Professor Sin yi Cheung BSoc Sc. M.Phil. D.Phil. (Oxon)

Reader in Sociology, Director for International and Engagement

: CheungSY@caerdydd.ac.uk
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I hold a D. Phil in Sociology from the University of Oxford. My research addresses different forms of social inequalities in Britain and in comparative perspectives. I have published on the changing inequalities in higher education, ethnic penalties in the labour market, lone parents on benefits, claimants, children in care, and refugee integration. I have secured numerous research grants from the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the Nuffield Foundation, as well as central government departments and local authorities. I have held visiting positions at Wisconsin-Madison, UCLA, and Stanford University. During my research leave (2017-18), I am taking up a JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Invitation Fellowship to visit the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo, as well as spending six months at New York University as a visiting professor.

2023

Irfan, M., Buckley, K., Cheung, S. Y., Lewis, J., Koj, A. and Thomas, H. 2023. Mapping social capital across Wales (UK) using secondary data and spatial analysis. SN Social Sciences 3, article number: 56. (10.1007/s43545-023-00639-1)

2017

Phillimore, J., Grzymala-Kazlowska, A. and Cheung, S. Y. 2017. Voluntary action for asylum seeker and refugee integration. In: Heath, A. ed. If you could do one thing: 10 local actions to promote social integration. London: British Academy, pp. 19-25.
Zhang, M. L., Henderson, M., Cheung, S. Y., Scourfield, J. and Sharland, E. 2017. Predicting the recipients of social work support, and its impact on emotional and behavioural problems in early childhood. Child and Family Social Work 22(2), pp. 772-781. (10.1111/cfs.12294)
Cheung, S. Y. and Phillimore, J. 2017. Gender and refugee integration: a quantitative analysis of integration and social policy outcomes. Journal of Social Policy 46(2), pp. 211-230. (10.1017/S0047279416000775)
Sharland, E., Holland, P., Henderson, M., Zhang, M., Cheung, S. Y. and Scourfield, J. B. 2017. Assembling life history narratives from quantitative longitudinal panel data: what's the story for families using social work?. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 20, pp. 667-679. (10.1080/13645579.2017.1279915)

2016

Henderson, M., Scourfield, J. B., Cheung, S. Y. and Sharland, E. 2016. Predictors of social service contact among teenagers in England. British Journal of Social Work 46(6), pp. 1485-1501. (10.1093/bjsw/bcv081)
Bakker, L., Cheung, S. Y. and Phillimore, J. 2016. The asylum-integration paradox: comparing asylum support systems and refugee integration in the Netherlands and the UK. International Migration 54(4), pp. 118-132. (10.1111/imig.12251)
Henderson, M., Scourfield, J., Cheung, S. Y., Sharland, E. and Sloan, L. 2016. The effects of social service contact on teenagers in England. Research on Social Work Practice 26(4), pp. 386-398. (10.1177/1049731514557363)
Henderson, M., Cheung, S. Y., Sharland, E. and Scourfield, J. 2016. The outcomes of educational welfare officer contact in England. British Educational Research Journal 42(3), pp. 399-416. (10.1002/berj.3212)
Williams, M. D., Sloan, L., Cheung, S. Y., Sutton, C., Stevens, S. and Runham, L. 2016. Can't count or won't count? Embedding quantitative methods in substantive sociology curricula: a quasi-experiment. Sociology 50(3), pp. 435-452. (10.1177/0038038515587652)
Snipp, C. M. and Cheung, S. Y. 2016. Changes in racial and gender inequality since 1970. ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 663(1), pp. 80-98. (10.1177/0002716215596959)

2015

Henderson, M., Cheung, S. Y., Sharland, E. and Scourfield, J. B. 2015. The effect of social work use on the mental health outcomes of parents and the life satisfaction of children in Britain. Children and Youth Services Review 58, pp. 71-81. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.09.007)
Phillimore, J. et al. 2015. Understanding healthcare practices in superdiverse neighbourhoods and developing the concept of welfare bricolage: protocol of a cross-national mixed-methods study. BMC International Health and Human Rights 15(16), pp. 1-8. (10.1186/s12914-015-0055-x)
Brown, P., Cheung, S. Y. and Lauder, H. 2015. Beyond a human capital approach to education and the labour market: the case for industrial policy. In: Bailey, D., Cowling, K. and Tomlinson, P. eds. New Perspectives on Industrial Policy for a Modern Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 206-224., (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198706205.003.0011)

2014

Cheung, S. Y. 2014. Migration statistics: What can the data tell us? [Invited seminar]. Presented at: getstats in Parliament: Migration Statistics what the data tell us?, Houses of Parliament, 4 December 2014.
Cheung, S. Y. and Henderson, M. 2014. Outcomes of Educational Welfare Officer contact with teenagers in England [Invited Seminar]. Presented at: Research Seminar, Institute for Economic and Social Research, University of Essex, UK, 17 November 2014.
Scourfield, J., Cheung, S. Y. and Macdonald, G. 2014. Working with fathers to improve children's well-being: Results of a survey exploring service provision and intervention approach in the UK. Children and Youth Services Review 43, pp. 40-50. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.04.009)
Cheung, S. Y. and Phillimore, J. 2014. Integrating refugees into the UK labour market requires shifting focus away from social networks towards language and dispersal policy. [Online]. Vol. 30 Jul. London School of Economics and Political Science. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/integrating-refugees-labour-role-of-social-network/
Cheung, S. Y. 2014. Ethno-religious minorities and labour market integration: generational advancement or decline?. Ethnic and Racial Studies 37(1), pp. 140-160. (10.1080/01419870.2013.808757)

2013

MacInnes, J. and Cheung, S. Y. 2013. Creating public attitudes to immigration by mis-counting. Discover Society 2, article number: 5 Nov 2013.
Cheung, S. Y. and Phillimore, J. 2013. Refugees, social capital, and labour market integration in the UK. Sociology n/a (10.1177/0038038513491467)

2010

Cheung, S. Y. and Mckay, S. 2010. Training and progression in the labour market. Department for Work and Pensions, HMSO. Available at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep680.pdf

2008

Gerber, T. P. and Cheung, S. Y. 2008. Horizontal stratification in postsecondary education: forms, explanations and implications. Annual Review of Sociology 34, pp. 299-318. (10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134604)

2007

Heath, A. F. and Cheung, S. Y. 2007. The comparative study of ethnic minority disadvantage?. In: Heath, A. F. and Cheung, S. Y. eds. Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy, pp. 1-44.
Cheung, S. Y. and Heath, A. F. 2007. Nice work if you can get it: ethnic minority disadvantage in Great Britain. In: Heath, A. F. and Cheung, S. Y. eds. Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy, pp. 507-550.
Heath, A. F. and Cheung, S. Y. eds. 2007. Unequal chances: ethnic minorities in Western labour markets. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy.
Cheung, S. Y. and Egerton, M. 2007. Higher Education expansion and reform: changing educational inequalities in Great Britain. In: Shavit, Y., Arum, R. and Gamoran, A. eds. Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study. California: Stanford University Press, pp. 195-219.

2006

Heath, A. and Cheung, S. Y. 2006. Ethnic penalties in the labour market: employers and discrimination. Project Report. [Online]. Leeds: Crown Copyright. Available at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2005-2006/rrep341.pdf

2003

van de Werfhorst, H. G., Sullivan, A. and Cheung, S. Y. 2003. Social class, ability and choice of subject in secondary and tertiary education in Britain. British Educational Research Journal 29(1), pp. 41-62. (10.1080/0141192032000057366)
Cheung, S. Y. and Andersen, R. 2003. Time to read: the impact of family resources on educational outcomes. Journal of Comparative Family Studies 34, pp. 412-434.

2001

Chan, A. H. N. and Cheung, S. Y. 2001. The equalizing effects of education on gender differences in occupational attainment in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Journal of Sociology 2, pp. 177-206.

1998

Noble, M., Cheung, S. Y. and Smith, G. 1998. Origins and destinations: social security claimants dynamics?. Journal of Social Policy 27(3), pp. 351-369.
Noble, M., Smith, G. and Cheung, S. Y. 1998. Lone mothers moving in and out of benefits. Working paper. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Available at: http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/spr458.pdf
Heath, A. F. and Cheung, S. Y. 1998. Education and occupation in Britain. In: Shavit, Y., Muller, W. and Tame, C. eds. From School to Work: A Comparative Study of Educational Qualifications and Occupational Destinations. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 71-102.

1997

Cheung, S. Y. and Buchanan, A. 1997. Malaise scores in adulthood of children and young people who have been in care. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 38(5), pp. 575-580. (10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01544.x)

1995

Noble, M., Cheung, S. Y., Smith, G. and Smith, T. 1995. Using census data to predict income support dependency. Policy and Politics 23(4), pp. 327-333. (10.1332/030557395782200572)

1994

Cheung, S. Y. and Heath, A. 1994. After care: the education and occupation of adults who have been in care. Oxford Review of Education 20(3), pp. 361-374. (10.1080/0305498940200309)

My current research continues to examine issues around migration and refugee integration, cross-national comparison of health services usage in superdiverse neighbourhoods (funded by NORFACE) human capital and labour market inequalities and outcomes of social work intervention among vulnerable families. Recently research projects include an innovative equal pay project using secondary data analysis to study women's pay penalty in Wales (WAVE: Women Adding Value to the Economy) funded by the European Social Fund; horizontal stratification in higher education (in collaboration with Prof T Gerber at University of Wisconsin-Madison); and two Nuffield Foundation funded research projects: Social Work Over Time investigating the effect of social work intervention using longitudinal data and cohort studies; Social Networks, Social Capital and Refugee integrations (with Prof J Phillimore, University of Birmingham)

Sin Yi has supervised research students through to completion on a wide range of topics including social capital and cross-class families, youth unemployment, second-generation ethnic minorities in Britain. Current PhD students' research range from 'looked after' children in local authority care, the place of quantitative methods in British sociology, social participation and mid-life, vocational education and apprenticeship. Prospective PhD students in the areas on ethnic inequalities, immigrant and refugee integration, educational and labour market inequalities, the sociology of education, work and employment are welcome to contact me at cheungsy@cardiff.ac.uk. At the undergraduate and masters level, I also teach Migration, Race and Ethnic Relations and Quantitative Research Methods.

Sin Yi was a Swire scholar at St Antony's College, Oxford, where she obtained her D.Phil. in sociology. During her doctoral study, she also worked as a research officer at the Social Disadvantage Research Centre, Department of Social Policy at Oxford University. Before becoming a full-time academic, she spent two years working in the Chief Executive Department at Oxford City Council where she led a team promoting the use of evidence-based research in policy decisions in local government. Sin Yi$acirc; s research addresses different forms of social inequalities, primarily in Britain but also in comparative perspectives. She has published on changing inequalities in higher education, ethnic disadvantage in the labour market, lone parents on benefits, claimants$acirc; dynamics, children in care, refugee integration and ethnic and racial inequalities. Over the years she has received numerous research funding from the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the Nuffield Foundation, as well as central government departments (Department for Work and Pensions) and local authorities (Oxford City Council).

Internationally, Sin Yi has been invited to many universities as a visiting faculty including Wisconsin-Madison, UCLA, and Stanford University. In addition to regular invitations within the UK, she has given invited seminars in many universities abroad such as Aarhus University, Brno University, University of Illinois Chicago, Stanford University, ECOMER (The European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations, Utrecht University) and Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Sin Yi sits on many international funding panels and is a regular assessor and rapporteur for grant applications for Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), European Science Foundation (European Collaborative Research Programme), and Hong Kong Research Grants Council.

Nationally, she also gets invited to give research evidence on ethnic inequalities in the labour market to government departments including the Social Exclusion Unit, the Cabinet Office and the Office for Deputy Prime Minister. She is currently a member of the ESRC$acirc; s Peer Review College. Before joining Cardiff, she taught sociology at Oxford Brookes University, and University of Birmingham where she was the Director of the MA in Social Research/doctoral training programme in the College of Social Sciences, prior to Birmingham gaining the Doctoral Training Centre status.

Twitter: Follow me @drsinyicheung

International Profile and External Activities

Member of the ESRC Peer Review College
Editorial Board Sociology of Education, American Sociological Association
Editorial Board, Sociology, British Sociological Association
External Faculty Fellow, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University, USA (2010-11)
Visiting Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Fiesole, Italy (Summer 2008)
Honorary Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 2005-06.
Visiting Scholar, California Center for Population Research (CCPR) and the Department of Sociology, University of California Los Angeles. USA. 2005-06.
Research Group: WELM

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
American Sociological Association
British Sociological Association
European Sociological Association, Research Network on Quantitative Methods (RN21)
International Sociology Association (ISA): Research Committee on Social Stratification and Social Mobility (RC28)

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

Grŵp Ymchwil Ymfudo, Ethnigrwydd, Hil ac Amrywiaeth (MEAD)
Golygydd-yn-Bennaf, Frontiers in Sociology (Hil ac Ethnigrwydd)
Bwrdd Cynghori NCRM (y Ganolfan Genedlaethol ar gyfer Dulliau Ymchwil)
Panel Cynghori Arbenigol EHRC (Comisiwn Cydraddoldeb a Hawliau Dynol)
Coleg Adolygu gan Gymheiriaid ESRC
Gweithgor Staff Cydraddoldeb Hil, Ymddiddan Caerdydd (2014-2020)
Gweithgor Cydraddoldeb, Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant REF
Grŵp Llywio Cyswllt Academaidd Rhyngwladol, AHSS. (2014-2017)

Rwy'n croesawu ymgeiswyr PhD yn unrhyw un o feysydd ymchwil eang ymfudo, ceiswyr lloches ac integreiddio ffoaduriaid, anghydraddoldebau ethnig, hiliol a chrefyddol, cymdeithaseg addysg, haeniad cymdeithasol, ac anghydraddoldebau rhwng y farchnad lafur.

Myfyrwyr PhD a ariennir gan ESRC:

Henna Nisa (Llwybr Cymdeithaseg) "Gwneud Merch mewn teuluoedd Pacistanaidd: newidiadau a pharhad ar draws tair cenhedlaeth o fenywod"
Hong-Chau Dihn (Llwybr Polisi Cymdeithasol) "Tuag at weithlu addysg hiliol amrywiol yng Nghymru" (a ariennir ar y cyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru ac mewn cydweithrediad â Chyngor Hil Cymru a Chyngor Gweithlu Addysg Cymru)
Anaer Yeerjiang (Llwybr Hyfforddiant Ieithyddol) "Pobl dduon, Asiaidd a lleiafrifoedd ethnig a'r gweithlu proffesiynol: y berthynas rhwng gweithluoedd rhyngblethol amrywiol a gwerthfawrogiad o amrywiaeth yn Ysgolion Cymru (a ariennir ar y cyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, gyda Michael Handford yn yr Ysgol Cyfathrebu Saesneg ac Athroniaeth).
Luret Lar (Llwybr Polisi Cymdeithasol) "Trais yn erbyn menywod a merched mudol heb unrhyw hawl i Gronfa Gyhoeddus".

Kemba Hadaway-Morgan (Gwaith Cymdeithasol)
Monisha Peter (Ysgol Pensaernïaeth)
Myfanwy Bowring (EdD)
Elsie Owusu-Kumi (EdD)

Professor of Sociology elected to prestigious Welsh Fellowship

Professor Sin yi Cheung BSoc Sc. M.Phil. D.Phil. (Oxon)

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