Peng Wang is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He holds a PhD in Law and an MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice from King’s College London. His research focuses on organized crime, corruption, police and policing, informal institutions, prisons, and China studies. He is the author of The Chinese Mafia: Organized Crime, Corruption, and Extra-legal Protection (Oxford University Press, 2017) and Extralegal Governance: The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China (coauthored with Wanlin Lin, Cambridge University Press, 2025).