Professor Lynette Ong
Political Science & Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Member of RUSI's State Threats Taskforce
Lynette H. Ong is Professor of Political Science at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, the University of Toronto. Her research lies at the intersection of authoritarian politics, contentious politics, and the political economy of development.
She is the author of Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford University Press, 2022), The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012).
Her publications have also appeared in Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, Foreign Affairs, China Quarterly, China Journal, among other outlets.
For further information, visit www.lynetteong.com.
