Dr Regina Enjuto Martinez is a Research Officer at the Department of International Development at LSE. She is working in the ESRC-funded research project “The politics of services subcontracting to NGOs in China”. Her research interests are in civil society in authoritarian contexts, labour relations, and legal development. Her PhD research examined the political implications of the development of labour laws in China, particularly focusing on how legal institutions come into play in workers’ everyday life, interacting with prevalent social norms, and conceptions of justice and morality.

Regina holds a PhD in Development Studies from LSE and an MSc in Sociology from National Chengchi University (Taiwan). She also obtained a Bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain).

She has taught at the Department of International Development at LSE (2014-17) in the programmes MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies and MSc Development Management. She received an LSE Education Excellence Award in 2017 and the LSE Class Teaching Award in 2016. Regina also worked as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS (2013-14).