong politics, identity, and the Umbrella Movement
- Gender-based violence, post-separation support, and survivor voices
- COVID-19 impacts on social-work practice and embodiment
- End-of-life care in residential homes for Chinese elders
- Arts-based and performative methods in turbulent political contexts
- Ethical and practical challenges in participatory action research
Scientific Awards
- British Academy/Wolfson Fellowship (2021–2024) – three-year project on transnational social work and the Hong Kong diaspora in the UK.
Doctoral Supervision & Mentorship
Dr Kong currently supervises:
- Eileen Lauster – Marie Curie Research Fellow
- Lihan Miao – Postgraduate Research Student
- Susan Sakano – Postgraduate Research Student
Research Teams & Collaborations
She co-founded the BASW UK Network for Social Work Practitioner Research to foster co-produced research between academics and practitioners. She also partners with the British Association of Social Workers to develop a national curriculum and workplace support for recently arrived Hong Kong social workers in the UK.
