Yuyao YI
Yuyao Yi is a recipient of the HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship and the Dissertation Year Award Fellowship, having successfully passed her PhD defense. Her research interests span law and gender, law and organizations, and legal mobilization under authoritarianism. Her dissertation examines how Chinese university students navigate anti-sexual-harassment mobilization and explores their legal consciousness.
Publications
Yi, Yuyao. 2026. “Watchful Awakening: Rights, Oppression, and Relational Legal Consciousness in Chinese Students’ Anti-Sexual Harassment Mobilization.” Law & Social Inquiry: 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2026.10164
Yi, Yuyao, and Sida Liu. 2026. “ “Her Voice Is So Pleasant!”: Sexual Harassment in Chinese Law Firms.” Law & Policy 48 (4): e70022. https://doi.org/10.1111/lapo.70022
Awards
Dissertation Year Fellowship Award, the University of Hong Kong 2026-2027
Glasgow/HKU Early Career Mobility Funds, the University of Hong Kong 2024 – 2025
HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship, the University of Hong Kong 2021 – 2025