{"id":34360,"date":"2026-07-28T14:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/?page_id=34360"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:55:00","slug":"pgr-phd-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/pgr-phd-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Current PhD Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tResearch Students\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\t\tCurrent PhD Students<\/strong>\t<\/h3>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Haytham\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tAlthubaiti Haytham\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

haytham@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nBusiness, Organisations, Humour, Middle East, Saudi Arabia\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"amiel\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tAmiel Jansen Demetrial\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

ajdemetrial@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>\u00a0
\nDeath, Linguistic Anthropology, Visual Ethnography\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Cai\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tCai Zuqi\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

cai_zuqi@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nAgeing and Health; Inequality; Family; Social Policy; Quantitative Methods\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Yueqi\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tCheng Yueqi\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

yueqicheng@u.nus.edu(opens in new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:
\n<\/strong>Care for people with Parkinson’s Disease, disability, embodiment, phenomenology\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Dejna\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tDejna Daulagupu\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

dejnadaulagupu@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:
\n<\/strong>Agrarian Shifts in the Autonomous Hill-frontiers of Northeast India\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ethelwee\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tEthel Wee\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

ethel.wee@u.nus.edu(opens in new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:
\n<\/strong>Gender, work and family; social inequalities; governance and citizenship\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"huazhi\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tHuazhi Qin\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

hqin@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nEducation; Migration; International Student Mobility\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"junhan\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tHu Junhan\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

junhan.hu@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nIndigenous environmental politics; more-than-human; religion and ecology; conservation and tourism; Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"chen\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLee Chen En\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

e0446041@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nLived Experiences of Transnational Commuting: Malaysian Cross-Border Workers and the Co-Production of Urbanism in Johor Bahru and Singapore\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Lilas\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLilas Cassar-Aubert\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

lilas.cassaraubert@u.nus.edu<\/a>(opens in new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest: <\/strong>
\nHawker Centres, Social Mixing and Belonging in Singapore\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Liu_Jinhan\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLiu Jinhan\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

jinhanliu@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nHomeownership, Family Formation, Youth, Education, China\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Liang\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLiang Yichen\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

liangyichen@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nChild Development, Family, Community, Gender, China\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"rachyllim\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLim Rachyl\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

rachyl.lim@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nOrganized Crime, Deviance, Trust, Gender, Singapore, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pedagogy\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"yuanying\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLiu Yuanying\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

e1154500@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nAgeing and Health; Population Studies; Cognition; Lifelong Learning; Inequality\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"timothyy\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLow Qing Ying Timothy\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

timothylow@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nSociology of Health and Illness, Life course and Aging, Social Demography, Sociology of Family, Southeast Asia\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Mardiana\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tMardiana Dwi Puspitasari (Diana)\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

mardiana_puspitasari@u.nus.edu(opens in new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nAging, Population Health, Family, Social Demography\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Mok\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tMok Wing Hung Ringo\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

ringomok@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nNationalism, Migration, International Student Mobility, China\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Ni\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tNi Anni\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

anni.ni@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nGender and migration, Motherhood, China\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bernard\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tNg Jia Han Bernard\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

bernard.ngjh@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nInfrastructure and Sustainability Transformation in Sabah\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"pakezb\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPakeezeh (Padmini) Buruah\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

pbaruah@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nMigration, Statelessness, Gender Studies, Land Rights.\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Priyasha\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPriyasha Choudhary\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

priyashachoudhary@u.nus.edu(opens in new tab)<\/a>\u202f<\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nDisability Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Care\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Divija\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSingal Reddy Devi Divija\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

divija_d@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nCities, Urban transportation and infrastructure\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"yaxuan\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSu Yaxuan\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

yaxuan.su@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nBorders and Borderlands, Gender and Mobility, Transnational Relatedness, Digital Labor, Human Trafficking\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Sunaer\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSunaer\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

sonra@u.nus.edu(opens in new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nPastoralism and mobility; Environmental governance and land use; Inner Asia (Inner Mongolia); Infrastructure and spatial practice\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"SUN\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSun Mingqian\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

mingqiansun@u.nus.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nSocial Policy; Inequality; Work and Family; Population Studies\u00a0\u00a0\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Sun\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSun Yi\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

sun_yi@u.nus.edu(opens in new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nAging and Health, Family and Household Demography, Marriage and the Life Course\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"brian\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tTan Yeow Hui Brian\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

e1448147@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nReligion, Catholicism, Education, Social Networks, Social Histories\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"tintin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tTinnaphop Sinsomboonthong\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

e1154483@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nQueer Theory, Sociology of Human Rights, Sociology of Humor, Postcolonial\/Decolonial Theory, and Internet Culture\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"biying\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tYang Biying\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

yangbiying@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nAgeing, Retirement, Population Health; Intergenerational Relationship\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"rusell\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tYap Way Shen Russell James Jr\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

russellyap@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nWhy we work: an anthropological investigation into the lived experiences of gay men in Singapore\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Yukisato\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tYukisato Azai\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Anthropology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

yukisato.azai@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nMilitarization, Colonialism, Tourism, Knowledge production\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"yuxin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tZhang Yuxin\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

yuxin.zhang@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nAging and Health, Demography, Gender\n

\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\"xiaoyu\"\n\t\t\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\n\t\t\tZhou Xiaoyu\t\t\t(opens in new tab)\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h4>\n
\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\t

e1632489@u.nus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nGender, Migration, Civic Participation, Qualitative Methods\n

\n\t\t\tRecent PhD Graduates<\/strong>\t<\/h3>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\"Hideki_phd\"\n\t<\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\tHideki Kitamura\t<\/h4>\n

\n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
\nEconomic sociology; anthropology of Islam; historical sociology; Malaysia; Islamic finance\n\t\t\t

Hideki Kitamura<\/h3>\n

Research Interest:\u00a0<\/em>Economic sociology; anthropology of Islam; historical sociology; Malaysia; Islamic finance<\/p>\n

Hideki Kitamura is a recipient of the President’s Graduate Fellowship. His research interest lies in economic sociology, historical sociology, and anthropology of Islam. He has published on Islamic finance and banking in Malaysia in international journals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hideki Kitamura’s dissertation will describe a social history of Islamic finance in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Kitamura, Hideki. 2022. “The historical contingency of religious normativity: Local practices in Malaysian Islamic banking.” HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 12(2): 513-524. DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/720511<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Kitamura, Hideki. 2021. “Policymakers’ Logic on Islamic Banking: Islamic Banking as an Ethno-Political Tool in Malaysia.” Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 40(2): 245-265. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1868103420972406.<\/li>\n
  3. Kitamura, Hideki. 2021. “Islamic Finance as an Ethno-Political Agenda in the 1980s: An Inquiry into the Role of Islamic Finance Pioneers.” Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 36(1): 98-123.<\/li>\n
  4. Kitamura, Hideki. 2020. “A Reconsideration of Middle Eastern Islamic Bank Practices in Malaysia.” Journal of Business Anthropology, 9(1): 66-87. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.22439\/jba.v9i1.5967.<\/li>\n
  5. Kitamura, Hideki. 2020. “Who Pioneered Islamic Banking in Malaysia? The Background of the Pioneers of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad.” Contemporary Islam, 14: 75-93. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11562-019-00443-w.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t<\/a>\n
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\"HoZhiWei\"\n\t<\/figure>\n

    \n\t\t\tHo Zhi Wei\t<\/h4>\n

    \n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
    \nSocial structure of the city and its neighbourhoods and communities\n\t\t\t

    Ho Zhi Wei<\/h3>\n

    Research Interest:<\/em>\u00a0Social structure of the city and its neighbourhoods and communities.<\/p>\n

    My research focuses on the social structure of the city and its neighbourhoods and communities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t<\/a>\n

    \n\t\t\t\t\t\"mo\n\t<\/figure>\n

    \n\t\t\tMo Yan\t<\/h4>\n

    \n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
    \nAgeing and Health, Population Studies, Research Methods\n\t\t\t

    Mo Yan<\/h3>\n

    Research Interest: Ageing and Health, Population Studies, Research Methods<\/em><\/p>\n

    Mo\u00a0Yan\u00a0is 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.<\/p>\n

    Research:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Currently, she is actively engaged in various research activities, exploring the intersections of aging, health, and social factors.<\/p>\n\u00a0\n

    Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    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<\/p>\n

    Education:
    <\/strong>
    Jul. 2022 – present
    National University of Singapore, Singapore
    PhD in Sociology National University of Singapore, Singapore<\/p>\n

    Jan. 2021 – Jan. 2022
    Master of Science (Statistics) Shanghai University, Shanghai<\/p>\n

    Jul. 2015 – Jun. 2018
    Master of laws (Sociology) Shanghai University, Shanghai<\/p>\n

    Jul. 2011 – Jun. 2015
    Bachelor of laws (Sociology)<\/p>\n

    Teaching Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    2023
    GES1035\/GESS1025 Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years<\/p>\n

    2022
    SC2204 Social Inequalities : Who Gets Ahead?<\/p>\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t<\/a>\n

    \n\t\t\t\t\t\"yanwen2\"\n\t<\/figure>\n

    \n\t\t\tWang Yanwen\t<\/h4>\n

    \n\t\t\tPhD (Sociology)\t<\/h6>\n\tResearch Interest:<\/strong>
    \nassortative mating, social mobility, family relationships, gender inequality, fertility\n\t\t\t

    Wang Yanwen<\/h3>\n

    Yanwen Wang graduated with a Ph.D. in Sociology in 2025 under the supervision of Zheng Mu. He is currently a Postdoctoral Associate in the Division of Social Science at New York University Abu Dhabi. A quantitative sociologist and demographer, he works at the intersection of family demography, social stratification, and race\/ethnicity in multiethnic societies across Asia and beyond. His research examines ethnic and caste boundaries through intermarriage, the ways individuals sort into partnerships – long structured by education and status, and increasingly by values, beliefs, and life orientations – and changing patterns of family life, including pathways to childlessness, parenting norms, and the consequences of family arrangements for subjective well-being. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in\u00a0Demography<\/em>,\u00a0Social Science Research<\/em>,\u00a0Research in Social Stratification and Mobility<\/em>,\u00a0Chinese Sociological Review<\/em>,\u00a0Advances in Life Course Research<\/em>, amongst others.<\/p>\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\n\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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