Events and talks

Conference presentations

'What we talk about when we talk about the rule of law: Researching Hong Kong law in 2026'

—(12 June 2026) HKSA Annual Conference 2026, University of Surrey

'Supported decision-making, relational autonomy, and communitarian traditions: Implementing Art 12 CRPD in Hong Kong and Mainland China' (led by D Cheung)

—(30 March 2026) SLSA 2026 Annual Conference, University of Sussex

‘Criminal responsibility under “abnormal” states of mind: Understanding mental disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing’

—(6 Apr 2025) SLSA 2025 Annual Conference, University of Liverpool

‘At the frontiers between penal and psy discourses: Unravelling the mentally dis/abled subject in criminal sentencing using critical discourse analysis’

—(5 Apr 2023) SLSA 2023 Annual Conference, Ulster University

'Stigmatised voices in the courtroom: “Vexatious litigants”, judicial deference, and the right to access to justice in mental health jurisprudence’

—(25 Jun 2021) Postgraduate Bioethics Conference 2021, University of Liverpool

'Compulsory treatment in the community in Hong Kong: Examining mental health law and practice from a human rights perspective’

—(22 Jul 2020) Mental Diversity Law ECR Seminar, University of Nottingham

Invited talks

'"Nature versus nurture"? Judicial discourses around the mentally disordered offender and their family in Hong Kong sentencing judgments'

—(13 February 2025) Disability Law Research Group, University of Birmingham

‘Who is the mentally disordered offender? A critical discourse analysis of Hong Kong “Reasons for Sentence” judgments’

—(31 Oct 2024) Socio-Legal Discussion Group, University of Oxford

‘Critically analysing discourses around mental dis/ability in criminal law: A reflection on methodology’

—(29 May 2024) Social Sciences Equality and Diversity Research Spotlight, University of Oxford