Yukiko Kobayashi Lui

Yukiko is a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Law with a collaborative specialization in sexual diversity studies at the Mark S. Bonham Centre. Her research interests are in the law governing families and households and the work that happens within them, and in critical legal and political theories. Her doctoral project is about the law and politics of legal relationship recognition, particularly as related to economic dependence, social assistance, and unwaged work during and after relationships. She is interested in how law and social assistance create and police the borders of 'the family' and what implications this has for the material preconditions that make life possible. She also maintains an interest in the law of Hong Kong. Prior to commencing her doctoral studies, she worked in the non-profit sector and in publishing.