Lynette H. Ong

Lynette H. Ong

Professor of Political Science, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto

Lynette H. Ong is a Professor of Political Science at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society’s Center for China Analysis, and a Senior Fellow (non-resident) at APF Canada.

She is an expert on China and Southeast Asia (Singapore and Malaysia). She is the author of three books: Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China, which has won multiple accolades from various disciplinary associations; The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts; and, Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China.

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