AREAS OF RESEARCH
Overall, my research interests center on the processes and consequences of various forms of global social change. I have developed an independent research program that covers globalization, economic sociology, political sociology, social network analysis, environmental sociology, health, population studies, and East Asian societies, employing diversified methods and interdisciplinary perspectives.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Recognizing its multifaceted nature, I study global change across multiple domains and through three lines of inquiry. My first line of inquiry investigates the structure and evolution of global economic networks through innovative integration of the gravity model and social network analysis. My research from this line of inquiry has been published in Social Networks, Social Forces, Social Science Research, International Sociology, Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Forum, and Oxford Handbook of Social Network Analysis.
The second line of inquiry focuses on patterns and trends in public opinion, identity formation, and organization building within the modern global polity, with an emphasis on issues of nationalism, transnationalism, human rights, and environmentalism. Findings from this line of inquiry have been published in Social Science Research, Sociological Forum, Sociological Inquiry, Rationality and Society, International Sociology, Sociological Perspectives, International Journal of Canadian Studies, and Canadian Review of Sociology.
The third line of inquiry studies China’s rapid social transformations and their domestic and global implications. Through exploring nationalist movements, health, labor markets, internal migration, and demographic changes in China, my research fills important gaps in the scholarship on China’s fast-changing social fabric. Recent projects, supported by SSHRC Insight Development (2013-2015) and Insight (2017-2021) grants, as well as UVic's Lansdowne Early Career Scholar Award (UVic's research excellence award for an early career scholar in social sciences) have produced articles published in Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Gender & Society, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Rationality and Society, Sociological Quarterly, International Sociology, Population, Space and Place, Population Studies, and Chinese Sociological Review.
Many sociological questions we face today are on a global scale, and addressing them requires a global perspective. Global change is multifaceted in nature so its study should also go beyond artificial disciplinary boundaries. I incorporate theoretical insights and cutting-edge methods from diverse areas both within sociology and across disciplines. My publications build upon one another to form a coherent research program that addresses important changes and pressing challenges in today’s global society.
Overall, my research interests center on the processes and consequences of various forms of global social change. I have developed an independent research program that covers globalization, economic sociology, political sociology, social network analysis, environmental sociology, health, population studies, and East Asian societies, employing diversified methods and interdisciplinary perspectives.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Recognizing its multifaceted nature, I study global change across multiple domains and through three lines of inquiry. My first line of inquiry investigates the structure and evolution of global economic networks through innovative integration of the gravity model and social network analysis. My research from this line of inquiry has been published in Social Networks, Social Forces, Social Science Research, International Sociology, Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Forum, and Oxford Handbook of Social Network Analysis.
The second line of inquiry focuses on patterns and trends in public opinion, identity formation, and organization building within the modern global polity, with an emphasis on issues of nationalism, transnationalism, human rights, and environmentalism. Findings from this line of inquiry have been published in Social Science Research, Sociological Forum, Sociological Inquiry, Rationality and Society, International Sociology, Sociological Perspectives, International Journal of Canadian Studies, and Canadian Review of Sociology.
The third line of inquiry studies China’s rapid social transformations and their domestic and global implications. Through exploring nationalist movements, health, labor markets, internal migration, and demographic changes in China, my research fills important gaps in the scholarship on China’s fast-changing social fabric. Recent projects, supported by SSHRC Insight Development (2013-2015) and Insight (2017-2021) grants, as well as UVic's Lansdowne Early Career Scholar Award (UVic's research excellence award for an early career scholar in social sciences) have produced articles published in Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Gender & Society, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, Rationality and Society, Sociological Quarterly, International Sociology, Population, Space and Place, Population Studies, and Chinese Sociological Review.
Many sociological questions we face today are on a global scale, and addressing them requires a global perspective. Global change is multifaceted in nature so its study should also go beyond artificial disciplinary boundaries. I incorporate theoretical insights and cutting-edge methods from diverse areas both within sociology and across disciplines. My publications build upon one another to form a coherent research program that addresses important changes and pressing challenges in today’s global society.