Mission
The China Governance Lab based at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy serves as a hub for students and faculty interested in China-related governance issues to discuss ideas and generate research for the scholarly and policy communities. The Lab is led by Professor Lynette Ong, who is the Distinguished Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Toronto.
The lab aims to serve the UofT and larger communities by engaging in research relevant to China’s authoritarian system and its impact on Canada and western democracies, as well as by holding public events to disseminate our research findings.
Professor Lynette Ong is a political scientist and China expert at the University of Toronto. She is the University Distinguished Professor of Chinese Politics. Her research lies at the intersection of authoritarianism, contentious politics, and political economy of development. She is the author of three monographs: Outsourcing Repression ( Oxford University Press, 2022), The Street and the Ballot Box (Cambridge University Press, 2022), and Prosper or Perish (Cornell University Press, 2012). Her research has won multiple accolades from APSA, ASA, ISA, and CPSA.
Her research has been featured in The New York Times Editorial Board Opinion, The New Yorker, The Economist, The Washington Post, and CBC. For more information, visit her personal website.
If you’re interested in getting involved with the lab, please feel free to reach out at lynette.ong@utoronto.ca.
