Conference Presentations 


  1. Chinese Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility Winter Forum, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, November 2019.
  2. The Annual Meeting of the Hubei Sociology Association, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, November 2019.
  3. The Annual Meeting of the Chinese Sociological Association, Yunnan University, July 2019.
  4. The 13th Symposium on Sociology and Demography (Convener: Prof. Yu Xie, Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Sociology and PIIRS at Princeton University), Shenzhen University, March 2019.
  5. The Inaugural Congress of the East Asian Sociological Association (EASA), Chuo University, March 2019.
  6. The Symposium on "Community of Ethnic Groups, Multi-Participation in Grassroots Governance", Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, January 2019.
  7. The 2018 Asia Conference of International Chinese Sociological Association, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, December 2018.
  8. “Sihai Forum”, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, May 2018.
  9. The First Annual Meeting of the Comparative Social Research Network (CSRN), Kyushu University, Japan, February 2018.
  10. "Laugh and Grow Fat: Happiness Affects Body Mass Index among Urban Chinese Adults" Paper Presented in the Japan Sociological Association Annual Meeting, The University of Tokyo, November 2017.
  11. “Pathway to Wellbeing: The Mediating Role of Social Capital”  Paper Presented in the Guanxi for Guanxi Study Conference (Organizers: Ron Burt, Jar-Der Luo, Nan Lin), Tsinghua University, Beijing, June 2016. 
  12. "Occupational Mobility in Colonial Taiwan, 1895-1945" Paper Presented in the  Winter Forum of Social Stratification and Mobility of Chinese Sociological Association. Renmin University of China, Beijing, December 2015.
  13. “A Comparative Study on the Effects of Social Networks on Employment and Income Inequality in China and Japan.”  Paper Presented in the ISA XIIth International Laboratory for Ph.D. Students in Sociology at University of Sydney, Australia, July 2013.
  14.  “Pathway to Material and Subjective Wellbeing: The Mediating Role of Social Capital.” Paper Presented at the ISA PhD  Lab Follow-up Forum (Forum organiser, chair), Yokohama, Japan, July 2014.
  15. “Asymmetry in Intergenerational Support: East Asian Societies Studied from a Multilevel Perspective.”  Presented at the 109th Annual Meeting   of American Sociological Association, San Francisco, US, August 2014. 
  16. “Class Analysis of the Japanese Colonial Taiwan, 1905-1935.”  Presented at the RC28 Session on Comparison of East Asian Stratification and Mobility, ISA World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, July 2014.
  17. “Reciprocity in Intergenerational Support: East Asian Societies Studied from a Multilevel Perspective.” Presented in The Spring Meeting of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA), Central European University, Budapest, Hungary,  May 2014.     
  18. “Occupational Mobility in Colonial Taiwan, 1906 -1945.”   Paper Presented in The International Workshop on Historical Social Mobility in a Global Perspective, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, March 2014.                                                          
  19. “The Changing Significance of Guanxi in Chinese Labor Market.”   Paper Presented in the Annual Meeting of Sociological Society West Japan at Ryukyu University, Japan , May 2013.                                           
  20.  “The Influence of Guanxi on Income Inequality in Two Chinese Cities.”  Paper Presented in the Annual Meeting of Japan Sociological Society for Social Analysis in Kurume University, Japan, December 2013.                                
  21. ​“Structural Status Attainment in China.” Paper Presented in the Annual Meeting of Sociological Society of West Japan in Shimane University, Japan, December 2012.
  22. “Guanxi Network Based Social Stratification and Mobility in China.”   Paper Presented in the Annual Meeting of Japan Sociological Society for Social Analysis in Kagawa University, Japan, May 2011.                                            ​