Conference Presentations 


  1. 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, 3/2019
  2. The Inaugural Congress of the East Asian Sociological Association (EASA), Chuo University, March 8-9, 2019
  3. The Symposium on "Community of Ethnic Groups, Multi-Participation in Grassroots Governance", Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, 1/2019
  4. The 2018 Asia Conference of International Chinese Sociological Association, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 12/2018
  5. “Sihai Forum”, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, 5/2018
  6. The First Annual Meeting of the Comparative Social Research Network (CSRN), Kyushu University, Japan, 2/2018
  7. "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, 11/2017
  8. “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. 
  9. "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.
  10. “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
  11.  “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;  
  12. “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. 
  13. “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
  14. “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                                                                                                                                                        
  15. “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
  16. “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                                                 
  17.  “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, Dec. 2013                                 
  18. “Structural Status Attainment in China.” Paper Presented in the Annual Meeting of Sociological Society of West Japan in Shimane University, Japan, Dec. 2012                                             
  19. ​“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