Details of the Lecture Series can be found below as well as on the respective event pages.
- Juan Chen, Professor of Social Policy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will offer a lecture on Urbanization, Governance, and Well-being in Local China on October 28, 2022.
- Eli Friedman, Associate Professor and Chair of International and Comparative Labor, Cornell University will give a book talk on his new book, The Urbanization of People—The Politics of Development, Labor Markets, and Schooling in the Chinese City.
- Clifton R. Emery, Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong will give a lecture about Maltreatment through Polyvictimization: Evidence from the Salar Ethnic Group in Qinghai, China.
- Xiaojin Chen, Associate Professor of Sociology, Tulane University, will present on Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Among Left-behind Children in Rural China.
- Shuang Lu, Assistant Professor of Social Work, The University of Hong Kong, will give a lecture on Villagers in the City: Chinese Migrant Youth Amidst Urbanization.
- Alfred M. Wu, Associate Professor of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, will share the topic about Public Attitudes Towards Social Spending: Evidence from Hong Kong and Singapore.
- Qiaobing Wu, Associate Professor of Social Policy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University will share new findings on Youth Identity in Hong Kong.
- Ethan Michelson, James and Noriko Gines Department Chair in East Asian Languages and Cultures, Professor in Sociology; Academic Director of the IU China Gateway, Indiana University, will give a book talk on his new book, Decoupling: Gender Injustice in China’s Divorce Courts.
The lecture series is free and open to the public. Please register at the respective event pages for each lecture.