Tim Pringle

Tim Pringle is a Reader in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London and Editor of The China Quarterly. His research focuses on labour movements, industrial relations and trade union reform in China, Vietnam. From 1996 to 2006, Tim worked with various labour rights organisations in Hong Kong and mainland China prior to embarking on a PhD at the University of Warwick. Tim has published his research in numerous trade union, labour NGO and peer-reviewed journals and contributed chapters to many edited books. His own books include Trade Unions in China: the challenge of labour unrest re-issued in paperback by Routledge in 2013 and co-authorship of The Challenge of Transition: Trade Unions in Russia, China and Vietnam (2011) Palgrave.

Selections publications from the past five years include: ‘A Class Against Capital: Class and Collective Bargaining in Guangdong’, Globalizations, (2017); ‘Taking Matters into their own hands’ New Internationalist (2016); ‘A Solidarity Machine? Hong Kong Labour NGOs in Guangdong,  Critical Sociology, (2018);  ‘Taming Labour: Workers’ struggles, workplace unionism and collective bargaining on a Chinese waterfront’ (2019) ILRReview with Meng Quan; and ‘Shades of Authoritarianism and State-Labour Relations in China’, (2019) British Journal of Industrial Relations with Jude Howell. Hong Kong on the Brink: after chaotic day of protest (2019); The Conversation; The China Quarterly at 60: A Special Anniversary Issue (2020) The China Quarterly; Capitalism in China: The case for international solidarity (2021) Journal of International Union Rights; The Unionisation Wave in Hong Kong: The Noise before Defeat or the Route to Victory? Global Labour Journal (2021) 12(2); Which side are you on? Positions Politics  (2021) 5; The Unionisation Wave in Hong Kong: The Noise before Defeat or the Route to Victory? Global Labour Journal (2021) 12(2); Hong Kong's Trade Unions are Under Attack Jacobin (2021) 21 August ; Differentiating risks to academic freedom in the globalised university in China Philosophy and Social Criticism (2022) 8 (4). Between a rock and a hard place: academic freedom in globalising Chinese universities International Journal of Human Rights (2022)