Prof. Jin Sun is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Executive Director of Social Governance & Sustainable Development Lab at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and the Executive Committee of the Public Policy Research Centre at the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. He also serves as a Committee member for the Doctor of Social Science in Applied Social Science (DSSC) Programme at CUHK. His research received funding from the European Research Council, the Swiss Network for International Studies, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and multiple research funds at CUHK. His articles have been published by the American Journal of Sociology, Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Socio-Economic Review, and other peer-reviewed journals and collected by books at Cambridge University Press, etc. His research focuses on sociology, law, and global governance. He obtained the best article award of Political-Economy of the World-System and the distinguished article award (Honorable Mention) of Economic Sociology at the American Sociological Association. He passed the Chinese bar in Beijing and Directed Studies of Public International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law. He is also a research fellow in the Centre for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance at Tsinghua University and a fellow of restorative justice and peace-making in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University.