Sociologists Studying China Starter Pack
This is a group of sociologists studying China, broadly defined. We study labor, gender, family, demography, inequality, organizations, education, professions, media, civil society, protests, immigration, as well as politics and history. Let me know if you want to be added (or removed).
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@profyangzhang.bsky.social
@fanfanyang.bsky.social
Professor, Media and Communication Studies, UMBC Author of Faked in China (2016) and Disorienting Politics (2024). Researching media, infrastructure, robots, drones, and AI in Shenzhen and Hangzhou
@humayun.bsky.social
Postdoc, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Anthropologist Studying China Education, Religion, Gender, Language Knowledge Production and Grassroots Movement Tying Knots Urgent Ethnography
@pengfeiliusoc.bsky.social
Sociology PhD student at UC Davis. Geopolitics, immigration, and elite study. Appropriately being Apolitical about everything. One day I’ll write a methodology paper about studying elites through golf. self-censoring
@pekinghotel.substack.com
📼 Talking China under Blue Sky 🎧 Listen to the interviews on our podcast 📃 Subscribe to our newsletters in English or Chinese on Substack
@yunhanwen.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at @Princeton Sociology. Studying rural collectives, space, and political economy in Chinese cities. Always wondering what urbanism means. www.yunhanwen.com
@simonyuanxi.bsky.social
PhD student in Sociology @ University of Virginia Historical/Cultural/Political Sociology & Contemporary Philosophy & Contemporary Art & Bouldering & Board Games
@seepokloa.bsky.social
Sociologist and Lecturer UniofLeicester School of Management | PhD Oxford Sociology | work culture, freelancing, global gig work, time and temporality | Former startup creative🧑🏻💻
@coolsteed.bsky.social
Sociologist interested in boring things. Advanced amateur in Arabic and coding. https://www.bolunzhang.com/
@eastasiascitech.bsky.social
Historian of technology, science, and industry @ Harvard. Author of CARBON TECHNOCRACY. Currently writing a history of industrial psychology in China. More about my work here: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow
@yanlong-soc.bsky.social
Sociologists, UC Berkeley, studying authoritarian politics, health, digital technology, civic action, gender, sexuality & global China. Author of Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China (Oxford)
@hcsteinhardt.bsky.social
Associate Prof @sinovienna, previously CUHK, NUS. Sinophone societies, protests, information, social trust, moral engineering, identities, governance. PI of @ERC_Research project ENGINEERING.
@yueqiansoc.bsky.social
Dr. Yue Qian (pronounced Yew-ay Chian) is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research examines gender, family, work, and inequality. http://yueqiansoc.weebly.com/
@manyeekan.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk @sociologyoxford.bsky.social GenTime, ERC project. Research on gender inequalities, time use, migration & ethnicity.
@soczzhang.bsky.social
PhD @UWSoc. Comp hist sociologist studying socialism, revolution, collective memory. I study Maoism as a non-Maoist.
@yuanchongwang.bsky.social
1. A native Shandongese from Shandong Peninsula, China 2. Associate Professor, Department of History, The University of Delaware 3. Editor-in-Chief, The Chinese Historical Review (since July 2024)
@nianshen.bsky.social
Historian at Tsinghua University. Focus (more or less) on Chinese and East Asian histories from early modern to contemporary period, history of cartography, and urban studies. Love painting, music, arts, and antique maps
@jiathk.bsky.social
Historian@HKU, late imperial and modern China, social history, religious history, women and gender
@weictsai.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at National Chung Cheng University https://ccu-tw.academia.edu/WeichiehTsai
@belindahe.bsky.social
Film and media scholar Assistant Professor in East Asian and Cinema & Media studies at the University of Maryland College Park
@siyingfu.bsky.social
Sociology PhD candidate @ UW-Madison. Comparative-historical analysis; Democratization; Soc of elites; China 📍Beijing➡️📍Madison➡️📍Boston
@wenqiyang.bsky.social
Researcher of domestic violence and obstetric violence experienced by Chinese and Chinese immigrant populations in the US @Wake Forest.
@jwassers.bsky.social
Teaches history at UCI, writes on China for the TLS, LARB, Dissent, WSJ, & other venues, 1st book on East AND Southeast Asia out in June https://indiepubs.com/products/the-milk-tea-alliance?srsltid=AfmBOoot8bW8ddRXno-tjJbRKTV99aXVFPFQn-Q8KaAAQixLtka0HWxd
@davidstroup.bsky.social
Sr. Lecturer of Chinese Politics at the University of Manchester. Researching the everyday politics of ethnicity under authoritarianism and Islamophobia in the PRC.
@lizhiliu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Georgetown (lizhiliu.com); Political Economy, Tech & China; Author of From Click to Boom (https://t.co/UL6RIfmdTm)
@ywangsoc.bsky.social
Assist Prof in Social Statistics @University of Manchester, PhD from @LSE. Research on public opinion and political communication, social policy and redistribution, state politics and governance.
@yanhecul.bsky.social
Head of Chinese Section, under Research Collections Directorate at Cambridge University Library. Senior member of Robinson College. Views my own.
@jin-xu.bsky.social
Art historian at Columbia University. Chinese art and architecture. Archaeology and art history of the Silk Road. Materials and techniques of art.
@xinfan.bsky.social
Historian, Teacher, and Traveler; Author of "World History and National Identity in China" (CambridgeUP, 2021) & "Global history in China" (Palgrave 2024).
@zhiqingao.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Political Science @The Ohio State University | IR theory, int’l security, pol psych, foreign policy
@linettelim.bsky.social
PhD candidate at University College Dublin. Interested in authoritarianism, media control, & nationalism. Former journalist with a stint as a 互联网打工人
@linshengqiao.bsky.social
Postdoc at @FairbankCenter @HarvardCID @HarvardRTE | State-Business Relations, Industrial Policy, China | www.shengqiaolin.com
@jeanhong.bsky.social
keep calm and post academic stuff. working @umich. formerly @HKUST. study authoritarian politics and legacy. East Asia. https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/jeanhong
@stephenplatt.bsky.social
Historian. Books include Imperial Twilight (Knopf, 2018) and Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom (Knopf, 2012). New book: The Raider, coming in May 2025. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/618088/the-raider-by-stephen-r-platt/
@pm-thornton.bsky.social
Associate Professor Dept of Politics & IR, Dickson Poon China Centre, University of Oxford and Merton College; British Association of Chinese Studies Council member. Mostly posting about China, HK, Taiwan politics
@kaipingchen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Science and Technology Communication, Computational Social Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison | Stanford/ Columbia / Fudan University alumni | Pianist www.kaipingchen.com
@dgatwill.bsky.social
Historian of China and Tibet Dean of Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai
@khirata.bsky.social
Modern Chinese (as well as Japanese and Russian/Soviet) history. Monash University. Former Shanghai resident. 中国（及び日ソ・露）近現代史。モナシュ大学。元上海居民。
@wjhurst.bsky.social
Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development University of Cambridge, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Co-Director, Centre for Geopolitics Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) @rusi.bsky.social
@arunabhghosh.bsky.social
Historian, Modern China, Political Economy, Environment, Science and Tech, Energy, Dams, Statistics, etc. scholar.harvard.edu/arunabh.ghosh
@sxz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at NYU. Classification, prediction, and AI in decision-making, social policy, and law. www.simonezhang.com
@hildedw.bsky.social
Professor Chinese & Global History KULeuven | IISH Amsterdam global intellectual history | social history of infrastructures | digital research design https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-674X
@mthompsonbrusstar.com
now: postdoc, UC San Diego 21CCC soon: assist. prof. of political science, Trinity College, CT always: bureaucracy, China, history, text
@chenchenzh.bsky.social
migrant & researcher interested in politics and other things. currently: digital narratives, postcolonial nationalism, the global right, China stuff. she/her. 不必等待炬火. co-host @shichapodcast.bsky.social https://chenchenzhang.net/
@aysezarakol.bsky.social
IR & Historical Sociology. Prof of IR, Cambridge POLIS. Author of Before the West & After Defeat. Current AE at International Organization. A 'citizen of nowhere' with three passports...
@zedzeppelin2048.bsky.social
Sociologist studying China's political economy, education, organizations and technology. Associate Professor at U Hawaii Sociology. Author of The Fruits of Opportunism
@xcao.bsky.social
Sociology PhD candidate @ Brown University. UW-Madison alum. I study child health, gender inequalities, & work-family conflicts. Also Joyce! https://xcao-joyce.github.io
@bardjester.bsky.social
PhD candidate & Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology @UAlbany; Pre-doctoral fellow @CCSYale; ACRH @UniMelb; Research Interests: gender & migration, race & ethnicity, culture, theory https://qingttliu.com
@daijingyun.bsky.social
Sociology PhD Candidate at Harvard. Gender and class in higher education, gender and work, intersectional inequalities, culture. Writing on student experiences and aspirations at elite universities in China.
@jeandong.bsky.social
Asia Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Author of Chinese Statecraft in a Changing World (Springer 2023) Research interests: Chinese history, Indo-Pacific geopolitical challenges, Sino-US AI lethal automatous weapons regulation Jeandong@hks.harvard.edu
@friederdengler.bsky.social
On the job market | PhD in International Relations from @ausis.bsky.social | USIP Peace Scholar 2023-24 | I research international order, global governance, and global historical IR | www.friederdengler.com | 🇩🇪
@loubnaelamine.bsky.social
Political Theorist. KCL. Comparative Political Theory. Ancient Chinese Political Thought. From Lebanon.
@julieradomski.bsky.social
Postdoc at Boston University Global Development Policy Center @gdp-center • Global China, political economy of development in Latin America, critical geography • also, dogs
@yanze-yu.bsky.social
PhD student @ColumbiaSoc ; MA @MichiganChina ; BA @FudanUniversity I study medicine, political economy, and science, knowledge & technology. Profile: https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/yanze-yu
@ruoyunbai.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Media Studies/Comparative Literature, Univ. of Toronto, working on Chinese Media, Culture and Society. Author of "Staging Corruption: Chinese Television and Politics" and co-editor of 3 books. Writing a book on scandals in China.
@ruiyili.bsky.social
Soc PhD candidate @USC. I study transnational education, youth, elite, and mobility in China. https://ruiyili.net
@kevinweiluo.bsky.social
assistant professor of political science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. China / Taiwan / Asia, politics of state building. usual caveats. 中英俱劣. https://www.kevinweiluo.com/
@linzhang.bsky.social
Critical Innovation Studies, Pro@UNH; Author of The Labor of Reinvention (Columbia UP, 2023). Working on a book about transnational biotech https://linzhangweb.org/
@jingwangnyu.bsky.social
AP@NYUShanghai, Communication, Political economy, Sociology of finance, China studies
@simonluo.bsky.social
Political theorist. Writes about radicalism, emotions, memory, mourning, parties, democracy, and contemporary China. Incoming Nanyang Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Global Affairs, Nanyang Technological University website: simonsihangluo.com
@fafner100.bsky.social
Professor of Politics and International Studies at Murdoch University. Posts are my personal views.
@steveharrell.bsky.social
Retired professor, unretired ethnographer, polyglot, nature lover, part-time climate activist, occasional contrarian. Taiwan, China, and Whatcom County--adoptive 'Hamster. Would like to be wittier than I am.
@jing-xu.bsky.social
Anthropologist & author of "The Good Child" (Stanford U Press 2017) & " 'Unruly' Children" (Cambridge U Press, 2024): China, child development, culture & cognition, morality, education, family https://sites.google.com/view/jingxu/home
@tristangbrown.bsky.social
Historian of China @MIT focusing on law, environment, economy, science, and religion Author, Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China (Princeton, 2023) China Book Editor, Journal of Asian Studies
@zhangtaisu.bsky.social
Comparative historian, legal theorist, Chinese law and politics observer @Yale.
@lchen2024.bsky.social
JD/PhD, UToronto historian of post-1500 Chinese law/politics/culture/intl relations; law & empire & postcolonial studies. Author of "Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics”.
@yingaa.bsky.social
Leiden University, Professor of Chinese History 🐌 🇳🇱 🇨🇳🇩🇰 Joint PhD in History & Women’s Studies (Univ of Michigan) Premodernist, 14-18th century political culture, gender, family, bureaucracy, religion, etc.
@shuangchen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History @ Univ. of Iowa. Chinese history, social and economic history, law and society, demography. Author of State-Sponsored Inequality (SUP 2017). President, International Society for Chinese Law and History (2024- ).
@lichengqian.bsky.social
Lecturer at Birmingham City University, UK | PhD from University of Virginia | Cultural/Historical/Political/Global Sociology, Memory, China, East Asia
@puckengman.bsky.social
Teaches and writes about Chinese socialism https://history.berkeley.edu/puck-engman
@aaas-socsci.bsky.social
We are the Social Science Caucus under the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS). Website: https://sites.google.com/view/aaas-socsci/home
@jeremywallace.bsky.social
China, climate, stats, and cities. Johns Hopkins SAIS, Good Authority. No Kings.
@zruan.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science at Hunter College-CUNY, PhD from Northwestern. Development, labor, land, China, Vietnam. http://zhihangruan.com
@jingwang.bsky.social
Assistant Prof, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UW-Madison; New academic mom; Feminist Co-Founder 结绳志 https://tyingknots.net Website: https://www.jing-wang.net/ #GlobalMedia #GlobalComm #GlobalChina #China #Anthropology #Wisconsin #Madison
@weizhou.bsky.social
phding at uchicago energy & labor, (developmental) state, infrastructure
@zstheunemployedphd.bsky.social
Ph.D Candidate at McGill University Ph.D. McGill, Department of Sociology M.A. NYU, Department of Politics M.A. AU, School of International Services B.A. AU, School of International Services
@junzhou.bsky.social
phd candidate in sociology at University of Michigan political economy, gender, human-machine relations, work/labor, theory visiting fellow at Harvard & Mellon/ACLS innovation fellow she/they/cat person
@zoezhao.bsky.social
Research and teach tech, labor and social movements at 🍌𓆑. Neurodiverse 🌶️ and politically depressed organizer/gamer. https://www.zoezhao.me/
@philipjfang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Colby College. Studying culture, creativity, globalization, state censorship, ethnography, and China. Writing a book on China’s engagement with Hollywood. philipjunfang.com
@dr-yang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Sociology at University of Birmingham | PhD from UChicago | interactionist scholar of gender, sexualities, culture, semiotics, and childhood | friend of EMCA who stumbled into linguistic anthropology
@juanw.bsky.social
Political Scientist at McGill. China, the state, communism, money, and discipline.
@yisuzhou.bsky.social
Educator & Sociologist from Macao. Current book project focus on Science and Technology development in contemporary China and higher education.
@siqitu.bsky.social
Researcher in migration and mobility, diasporic communities, transnational elite education, political economy of global cities, community development, and Global China. https://siqitu.com/ I repost randomly...
@hwaight.bsky.social
Assistant Professor University of Oregon Sociology | Former Postdoc NYU CSMaP | Ph.D. Princeton Sociology | Research on media, information, China, computational social science | https://hwaight.github.io/
@coralinglingxu.bsky.social
Author: The Time Inheritors @sunypress.bsky.social Asso Prof @durham-university.bsky.social Exec Editor @bjse.bsky.social; Director @chiedmobilities.bsky.social; Soc of time, Bourdieu, China; https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Time-Inheritors
@wwwendyz502.bsky.social
East Asia Postdoc@U of Virginia. China, Global Comm, Diaspora Media, and Political discourse. Open to jobs. https://eastasiacenter.as.virginia.edu/wendy-weile-zhou
@fuzheng.bsky.social
phd candidate @ columbia sociology. interested in power, STS, economic sociology, classification struggles. very importantly, also a foodie.
@binxu013.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Sociology at Emory University, USA. 23-24 Fellow at Wiko Berlin. Author of The Politics of Compassion(2017, Stanford), Chairman Mao's Children(2021, Cambridge), The Culture of Democracy (2022, Polity) Personal Website: www.binxu.net