Xuan Huo

Visiting Scholar

Bio

Xuan Huo is a doctoral student at the School of Government in Nanjing University and a visiting scholar at CSSW from September 2018 to September 2019. She is also a research fellow at the Center for Social Security Research of Nanjing University. Her current research focuses on poverty, social assistance, and the Chinese welfare state. She has been one of the main participants of several projects sponsored by the EU and UNICEF. Xuan Huo is a doctoral student at the School of Government in Nanjing University and she is a visiting student in CSSW from September 2018 to September 2019. She is also a research fellow at Center for Social Security Research of Nanjing University. Her current research as a Ph. D candidate focuses on poverty and social assistance, and the Chinese welfare state. She has been one of the main participants of several projects sponsored by UNICEF and EU.

Research Interests

  • Poverty and Social Assistance: measurement, anti-poverty effects, stigma and welfare dependency
  • Chinese Welfare State: relationship between economic development and social security in China
Columbia Affiliations
China Center for Social Policy