State Borders and the Global Shadow Economy

Location
E02 Monica Partridge Building, Hybrid, Online, University Park
Date(s)
Wednesday 11th March 2026 (12:00-14:00)
Contact

This is a Hybrid event - to attend in person or online register at https://forms.office.com/e/ky40NWvxDm

Registration URL
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Description
Tak Wing Ngo 11 March 2026

The Taiwan Research Hub presents a talk

State Borders and the Global Shadow Economy

with Tak-Wing Ngo, Professor of Political Science, University of Macau, Editor in Chief of China Information and Co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary Asia

Wednesday 11 March 2026, 12-2pm, Room E02 Monica Partridge Building, University Park

This is a Hybrid event - to attend in person or online please register at https://forms.office.com/e/ky40NWvxDm

Talk abstract 

This seminar will present my ongoing research on the global shadow economy and its implications for border governance. I will discuss the ways grey governance and infrastructural politics at border checkpoints facilitate transnational mass smuggling by ordinary people. I will also share my experience in journal publication and editing during the seminar.

About the Speaker

Tak-Wing Ngo is Professor of Political Science at the University of Macau. He received his PhD from SOAS London and works on the political economy of East Asia. He previously taught at Leiden University and Erasmus University Rotterdam and is currently the editor of China Information and co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary Asia.

Chaired by Dr Chun-yi Lee, Taiwan Research Hub

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