We welcome the visit of Dr Hang Kei Ho to the Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki. Dr Ho is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also Associate Professor of Sociology (Title of Docent) at the University of Helsinki.

His research themes include capital flows within global property markets, changing paradigms of the drinks and fashion industry, the globalisation of wine, housing policy and urban segregation, inequality and the super-rich, luxury consumption and brand management, and pandemic management strategies. Dr Ho has worked in academic positions in Finland, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK, lecturing across the fields of anthropology, Asian studies, business management, development studies, economic geography, public health, sociology, and urban studies. He holds a PhD, an MBA, and three master’s degrees in multiple academic disciplines including arts and humanities, electronic engineering, geography, and luxury brand management.

The peer-reviewed article authored by Dr Ho and Prof Rowland Atkinson, titled Looking for big ‘fry’: The motives and methods of middle-class international property investors, has won the Academy of Hong Kong Studies 2018/2019 Outstanding Paper Award. His latest edited book (with Prof David Inglis), titled Drinks in Vogue: Exploring the Changing Worlds of Fashions and Beverages (Routledge, 2024), maps out the changing paradigms within the global fashion and beverage industry.

Prior to entering academia, Dr Ho worked in real estate consultancy, IT, and engineering.