Current Research Students
PhD
Althubaiti Haytham
PhD (Anthropology)
Althubaiti Haytham
Research Interest: Islam, Markets, and Sacred Labor: The al-Zamazimah and the Economization of Value in Saudi Arabia
Haytham Althubaiti is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore (NUS), and a Lecturer at the Department of Global Studies, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). His research explores the intersections of religion, economy, and labor in contemporary Saudi Arabia, focusing on how sacred professions – particularly the al-Zamazimah – have been reconfigured through processes of bureaucratization and market rationalization. He holds a B.A. in Sociology from Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and an M.A. in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA. His broader interests include business anthropology, the anthropology of Islam, ritual practices, and cultural identity in the Middle East.
Publications:
- Althubaiti, H. (2025). Saudi Women Writers Sociopolitical and Literary Landscapes: by Basma A. Al Mutlaq, Routledge, 2025, 180 pp., £145 (Hardback), ISPN: 9781032887821, United Kingdom. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2025.2556560
- Althubaiti, H. (2025). Charity in Saudi Arabia: civil society under authoritarianism: by Nora Derbal, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022, 336 pp., $120 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1316513477. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2025.2497163
- Althubaiti, H. (2024, December 7). The Transformation of a Religious Object into a Commodity in Islamic Society: Ethnographic Insights in the Digital Age. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Hong Kong Sociological Association, Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
- Al Yousef, A., & Althubaiti, H. (2024). Advancements and challenges forensic odontology and anthropology: Applications for identification in Saudi Arabia. International Journal for Scientific Research, 3(5), 46–69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59992/ijsr.2024.v3n5p2
- Althubaiti, H., & Spencer-Blume, A. (2024). In Conversation with Dr Hiro Saito: Exploring Mindfulness, Sociological Inquiry, and the Future of Education. New Sociological Perspectives, 4(1).
- Althubaiti, H. (2024). Women Business Leaders: Identity, Resistance, and Alternative Forms of Knowledge in Saudi Arabia by Liela A. Jamjoom. 2023. New York & Abingdon: Routledge. Journal of Business Anthropology, 13(1), 54-56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22439/jba.v13i1.7149
- Althubaiti, H., & Al Yousef, A. S. A. (2024). Exploring the Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Issues, 2(1), 12-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.56705/ijaimi.v2i1.135
- Althubaiti, H. (2024). Review of Fischer, Johan and Jammes, Jérémy (Eds.). Muslim Piety As Economy: Markets, Meaning and Morality in Southeast Asia. International Journal of Management and Business Economics, 2(3), 44–46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58540/ijmebe.v2i3.523
- Althubaiti, H. (2024). Sociology of Everyday Life: The Masjid’s Role in Muslims Lives – Applying Garfinkel’s Ethnomethodology. International Journal for Scientific Research, 3(4), 255-267. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59992/IJSR.2024.v3n4p7
- Althubaiti, H. (2022). Muslim Women’s Pilgrimage to Mecca and Beyond: Reconfiguring Gender, Religion, and Mobility: MARJO, BUITELAAR, MANJA, STEPHAN-EMMRICH, and VIOLA, THIMM (eds), (London: Routledge, 2021), 223 pages; £29.59 paperback, £104.00 hardback. Journal of Arabian Studies, 12(2), 296–297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21534764.2023.2184937
Previous Degrees:
Bachelor degree in Sociology at AL-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia.
Master’s degree in Sociocultural Anthropology at the University of Virginia, United States.
Research Interest: Business, Organisations, Humour, Middle East, Saudi Arabia
Amiel Jansen Demetrial
PhD (Anthropology)
Amiel Jansen Demetrial
Research Interest: Death, Linguistic Anthropology, Visual Ethnography
Research:
I am currently a PhD student at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Communication and a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from Southern Luzon State University in the Philippines, where I am currently also a lecturer on study leave.
Tentatively, my dissertation topic investigates the intersections between modernity, death and the state. I am specifically interested in the changing ritual practices of the Singaporean Chinese surrounding death. I also have a specific interest in language as a social action and how this could be deployed to language death and culture.
Publications:
- Guinto, N.L., Villaverde, B.D, Demetrial, A.J., & Maguyon, A.T. (2024). Re-thinkign researcher-participant roles: Ethics of care and collaboration in the migration linguistics of precarious migrants. AILA Review Special Issue. https://doi.org/10.1075/aila.23014.gui
- Demetrial, A.J. (2017). Terorista! Terorista?: Ideological construction of the Moro Muslim identity in the online reports on the Mamasapano Clash and Bangsamoro Basic Law. Tilamsik: The Southern Luzon Journal of Arts and Sciences, https://ejournals.ph/article.php?id=14116(11). 9
Bachelor’s degree in Communication
Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from Southern Luzon State University in the Philippines
Currently also a lecturer on study leave.
Research Interest: Death, Linguistic Anthropology, Visual Ethnography
Huazhi Qin
PhD (Sociology)
Huazhi Qin
Research Interest: Education; Migration; Family
Qin Huazhi is a PhD student in Sociology at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at National University of Singapore Prior to NUS, she obtained a M.A in Social Science at the University of Chicago.
Her research interests include education and migration, with a focus on Chinese diasporas in Southeast Asia. Her doctoral project examines the reasons and experiences of Chinese families with school-aged children migrating to Thailand for international education.
She also serves as the Managing Editor of the Asian Journal of Social Science.
Teaching Experience
- SC2209 Money, Business and Social Networks
- SC3205 Sociology of Power: Who Gets to Rule?
- AN3101 Anthropology and Theory
Publications:
Weiyu Zhang, Subhayan Mukerjee, and Huazhi Qin. 2022. “Topics and Sentiments Influence Likes: A Study of Facebook Public Pages’ Posts About COVID-19 Vaccination.” Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 25(9): 552–60.
Research Interest: Education; Migration; International Student Mobility
Hu Junhan
PhD (Anthropology)
Hu Junhan
Research Interest: indigenous environmental politics; more-than-human; religion and ecology; conservation and tourism; Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau
I am a first-year PhD student in Anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. I completed my Master’s study in environmental anthropology at Yale University. I love trail running, mixed martial arts, and poetry.
Research:
My research focuses on people’s ways of knowing the environment in political and ecological uncertainties. In my PhD study, I plan to examine 1) how the bodily experience in outdoor adventure shapes the relationship between indigenous tour guides and the environment, and 2) how tourists make sense of the landscape with indigenous people’s cultural and political representation. Some of my past research projects examine: the unity and diversity of Tibetan culture in contemporary Buddhist environmentalists’ discourses; the common pattern of indigenous climate knowledge in Tibetan Plateau and Yunnan Forest; the changes of multispecies relations and people’s attentiveness to the environment in nature conservation.
• Hu Junhan. (2024). Meta-sign and Mind: Thinking with Sheep to Understand Social and Environmental Change in the Ganjia Grassland of Tibetan Plateau.Nature and Culture. (Submitted)
• Hu Junhan, Gao Yufang, Wei Yiran, & Sang Jie. (2023). Practicing Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Anthropocene: Case Studies of Ganjia Grassland. Science (Shanghai), 75(03), 30-34.
• Hu Junhan, Sang Jie, & Gao Yufang. (2021). Ganjia Grassland, Gansu Province: Nature- and CommunityBased Grassland Ecological Governance. Science (Shanghai), 73(05), 16-21.
• Gao Yufang, Hu Junhan, & Dangzhou Zhaxi. (2020). Ecological Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Attempts and Reflections of Local People in Three-Rivers-Source. China Environment, 77(12), 50-53.
• Gao Yufang, Hu Junhan, & Chen Yufei. (2020). Status and Suggestions for the Development of Local Environmental NGOs in Three-Rivers-Source. China Environment, 71(06), 55-58.
• Gao Yufang, Hu Junhan, & Li Tianti. (2020). Wild Animal Conservation Requires Broader Public Participation. China Environment, 68(03), 32–35.
2017-2021
Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu, China
BA in Ecology
• Relevant Coursework: GIS (92), Evolutionary Ecology (94), Field Practice in Ecology (100) • Undergraduate Thesis: Cryptic biodiversity on the Tibetan Plateau: Integrated DNA barcoding technology and morphology methods used in soil fauna species identification. (Advisor: Dr. Daoyuan Yu) • Honors and Awards: Won Progress Scholarship in 2019 and 2020.
2022-2024
Yale University, Connecticut, U.S.
Candidate for Master of Environmental Science, 2022-2024
• Focus: environmental anthropology, political ecology, conservation science • Relevant Coursework: Elementary Modern Tibetan I & II (H), Qualitative Social Science Research Methods (H), Power, Knowledge, and the Environment (H), Biopolitics of Human-nonhuman Relations (H), Strategy and Grand Strategy in Large Scale Conservation (H), Sociology of Sacred Values (H), Climate and Society (In progress), Meaning and Materiality (In progress) • Master’s Thesis: Human-nature relationships and coexistence from the indigenous perspective: Nomadic ways of life, grassroots conservation, and eco-tourism on the Tibetan Plateau (Advisor: Dr. Michael Dove) • Honors and Awards: Won research funding of $19,950 from five fellowships and grants: YSE Dean’s Scholarship, Yale Environmental Humanities Grant Program, Firebird Foundation Research Grants, RITM Research and Conference Travel Award, Mobley Family Environmental Humanities Grants.
Teaching Experience:
August 2022 - present
Yale University
Teaching Fellow
• Served as the Teaching Fellow for three graduate courses: ENV 759 Power, Knowledge, and the Environment: Social Science Theory and Method, by Dr. Michael Dove; ENV 685 Engaging Landholders and Communities in Conserving and Restoring Tropical Forest Landscapes, by Dr. Eva Garen; ENV 619 Philosophical Environmental Ethics, by Dr. Stephan Latham. • Led student discussions and answered reading-related questions, gave feedback and grades for student assignments, selected course materials with Professors, and provided administrative support in class.
April 2019 - June 2021 (Online)
Interdisciplinary Conservation Group
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• Cultivated 20 conservation talents of diverse ages by organizing sessions twice with conservationists. • Promoted environmental storytelling by publishing a report of local conservationists in Ideal Homeland Magazine.
Research Interest: Indigenous environmental politics; more-than-human; religion and ecology; conservation and tourism; Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau
Lee Chen En
PhD (Sociology)
Lee Chen En
Thesis / Research Topic: Lived Experiences of Transnational Commuting: Malaysian Cross-Border Workers and the Co-Production of Urbanism in Johor Bahru and Singapore
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). My research investigates cross-border labour, social dynamics, and urbanism within the Malaysia-Singapore borderland, with a focus on the lived experiences and urban-social impacts of cross-border workers in the region.
I hold an M.Sc. in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a B.A. in Sociology from National Taiwan University. My prior research was supported by the 2021/22 LSE Southeast Asia Centre Dissertation Fieldwork Grant. I have presented related findings at the 2024 NUS and Tsinghua University Sociology Workshop, with a paper titled “Bridging the Causeways: How Online Communities Mitigate Commuting Pressures and Connect Malaysians in Singapore.”
Coming from a mixed-nationality family, I am also interested in cultural capital accumulation, parenting styles, and the shaping of children’s identities and future outlooks.
Education:
M.Sc. in Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a B.A. in Sociology from National Taiwan University
Teaching Experience:
Courses TA’ed: AN2202, Culture and Society (FALL 2023)
Research Interest: Lived Experiences of Transnational Commuting: Malaysian Cross-Border Workers and the Co-Production of Urbanism in Johor Bahru and Singapore
Liu Jinhan
PhD (Sociology)
Liu Jinhan
Research Interest: Homeownership, Family Formation, Youth, Education, China
I am a Sociology Ph.D student affiliated to the Center for Family and Population Research at NUS. My research interests include social stratification and mobility, family and marriage, and sociology of education. Currently I am interested in homeownership and family formation among youths in contemporary China. Before joining NUS, I obtained my bachelor and master's degree in Sociology at Tsinghua University.
My research project focuses on the homeownership and family formation among Chinese youths. I wish to explore the impact of micro- and macro-level factors on young people's transition to adulthood in contemporary China, especially how individual education, family background and housing circumstances influence their family formation behaviours.
Bachelor's Degree in Sociology, Tsinghua University
Master's Degree in Sociology, Tsinghua University
Teaching Experience:
- SC2209 Money, Business and Social Networks
- SC3205 Sociology of Power: Who Gets to Rule?
- AN3101 Anthropology and Theory
Weiyu Zhang, Subhayan Mukerjee, and Huazhi Qin. 2022. “Topics and Sentiments Influence Likes: A Study of Facebook Public Pages’ Posts About COVID-19 Vaccination.” Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 25(9): 552–60.
Research Interest: Homeownership, Family Formation, Youth, Education, China
Liang Yichen
PhD (Sociology)
Liang Yichen
Research Interest: Child Development, Family, Community, Gender, China
Liang Yichen is a PhD student in Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining NUS, she obtained her master’s degree in International Social and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Tsinghua University.
Research:
Her research interests center on the impact of environmental factors on child development at different levels (families, communities, schools, etc.), with a focus on understanding the reproduction of social inequality in China’s context. She is also interested in the gender roles within and beyond the family. Her thesis will employ quantitative methods to explore how children’s development is shaped by their family backgrounds and how this influence is embedded in their communities.
Research Interest: Child Development, Family, Community, Gender, China
Lim Rachyl
PhD (Sociology)
Lim Rachyl
Research Interest: Organized Crime, Deviance, Trust, Singapore, East Asia, Taoism
Thesis / Research Topic: Rachyl's doctoral research examines the role of trust within youth gangs in Singapore, focusing on how gang members navigate cooperation, collaboration, and betrayal in contexts marked by heightened uncertainty, suspicion, and violence. It builds on her previous work in crime and deviance, seeking to unravel the complexities of trust as a central, yet precarious, component of criminal collaboration and co-offending.
Rachyl Lim is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at NUS, where she is supported by both the President’s Graduate Fellowship and the Dean’s PhD Fellowship. She holds a MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford and a BSocSci (Highest Distinction) in Sociology from NUS.
Her research explores themes of deviance, organized crime, and social trust, particularly in Singapore and Asia, with a broader interest in how local narratives and lived experiences complicate dominant sociological frameworks. Her work seeks to unsettle the everyday and rethink how it is shaped by taken-for-granted assumptions and conventional ways of knowing. Prior to her Ph.D., Rachyl also taught as a teaching assistant at Oxford and NUS.
Publications:
Ganapathy, N., and Lim, R. (2025) Triadization as a Rite of Passage: Conceptualizing the Links between Youth Gangs and Adult-Based Secret Societies in Singapore. Asian Journal of Criminology 20, 1–22. 9-09447-024-https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417
Education:
MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford
BSocSci (Highest Distinction) in Sociology from NUS
Teaching Experience:
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore
AY24/25
GES1035/GESS1025: Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years SC2212: Sociology of Deviance
AY23/24
GES1035/GESS1025: Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years SC2101: Methods of Social Research
SC2212: Sociology of Deviance SC3101: Social Thought and Social Theory
Institute of Human Sciences, University of Oxford
AY22/23
Demography Prelims, Human Sciences
Research Interest: Organized Crime, Deviance, Trust, Singapore, East Asia, Taoism
Liu Yuanying
PhD (Sociology)
Liu Yuanying
Research Interest: Ageing and Health; Population Studies; Cognition; Lifelong Learning; Inequality
Yuanying Liu is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on ageing, lifelong learning, and social inequality, with a particular interest in how older adults acquire and sustain literacies. Combining quantitative analysis with qualitative interviews, her work examines how intergenerational ties, life course trajectories, and social contexts shape learning pathways and their implications for health and well-being. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and has contributed to research on education in later life, digital inclusion, health, and demographic transitions in Asia.
Education:
Masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Experience:
C2205 Sociology of Family — Fall 2023
GESS1025 / GES1035 Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years — Fall 2025
Research Interest: Ageing and Health; Population Studies; Cognition; Lifelong Learning; Inequality
Low Qing Ying Timothy
PhD (Sociology)
Timothy Low
Research Interest: Sociology of Health and Illness, Life course and Aging, Social demography, Sociology of Family, Southeast Asia
Timothy Low is currently a PhD student (Sociology) at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. He is also a recipient of the NUS President's Graduate Fellowship. He obtained a M.Soc.Sci (Sociology) from NUS and a BSocSc (Political Science and Sociology) from the Singapore Management University.
Previously, he was a research assistant at the NUS Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR) working on the Vietnam Health and Aging Study (VHAS). The study explored mechanisms of association between diverse exposures to armed conflict during the Vietnam War and multiple dimensions of health and wellbeing among older adults.
Research:
Sociology of Health and Illness, Life course and Aging, Sociology of Family, Southeast Asia
Timothy’s research interest lies in health disparity, aging and social demography. He is currently interested in exploring health inequalities amongst older adults in Southeast Asia and lower-middle-income countries.
Teaching Experience:
Gender Studies (AY2022/2023), Medical Sociology (AY2022/2023)
Publications:
Low, T. Q. Y., Teerawichitchainan, B., & Mansor, N. (2025). How Parents’ Marital Quality Influences Intergenerational Support Between Older Adults and Their Children: Evidence From Malaysia. Research on Aging, 47(3–4), 226–239. https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275241309076
Low, T. Q. Y., Teerawichitchainan, B., Zimmer, Z., & Toan, T. K. (2024). Later-life social network profiles of male war survivors in Vietnam: Implications for health behaviors. Social Science & Medicine, 362, 117465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117465
Teerawichitchainan, B., Zimmer, Z., Low, T. Q. Y., & Toan, T. K. (2023). Respiratory health among older adults in Vietnam: Does earlier-life military role and war exposure matter? Journal of Aging and Health, 35(3–4), 168–181. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221118445
Teerawichitchainan, B., & Low, T. Q. Y. (2021). The situation and well-being of custodial grandparents in Myanmar: Impacts of adult children’s cross-border and internal migration. Social Science & Medicine, 277, 113914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113914
Tan, R. K. J., Low, T. Q. Y., Le, D., Tan, A., Tyler, A., Tan, C., Kwok, C., Banerjee, S., Cook, A. R., & Wong, M. L. (2021). Experienced homophobia and suicide among young gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men in Singapore: Exploring the mediating role of depression severity, self-esteem, and outness in the Pink Carpet Y Cohort Study. LGBT Health, 8(5), 349–358. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2020.0323
Teerawichitchainan, B., & Low, T. (2019). Causes of Population Aging. In D. Gu & M. E. Dupre (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging (pp. 1–4). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_654-1
Education:
National University of Singapore
2022 to 2024 - Ph.D. (Sociology)
2024 to Present - Master in Social Science (Sociology)
2015 - May 2019
Singapore Management University Bachelor of Social Science with double major in Political Science and Sociology (Magna Cum Laude)
Research Interest: Sociology of Health and Illness, Life course and Aging, Social Demography, Sociology of Family, Southeast Asia
Mo Yan
PhD (Sociology)
Mo Yan
Research Interest: Ageing and Health, Population Studies, Research Methods
Mo Yan is a dedicated PhD student at the National University of Singapore, specializing in the field of demography and sociology, with a keen focus on aging and health. Her passion for research is driven by the desire to unravel the complex dynamics of population trends and their implications on society. She aims to employ quantitative research methods to produce reliable and actionable insights, which contribute to the betterment of public health and welfare.
Research:
Currently, she is actively engaged in various research activities, exploring the intersections of aging, health, and social factors.
Publications:
Mo, Y., Feng, Q. & Gu, D. Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy at birth in Asia. BMC Public Health 23, 1508 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16426-9
Education:
Jul. 2022 - present
National University of Singapore, Singapore
PhD in Sociology National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jan. 2021 - Jan. 2022
Master of Science (Statistics) Shanghai University, Shanghai
Jul. 2015 - Jun. 2018
Master of laws (Sociology) Shanghai University, Shanghai
Jul. 2011 - Jun. 2015
Bachelor of laws (Sociology)
Teaching Experience:
2023
GES1035/GESS1025 Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years
2022
SC2204 Social Inequalities : Who Gets Ahead?
Research Interest: Ageing and Health, Population Studies, Research Methods
Ni Anni
PhD (Sociology)
Ni Anni
Research Interest: Gender, Migration, Singlehood, Qualitative Methods
I am a current Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. Prior to my Ph.D. study, I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Sociology at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and later my Master’s degree in Gender Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
My dissertation focuses on Chinese single skilled migrants in Singapore, with a particular focus on the intersections between transnational mobility and transforming gender dynamics. I also study international student migration and stay-at-home motherhood across borders.
Teaching Experience:
| Fall 2023 | Anthropology and Theory (Teaching Assistant) |
| Spring 2023 | Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years (Teaching Assistant) |
| Fall 2022 | Social Thought and Social Theory (Teaching Assistant) |
Publications:
* indicates corresponding author
| 2025 | Ni, Anni. 2025. “Gendered Individualization among Never-married Chinese Skilled-Labour Women in Singapore.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 1-20. doi:10.1080/1369183X.2025.2543948. |
| 2022 | Su, Yihui*, and Anni Ni. 2022. “Producing Scientific Motherhood: State-Led Neoliberal Modernization and Nannies’ Subjectivity in Contemporary China.” The China Quarterly 250:531-51. doi:10.1017/S0305741022000145. |
| 2018 | Fu, Huiyan*, Yihui Su, and Anni Ni. 2018. “Selling motherhood: Gendered emotional labour, citizenly discounting, and alienation among China’s migrant domestic workers.” Gender and Society 32(6):814–36. doi:10.1177/0891243218805684.
Su Yihui, Anni Ni and Yingchun Ji*. 2018. “In the Middle of Two Separated Yet Overlapped Spheres: Rural Nannies in Shanghai.” Chinese Sociological Review 50(3):367-89. doi:10.1080/21620555.2018.1435264. |
Research Interest: Gender and migration, Motherhood, China
Ng Jia Han, Bernard
PhD (Anthropology)
Bernard Ng
Research Interest: Nusantara's Plan: Infrastructure and Sustainability Transformation in Sabah
Bernard Ng Jia Han holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Nanyang Technological University and a Master’s degree in Anthropology from National Taiwan University. His research focuses on infrastructure, marginality, sustainability, ethnicity, and the evolving dynamics of Insular Southeast Asia. Combining technical and ethnographic perspectives, Bernard explores how development and diversity intersect across the region.
Beyond academia, he has professional experience in Singapore’s media industry and with NGOs, contributing to projects at the nexus of culture, communication, and social change. As a Chinese-language columnist for Malaysiakini and The News Lens (Southeast Asia edition), he writes on issues of identity, inequality, and the environment.
Bernard has published his undergraduate and postgraduate theses, as well as journal articles. He also serves as an author, editorial reviewer, and external reviewer for textbooks and teachers’ handbooks commissioned by Malaysia’s Independent Chinese Secondary School Working Committee.
Publications:
Scientific report
Ng B.J.H., (2010). Optimization of Bio-conversion of Green Waste to Reducing Sugar. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Non-fiction
Ng B.J.H., (2023). Who is Sabah Native? The Gap between Sino and Bumiputera Status. Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. [in Chinese]
· Winner of 2024 Malaysian Chinese Studies Academic Monograph Award
Journal article (first author only)
Ng B.J.H., Wang J.-Y., Qi W., Chen C.-L., (2011). Optimization and Enhancement of Microbial Hydrolysis of lignocellulosic waste to reducing sugars, NTU CEE Research bulletins, 24, 68-70.
Ng B.J.H., Giannis A., Chang V.W.-C., Stegmann R., and Wang J.-Y. (2012). Modeling decentralized source-separation systems for urban waste management. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 68, 398-402.
Ng B.J.H., Zhou J., Giannis A., Chang V.W.C., Wang J.-Y. (2014). Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Different Domestic Wastewater Streams: Policy Effectiveness in a Tropical Urban Environment. Journal of Environmental Management. 140, 60-68.
Ng B.J.H., Mao Y., Chen C.-L., Rajagopal R.,Wang J.-Y. (2015). Municipal food waste management in Singapore: practices, challenges and recommendations. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. doi: 10.1007/s10163-015-0405-8.
Ng B.J.H. (2020). Temple Shrine, Heroic Spirit and Anthill: Diverse Practices of Datuk Gong Cult in Sabah. Asia-Pacific Research Forum. 67, 41-76. [in Chinese]
Ng B.J.H. (2020). The Harvest Festival of Borneo under COVID-19 Pandemic. Literature on Indigenous Peoples. 43, 55-57. [in Chinese]
Ng B.J.H. (2020). Core and Margin: Shaping the Indigenousness of Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of History and Anthropology. 18(2), 97-139. [in Chinese]
Ng B.J.H. (2021). The Naming Systems of the “Half Chinese and Half Native” in Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of History and Anthropology. 19(2), 129-165. [in Chinese]
Ng B.J.H. (2022). Becoming “Native”: The Unkinded Cultural Identity of Malaysian Mixed-Blood Chinese Sino. Taiwan Journal of Anthropology. 20(1), 25-78. [in Chinese]
Ng B.J.H. (2022). The Localism under Multi-ethnic Society: The Cultural Output of Sabah Hakka Online Content. Bulletin of Taiwan Hakka Culture Development Center. 3, 7-26. [in Chinese]
Ng B.J.H. (2024). Who Are the Sino? Cultural Behaviour, Cultural Criteria and an Ethnic Group Formation in Sabah. Asian Culture 48: 73-94.
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Nanyang Technological University
Master’s degree in Anthropology from National Taiwan University
Research Interest: Infrastructure and Sustainability Transformation in Sabah
Pakeezeh (Padmini) Buruah
PhD (Anthropology)
Pakeezeh (Padmini Buruah)
Pakeezeh (Padmini) Baruah (they pronouns) is currently pursuing a PhD at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore, in the anthropology track. Their research interests centre around migration, statelessness, gender studies, and land rights. In particular, they focus on the question of state violence as manifested through the application of the law towards targeting minorities in the northeastern part of India. Pakeezeh holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, Boston, where they were a Robert F. Meagher Fellow. Pakeezeh has worked in the past as a teaching fellow at Tufts University, and an Assistant Professor of Law at NLSIU. In their spare time, they enjoy theatre, learning new languages, cooking cuisines from around the world, and attempting to learn how to play the guitar.
Publications:
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
• Sabhapandit, Trisha and Baruah, Padmini, “Untrustworthy and Unbelievable: Women And The Quest For Citizenship In Assam,” The Statelessness and Citizenship Review 3, no. 1 (2021): 236–58. (Both authors contributed equally)
• Baruah, Padmini, “The Right to Have Rights: Assam and the Legal Politics of Citizenship,” Socio-Legal Review 16, no. 2 (2020)
REPORTS
• “Paralegal Volunteers in Assam: Assessing Their Work, Capacities and Needs” (Development and Justice Initiative, July 2023)
• “Marginalised and Impoverished in Assam” (Assam: Right to Nationality and Citizenship Network, January 2021), https://www.right2nationality.in/index.php/publications/.
• “You and I Are Not Friends: The Challenges of Ethnographic Study in the Migration Field,” The Journeys Project, ed. Kimberley Wilson (Medford: The Leir Institute, 2019) https://sites.tufts.edu/journeysproject/you-and-i-are-not-friends-the- challenges-of-ethnographic-study-in-the-migration-field/
• “Our Destiny Is Written on Our Foreheads,” in The Journeys Project, ed. Kimberley Wilson (Medford: The Lair Institute, 2019), https://sites.tufts.edu/journeysproject/financial-biographies-volume-1/.
• Baruah, Padmini et al., “Paths to Justice: Surveying Judicial and Non-Judicial Dispute Resolution in India” in Approaches to Justice in India (Bangalore: DAKSH, 2018) (All authors contributed equally)
• Purushothama, Amulya and Baruah, Padmini, “Diversification and Efficiency: A Case Study of the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal” in Approaches to Justice in India (Bangalore: DAKSH, 2018) (Both authors contributed equally)
MEDIA/LONGFORM
• Baruah, Padmini, and Angshuman Choudhury. ‘Forgetting Nellie: Forty Two Years and Counting’. The Leaflet, 18 February 2025. https://theleaflet.in/opinion/forgetting-nellie-forty-two-years-and-counting.
• Baruah, Padmini, and Douglas McDonald-Norman. ‘Entirely Transparent: Policy and Prose in the Supreme Court’s 6A Judgment’. The Leaflet, 26 November 2024. https://theleaflet.in/leaflet-specials/constitution-day-special-2024/entirely-transparent-policy-and-prose-in-the-supreme-courts-6a-judgment.
• ‘Speaking the Same Language: How Ethnonationalism and Hindutva Seep into the Adjudication of Citizenship in Assam – The Polis Project’, accessed 13 June 2024, https://www.thepolisproject.com/read/speaking-the-same-language-how-ethnonationalism-and-hindutva-seep-into-the-adjudication-of-citizenship-in-assam/
• Baruah, Padmini, ‘Double Standards and Contradictions: The CAA Rules Are Rife with Discrimination’, Scroll.in, 5 April 2024, https://scroll.in/article/1066035/double-standards-and-contradictions-the-caa-rules-are-rife-with-discrimination
• Baruah, Padmini, “The Violent Video from a Recent Eviction Drive Should Be a Moment of Reckoning for Assamese Society,”, Scroll.in, September 30, 2021, https://scroll.in/article/1006564/the-violent-video-from-a-recent-eviction-drive- should-be-a-moment-of-reckoning-for-assamese-society.
• Baruah, Padmini and Wadud, Aman, “Government Needs to Act Urgently to Conclude NRC Process in Assam,” The Indian Express, September 1, 2020, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/assam-nrc-covid-19-lockdown- national-register-of-citizens-india-citizenship-6577974/. (Both authors contributed equally)
• Baruah, Padmini, “A Paper Trail to Nowhere: Proving Status in Assam and the Crisis of Citizenship,” The Polis Project, Inc, August 26, 2020, https://www.thepolisproject.com/a-paper-trail-to-nowhere-proving-status-in- assam-and-the-crisis-of-citizenship/.
• Baruah, Padmini, “Assam: Supreme Court Must Do Much More to Save Prisoners in Detention Centres from Covid-19,” Scroll.in, April 18, 2020, https://scroll.in/article/959511/supreme-court-must-do-much-more-to-save- prisoners-in-assams-detention-centres-from-covid-19.
• Baruah, Padmini and Sukhtankar, Sandip, “Opinion | Ensuring That #MeToo Doesn’t Fizzle out,” Mint, November 1, 2018, https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/vFjfjuRyirSGyL1es2wEJO/Opinion--Ensuring- that-MeToo-doesnt-fizzle-out.html. (Both authors contributed equally)
Education:
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, Boston
Research Interest: Migration, Statelessness, Gender Studies, Land Rights.
Su Yaxuan
PhD (Anthropology)
Su Yaxuan
Research Interest: Borders and Borderlands, Gender and Mobility, Transnational Relatedness, Digital Labor, Human Trafficking
I am a PhD student in Anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining NUS, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in history at Northwest University (China) and my Master's degree in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. I am also a translator for Translators Without Borders.
My research interests include borders and borderlands, gender and mobility, transnational relatedness, digital labor, human trafficking, and ethnic minorities. My research focuses on the transnational reunification between Vietnamese women with their natal families, and their digital labor.
2022/2023 (Fall), SC3223 “Visual culture: The Politics of Visibility/Invisibility”, Professor Kiven Stroh, Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Research Interest: Borders and Borderlands, Gender and Mobility, Transnational Relatedness, Digital Labor, Human Trafficking
Sun Mingqian
PhD (Sociology)
Sun Mingqian
Research Interest: Social Policy; Inequality; Work and Family; Population Studies
Before joining NUS, Mingqian worked at multiple NGOs in health policy, international humanitarian aid, and cybersecurity, conducting research and administering projects to improve human life quality, security, and democracy. Mingqian holds a master’s degree in Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a minor in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
Research:
Mingqian’s current research projects aim to study modern family life and couples' ways of living and working, exploring potential policy remedies for fostering gender equality, affordable childrearing, and physical and mental well-being. Mingqian aspires to use concrete data and evidence to support policymaking and implementation. Outside of work, Mingqian values personal wellness; she is a certified personal trainer and coffee lover.
Research Interest: Social Policy; Inequality; Work and Family; Population Studies
Tan Yeow Hui, Brian
PhD (Anthropology)
Brian Tan
Research Interest: Religion, Catholicism, Education, Social Networks, Social Histories
Brian has had the honour of researching, lecturing, and tutoring in academic institutions of repute such as the National University of Singapore and LASALLE College of the Arts. He pioneered an Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Curriculum for youth-at-risk at Boys’ Town and has over 86,000 professional hours of service-learning, theatrical, immersive pedagogy experience, and consulting. He has provided pedagogical consultation and curated teaching and learning workshops for the educators of institutions such as Outram Secondary School and EduGrove Mandarin Enrichment Centre. He has also worked with organisations such as Chocz, to train retail staff in retail, service, and hospitality standards. He has authored research papers and has been invited to present them at international, doubleblind, peer-reviewed academic conferences held in Hiroshima, Kyoto, Utrecht, Shanghai, and Singapore. He recently spearheaded an international academic and industrial symposium which brought together keynotes from the University of Oxford, Harvard University, and MIT, together with 27 international and local experts as conference track presenters.
Brian is a collector of stories and a weaver of dreams. He is often found traipsing along long, and scenic routes and on his journeys, he documents the multi-faceted vignettes of life. When he is not doing that, he enjoys watching the world pass by, as he savours a cup of coffee in a nondescript coffee stand. In a parallel universe, he is a PhD student of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore and has his coffee freshly brewed from the canteen's vending machine.
Research:
Education:
2012
National University of Singapore
Master of Arts (By Research)
2008
National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Arts 2nd Class Honours (Upper) in Theatre Studies
2019
Harvard University
Harvard Certificate in Teaching and Learning Strategies for Higher Education
Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, HarvardX
2010
Trinity College London
Trinity Guildhall Foundation Teaching Certificate (Distinction)
Teaching Experience:
SC2208 Baby or No Baby: Population Dynamics at a Crossroads
TS2238/SSA2218 Singapore Film: Performance of Identity
TS1101E Introduction to Theatre and Performance
Research Interest: Religion, Catholicism, Education, Social Networks, Social Histories
Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong
PhD (Sociology)
Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong
Research Interest: Queer Theory, Sociology of Human Rights, Sociology of Humor, Postcolonial/Decolonial Theory, and Internet Culture
Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong (Tintin) (they/them) is a sociologist, online ethnographer, discourse analyst, amateur comedian, and currently a Ph.D. student in sociology at NUS and is also a recipient of the Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI) – NUS Joint Doctoral Scholarship Programme. Tintin holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Chulalongkorn University and a master’s degree in development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). They are currently on study leave and will return to the Assistant Professor in Sociology position at the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University, Thailand, in 2028.
Research:
Currently, Tintin’s doctoral thesis focuses on understanding the cultural making of “queer humor” through jokes, parodies, and memes in “Nongng,” a queer online community in Thailand, and how these humorous practices that were used as “weapons of the weak” against the military junta in recent years are now used to challenge the existing universal notion of “rights” and the culture of “woke” on internet.
Publications:
IN ENGLISH
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong, Watinee Wichaiya, and Saranya Tarat. 2021. Research on Barriers and Opportunities to Improving Outcomes for Women Migrant Workers through Skills Development in Thailand. Bangkok: UN Women.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2021. “On Homosexual Love and Right to Same-Sex Marriage: Questioning the Paradox of #LoveWins Discourse.” In International Handbook of Love: Transcultural and Transdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Claude-Hélène Mayer and Elisabeth Vanderheiden, 405–421. Cham: Springer.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2020. “Cultural Hybridity of K-Pop Music: From the West to South Korea, from South Korea to the Globe.” Journal of Language and Culture 39(2): 65–83.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2017. “Politics of “Pang-Nongng,” Politics of Nonsense: Deformalization, Subaltern Space, Collective Identity.” Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Thai Studies (ICTS): Globalized Thailand? Connectivity, Conflict, and Conundrums of Thai Studies, Chiang Mai (Thailand), July 15–18: 1615–1635. Accessed on 1 May 2021. https://icts13.chiangmai.cmu.ac.th/documents/FIINAL_R-SRI_NEW_MARCH_2019.pdf.
IN THAI
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2022. “Editorial: When New-Generation Sociologists-Anthropologists Make Transdisciplinary Dialogues.” In Sociology and Anthropology in the Multi-/Inter-/TransDisciplinary Turn, edited by Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong, v–xxxiv. Pathum Thani: Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2022. “Sociological Dialogues with Sexology: From Biological Sex to Gender, from Sexual Essentialism to Queerness.” In Sociology and Anthropology in the Multi-/Inter- /Trans-Disciplinary Turn, edited by Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong, 241–275. Pathum Thani: Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong, Watinee Wichaiya, and Saranya Tarat. 2021. Development of Good Practice Guidelines on Skills Development for Migrant Workers. Bangkok: IOM. Accessed on 23 August 2021. https://mitrthai.com/employers/skills_development/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B 8%9B%E0%B8%8F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8% 97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%81 %E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1/.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2020. “K-Pop Music and Globalization.” In Korea Today: Society and Culture, edited by Noppadol Chartprasert, 119–135. Pathum Thani: Institute of East Asian Studies, Thammasat University.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2019. “Challenging the Discourse of the Universality of Gender Mainstreaming of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).” Journal of Social Sciences49(1): 127–150.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2017. “Collective Identity of “Page-Nongng” as Queer Epistemology.” Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 36 (2): 65–88.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2014. “Politics of (Ab)normality: Looking Yingluck Shinawatra through a Queer Lens.” Journal of Social Sciences 44 (2): 71–90.
• Tinnaphop Sinsomboonthong. 2014. “Ethnic Conflict between Myanmar Military Government and Kachin: Consequence of Burmanization Policy and Chinese Expansion.” Journal of Politics and Governance: Current Issues in ASEAN 4 (1): 233–255
Education:
2009-2013
Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University [THAILAND]
BA in Political Science (International Relations) (Second Class Honor)
2016-2017
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [UNITED KINGDOM]
MSc in Development Studies (Merit)
2023-Present
National University of Singapore (NUS) [SINGAPORE]
PhD in Sociology
Teaching Experience:
TEACHING COURSES (BACHELOR’S DEGREE)
• Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University
AY 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
SA418/SA419 Individual Research/Individual Study
AY 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
SO350 Social Change
AY 2022
SO353 Criminology
AY 2020
SO355 Sociology of Queer
AY 2019, 2021, 2022
SO446 Sociology and Postcolonialism
AY 2018
SO456 Sociology of Development
AY 2018, 2019, 2020
TU121 Human and Society
• Other Faculties and Schools
AY 2019
IAC401 Research Methodology in Social Science and Humanities
AY 2022
IP325 Human Rights
AY 2019, 2020
PCD313 Issues in Gender and Development
AY 2019, 2020, 2021
TU101 Thailand, ASEAN,and the World
• Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore (NUS) [TUTORIAL]
AY 2023
SC3216 Self and Society
AY 2023
GES1035/GESS1025 Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Year
TEACHING COURSES (MASTER’S DEGREE)
• Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University
AY 2022
SA611 Gender and Sexuality Issues in Contemporary Society
AY 2021
SA615 Postcolonial Sociology
Research Interest: Queer Theory, Sociology of Human Rights, Sociology of Humor, Postcolonial/Decolonial Theory, and Internet Culture
Yang Biying
PhD (Sociology)
Yang Biying
Research Interest: Life course and aging, Health and well-being, Gender, Social policy, Quantitative methods
I am currently a Ph.D. student in Sociology. Before joining NUS, I obtained both my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Sociology from Tsinghua University. My thesis focuses on productive aging patterns and well-being among older people in Europe, especially how this association is shaped by gendered life course and macro-level social contexts. I also study later-life planning, family dynamics, and living arrangements of older people in different contexts.
Teaching Experience:
Fall 2025, Spring 2025
Social Inequalities: Who Gets Ahead?
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Sociology, Tsinghua University
Master's Degree in Sociology, Tsinghua University
Research Interest: Ageing, Retirement, Population Health; Intergenerational Relationship
Yap Way Shen Russell James Jr
PhD (Anthropology)
Russell Yap
Thesis/research topic: Why we work: an anthropological investigation into the lived experiences of gay men in Singapore
Russell Yap is currently a PhD student in Anthropology at the National University of Singapore supported by the NUS Research Scholarship. Russell was a recipient of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme administered by the University Grants Committee in Hong Kong. Russell obtained his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University respectively. He serves on the executive committee for the Association of Southeast Asia Studies, as well as sits on the Advisory Committee for English Programmes under the auspices of the Information Development Authority of Singapore. Previously Russell worked at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore. His research interests includes gender, identity, sexuality narratives. Similarly, Russell’s research also looks into how these aspects of life may manifest through urban infrastructure. Russell tweets at @russellyap on X and on Bluesky.
Publications:
Published:
1. “Repression, Resistance & Revolution: The Politics of International Queer Communication”: Book Chapter. Published in Democracy, youth resistance, and activism in Southeast and East Asia (NY: Pace University Press).
Under review:
1. Kai Khiun Liew & Russell Yap, “Resisting Atrophy: Singlish as Cultural Ballast”: under review for Resilient Cultures in East and Southeast Asia (Palgrave Macmillan)
2. Russell Yap & Kai Khiun Liew: “Contested spaces along the fringes - examining facilitated spaces that bridge space and privilege in LGBTQ+ Singapore”: under review for the Routledge Companion for LGBTQ media (Routledge)
Conference presentations:
· 2025 - “Spectres of queer utopias: reflections on Singapore and beyond”, South East Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP) Foundation – Bangkok, Thailand
· 2025 - “Spectres of queer utopias: reflections on Singapore and beyond”, 12th Biennial Association for Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference – Chiang Mai, Thailand
· 2025 - “Moving from the imagined to the imaginary: mapping latent aspirations in gay utopias and imaginaries for gay men in Singapore”, II International Congress on
Media, Gender and Sexualities: Representations, Literacies and Audiences – Benasque, Spain
· 2023 - “In the Merlion’s circle: the making sense of air travel as a soft power tool in Singapore’s foreign policy”, Association of Southeast Asia Studies Annual Conference 2023 – Jakarta, Indonesia
· 2023 - “Repression, Resistance & Revolution: The Politics of International Queer Communication”, Democracy, youth resistance, and activism is Southeast and East Asia – New York, USA
Education:
Master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University
Research Interest: Why we work: an anthropological investigation into the lived experiences of gay men in Singapore
Zhang Yuxin
PhD (Sociology)
Zhang Yuxin
Research Interests: Aging and Health, Demography, Gender
Research:
I am a current Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Sociology and my master’s degree in Sociology (Women’s Study) from Peking University.
My research focuses on disabled older adults in China, particularly their caregiving arrangements and everyday lives. I also explore related topics such as probabilistic household and living arrangement projections (PHPs) and the digital divide among older populations.
Publications:
- Lu Jiehua, Zhang Yuxin, and Li Siting. “Study on the Influence Mechanism of Use of Short-Form Video on the Life Satisfaction of Middle-Aged and Older People in Rural Areas.” Population and Development, no.01(2025):127-138+149.
- Lu Jiehua and Zhang Yuxin.“The Influence of the Living Style of the Elderly on Their Social Participation: An Analysis Based on the Mediating Effect Mechanism.” Journal of Fujian Provincial Committee Party School of CPC (Fujian Academy of Governance),no.01(2024):106-117.
- Lu Jiehua and Zhang Yuxin.“Evaluation of Public Policy on Aging in China from the Perspective of Gender Equality.”Hebei Academic Journal 43,no.06(2023):145- 154.
- Lu Jiehua and Zhang Yuxin.“Reconsidering the Theory of Population Modernization in the Process of Chinese-style Modernization.”Youth Exploration,no.04(2023): 5-14.
- Lu Jiehua and Zhang Yuxin.“Being a Mother Is Mean to Be Tough? A Study on the Construction Process from Biological Mothering to Social Motherhood.” Journal of Shandong Women's University,no.04(2022):19-28+2.
Research Interest: Aging and Health, Demography, Gender
Zhou Xiaoyu
PhD (Sociology)
Zhou Xiaoyu
Research Interest: Gender, Migration, Civic Participation, Qualitative Methods
I am a current Ph.D. student in Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. Before my Ph.D. study, I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of British Columbia and later my Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago.
My research focuses on how civic participation shapes identity formation and integration among Chinese female migrants in Singapore. Through qualitative methods, I explore how volunteering and other civic activities facilitate the negotiation and transformation of migrants' identities as they navigate between their home and adopted countries. I am particularly interested in understanding how gender intersects with migration experiences in this process of identity reconstruction.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of British Columbia
Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago
Research Interest: Gender, Migration, Civic Participation, Qualitative Methods