Fen Lin林芬
A dark mountain ridge in mist, traced by a thin line of golden light

City University of Hong Kong · 香港城市大學

Fen Lin林芬

An interdisciplinary scholar and bilingual storyteller moving between sociology, media, technology, documentary film — and the mountains — examining how power, information and culture shape human experience in China and beyond.

  • Interdisciplinary Scholar跨學科學者
  • Bilingual Writer雙語寫作者
  • Humble Documentary Film-Maker紀錄片工作者
  • Slow Mountaineer緩慢的登山者
  • Curious Soul好奇的靈魂

Current Roles · 現職

Professor, Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong.

Associate Vice-President (Global Strategy), Office of the Vice-President (Talent and International Strategy) · Director, ArtX Hong Kong: Institute for Art Trading and Cultural Exchange · Member, Centre for Public Affairs and Law.

BA Economics, Peking University · MS Statistics & PhD Sociology, University of Chicago.

Research Threads · 研究脈絡

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Resilient China韌性中國

State–media dynamics, information governance, and how journalism survives and adapts under pressure.

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Contagious China傳染中國

Risk, rumour and public health communication — how information travels through a networked society.

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Cultural China文化中國

Cultural production, art markets and creative labour across Hong Kong, the mainland and the diaspora.

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Emerging Technology新興科技

AI, ArtTech and the digital divide: how new tools reshape authorship, value and access.

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Documentary still: a singer silhouetted against a highland dawn

Film · 紀錄片

Ani Bond: Choying Drolma次第花開

Co-directed feature documentary, 2023. Best Documentary Feature and Best Sound & Music, Chinese Academy Award of Documentary; NETPAC Best Asian/Pacific Film and Audience Award, Warsaw International Film Festival.

A lone figure walking a vast snow ridge in fog

Adventure · 行山

The Slow Mountaineer緩慢的登山者

Walking as method. Photographic essays and reflections from ridgelines, where patience, presence and attention are practised rather than theorised.