Mr Keith Lin joined HKCC in 2011, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Master of Philosophy degree in Sociology in the same year. In his MPhil thesis, Mr Lin analyses the influences of new media on social movement mobilisation and frame alignment.

At HKCC, Mr Lin teaches Hong Kong Society, Social Research, Social Development in China; and Culture, Politics and Power.

Before joining HKCC, Mr Lin worked as a research assistant at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where he obtained his Master of Science degree. His research and teaching interests include: Hong Kong Society, China Society and Politics (CCP and Intellectuals; Cultural Revolution), and Political Sociology (Social Movement, Democracy, and Totalitarianism).