Dr Jenny Chan (PhD 2014) is Associate Professor of Sociology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She received the Best Teaching Award from the Department of Applied Social Sciences in 2018. Prior to the PolyU, she was Lecturer in Sociology and Contemporary China Studies (2014-2016) at Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, and Junior Research Fellow (2015-2018) of Kellogg College, University of Oxford.

Dying for an iPhone: Apple, Foxconn, and the Lives of China's Workers, co-authored with Mark SELDEN and PUN Ngai, was named the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2022 on China, and CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2022 in Work and Labor. The book is translated into Korean.

Jenny's article, Class, labour conflict and workers’ organization (Economic and Labour Relations Review), published in 2023, was announced by the ELRR as its article of the month for April 2024. According to the journal, "Chan and her colleagues seek to conceptualise labour conflict and collective action in broader class analysis, and to examine the combined effect of state policies, migration, and digital innovation on contemporary labour politics. We highly recommend the work!"

Jenny served as the elected Vice President of Research Committee on Labour Movements, International Sociological Association (2018 to 2023).

In 2022-2023, Jenny was appointed as the Chairperson of the Selection Panel for the HKSAR (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) Government Scholarship Fund, Talent Development Scholarship and Reaching Out Award. Between 2017 and 2020, she contributed to the “Community, Organization and Globalisation Subjects" Committee on General University Requirements. Since January 2017 she has joined the management committee of China and Global Development Network.