Xu Kang is a sociologist who received education in Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau, and Sweden. He obtained a Master degree in Sociology from Lund University in 2021 and another Master degree in Criminology from the University of Macau in 2019. His research interest is mainly within the field of sociology of work and organisation and its intersection with politics, especially in the context of China and East Asia. His doctoral research is on the subject of “Achieving a global CSR in human rights or vice versa: A study on cooperation and conflicts between China and Europe in the human rights dimension of CSR”.