Frau Ngoc Minh Luong

EDUCATION
2020-2024:
Doctor of Philosophy, Social Anthropology
Sociology Faculty, Bielefeld University

2019-2020
Master of Arts, Sociology Faculty, Bielefeld University

2008
MBA, Institut des Hautes Etudes Economiques et Commerciales (INSEEC U.)
A joint master program with McRae Institute, Capilano University

2003-2005
Post Baccalaureate Diploma, McRae Institute of International Management, Capilano University

2004-2005
East-West Center, Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP)

1997-2001
Bachelor of Arts, Institute for International Relations (now: Diplomacy Academy)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
5/2024 - present
Postdoctoral Researcher, WelfareStruggles Project, Social Anthropology, Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University

8/2019 - 5/2024
Ph.D. Researcher, WelfareStruggles Project, Social Anthropology, Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University

2015-2019
Director, Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE)

2011-2015
Public Education Program Manager, Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE)

2007-2010
Regional Liaison Officer, Fairtrade International (FLO)

2001-2003 & 2005-2007:
Program Officer, Oxfam Quebec

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2024
Russell H. Bernard Graduate Paper Award

2023
The Vietnam Study Group Graduate Essay Prize Winner

2017
Outstanding Alumni Award on the occasion of 150th Canada’s Birthday

2004
East-West Centre Scholarship

2003
Canadian International Development Agency's scholarship

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Vietnam Study Group (VSG)
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Luong, N. M., & Nguyen, M. (2023). Factory worker welfare and the commodification of labour in market socialist Vietnam: Debates on overtime work in the revised labour code. Global Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680181231220530
Wilcox, P., & Luong, N.M. (2022). Life and Debt: Financial Precarity, COVID-19 and Ethical Dilemmas in Laos and Vietnam. Journal of Ethnology - Journal of social and cultural anthropology, 147 (1-2), 149-154.