Hui Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Economics and Social Policy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He earned his PhD from King’s, supported by the King’s College London–China Scholarship Council Joint Full Scholarship, and obtained his MA from University College London.

His research examines how artificial intelligence, driven by algorithmic management, reshapes the nature of work and employment within organizations and labor markets. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including Gender & Society, New Technology, Work and Employment, The Journal of Contemporary China, and Journal of Contemporary Asia.

Research

Hui Huang is currently collaborating with Ye Liu on a research project that investigates gendered relations, inequality, and precarity in the data annotation industry. Their study explores the intricate interplay between the state and digital capitalism in shaping the skills formation of data workers and examines the precarious implications of this process on working conditions in China’s data annotation sector.