Dr. Felix Shi

Lecturer in Management

felix.shi@bangor.ac.uk

Dr. Felix Shi

Dr Cunqiang (Felix) Shi is a Lecturer in Management at Bangor Business School, 飯排眻畦. 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 飯排眻畦, 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

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.

  • PhD
    Cardiff University, 2018每2022
  • MSc: Social Science Research Method
    Cardiff University, 2017每2018
  • MSc: Human Resource Management
    Cardiff University, 2016每2017

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)

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;

2025

  • E-pub ahead of print
    Chau, W. F. & Shi, F., 24 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Diaspora Studies. 19, 1, p. 1-22 22 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article ? peer-review

2024

  • Published
    Shi, F., Sept 2024, The Professional Mountaineer, 2024, autumn.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication ? Article
  • Published
    Shi, F. & Han, Q., 3 Sept 2024.
    Research output: Contribution to conference ? Paper ? peer-review
  • Published
    Shi, F. & Foster, D., 20 Jan 2024, In: Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal. 18, 4, p. 1-28 28 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article ? peer-review

2023

  • Published
    Shi, C. & Foster, D., 15 Jun 2023.
    Research output: Contribution to conference ? Paper
  • Published
    Shi, C., 4 Apr 2023.
    Research output: Contribution to conference ? Paper

2022

  • Published
    Shi, C., 18 Apr 2022.
    Research output: Contribution to conference ? Paper

2019

  • Published
    Shi, C., 11 Jul 2019.
    Research output: Contribution to conference ? Paper

2018

  • Published
    Shi, C., 10 Dec 2018, 偶瞰煦昴ㄩ紹薊婓紹梤憩珛笢腔褒伎.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Conference contribution

2026

  • Timms Review Steering Group, Department for Work and Pension, UK HM government.

    Jan 2026 每 Dec 2026

    Links:

    Activity: Membership of board (Chair)

2025

  • Oct 2025 ↙

    Activity: Membership of committee (Chair)

  • Early Career Researcher Network Seed Fund peer reviewer

    Oct 2025 ↙

    Activity: Membership of committee (Chair)

  • The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network workshop

    19 Sep 2025

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

  • 9 Apr 2025

    Activity: Hosting an academic visitor (Host)

2024

  • Jan 2024 ↙

    Activity: Membership of network (Member)

2023

  • ECR rep to the University＊s Researcher Development & Concordat Group

    5 Oct 2023 每 1 Oct 2025

    Activity: Membership of network (Member)

  • Member of the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Manuscript Review Board

    1 Oct 2023 每 1 Oct 2026

    Links:

    Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

  • Member of Research and Impact Strategy committee

    Oct 2023 ↙

    Activity: Membership of committee (Member)

  • Peer Reviewer for Social Inclusions: Social Inclusion (ISSN: 2183-2803) is a peer-reviewed open access journal which provides academics and policy-makers with a forum to discuss and promote a more socially inclusive society.

    23 Jun 2023

    Activity: Publication peer-review (Peer reviewer)

2021

  • Appointed Board Director

    12 Oct 2021 每 12 Oct 2024

    Links:

    Activity: Membership of board (Director)

  • 01/03/2026 每 15/12/2026 (Active)