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Cunqiang [Felix] Shi

Cunqiang [Felix] Shi

Dr., Dr

 https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0154-2499

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am specialising in the following area of:
Labour Politics in East Asia (China, HongKong, Taiwan), etc);
Disability Studies;
Sociology of Work;
Diversity and Equality in the workplace;

20182026

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Overview

Dr Cunqiang (Felix) Shi is a Lecturer in Management at Bangor Business School, Bangor University. His research examines how workplaces and welfare systems shape the employment opportunities of disabled people and why policies designed to promote inclusion do not always remove barriers in practice.

He completed his PhD at Cardiff University, where he studied how major economic and social changes in China transformed the position of disabled workers in the labour market. His work now takes a broader comparative perspective, exploring disability employment, labour market participation and social policy in both the UK and international contexts.

Felix combines academic research with public engagement. He currently serves on the UK Government’s Timms Review Steering Group on Personal Independence Payment, contributing research expertise to discussions about how disability benefits interact with employment and everyday working life. He also works with charities, advocacy organisations and community groups to improve access to work and workplace inclusion.

At Bangor University, he leads Equality, Diversity and Sustainability initiatives within the Business School and teaches employment relations, management and business ethics.

Research interests

  • Disability and employment

  • Workplace inclusion and the “ideal worker” norm

  • Welfare-to-work policy and labour market participation

  • Sociology of work and inequality

  • Labour market change in China and the UK

Contact Info

Felix is located in A0.05 of the Alun Building

Students are advised to contact Felix via email or Microsoft Teams to arrange an appointment in advance.

Teaching and Supervision

Currently Felix is contributing to the following BBS modules:

ASB-2020 Management Planning and Coordination 

ASB-2021 Commerical Awareness & Insight of Work 

ASB-2605 Expereince of HRM at work

ASB-3535 HRM in an Ethical Agenda

ABM-4426 Contemporary Issues in Management

ASB/ABJ/ABM-4904 Applied Business Projects

 

Felix is currently supervising one PhD student on the topic of HRM and AI. 

 

In 2025, Felix was nominated as candidate for teaching award (student led)

Education/Academic qualification

Postgraduate, PhD, Cardiff University

2018 → 2022

Postgraduate, MSc, Social Science Research Method, Cardiff University

2017 → 2018

Postgraduate, MSc, Human Resource Management, Cardiff University

2016 → 2017

External positions

Member of Arfon Access Group, Arfon Access Group

2023 → …

Board Director, DISABILITY WALES

12 Oct 2021 → Oct 2024

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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  • 4 Article
  • 1 Conference contribution
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