CASER at NYU Shanghai

A Center dedicated to fostering methodologically rigorous, multi-disciplinary research on the most pressing issues related to China’s socioeconomic development.

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Applications are open for the 2026 Summer School in Applied Social Science Research Methods at NYU Shanghai.

Advanced English-taught courses on Agentic AI, Quantitative Text Analysis, and Social Network Analysis.

Apply by May 29: https://t.co/48GL8HvGmE

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Join us for a CASER seminar on wealth inequality featuring Fabian Pfeffer (LMU Munich & ISI).

Topic: Wealth Distribution, Redistribution, and Predistribution
📅 Apr 23, 8:00–9:30 PM (Beijing Time)
🌐 Language: English
💻 Zoom | Registration required

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Who lives alone in South Korea?

Join CASER at @nyushanghai for a Zoom seminar with Hyunjoon Park of @Penn on April 2, 2026, 8:00–9:30 PM CST, exploring trends in solo living from 1980 to 2020 and what they reveal about family change in contemporary Korea.

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Academic Achievement | Professor Xiaogang Wu, Director of CASER @nyushanghai, has published a review essay in the American Journal of Sociology:
“Exams, Meritocracy, and Disenchantment with the Chinese Dream”

Congratulations to Professor Wu on this important publication!

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🆕 New research

📄 Equal opportunity policy and the reverse gender gap in academic achievement
🎓 When gender-based barriers in school admissions are removed, girls not only catch up—but outperform boys in math and science.

👩‍🏫 Duoduo Xu (HKU) & Xiaogang Wu
📖 Published in RSSM

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📢 CSR Special Issue

The Chinese Sociological Review invites submissions for a Special Issue on
“Rural–Urban Inequality in Post-Reform China: Persistent Divides and Key Stratifying Forces.”

Abstract deadline: March 20
Manuscript deadline: August 31

https://t.co/pT1qX4T0K1

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📢 New Publication

A new study by Dongqin Wang (former postdoc), Minghong Shen (postdoc), and Xiaogang Wu examines how socioeconomic status shapes early childhood non-cognitive skill development in China. The paper is published in China Economic Review.

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📢 Publication Highlight

Congratulations to Li Xin (East China Normal University & former CASER postdoc) and Zhang Lifang on their new article in Sociology Compass!

“Social Inequality in Early Childhood Development in China” 👏

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📢 New Publication

Congrats to Donglin Zeng (former Postdoc at CASER), Xiaogang Wu, and Jia Miao!

Their paper, “Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 and Informal Social Control in Hong Kong: the Mediating Role of Social Cohesion,” is now online in Social Forces.

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📢 New Publication

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lucas G. Drouhot on the publication of “Shades of Égalité: Educational Mobility and Ethnoracial Hierarchy Over Three Generations in France” in the American Sociological Review.

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📢 New Publication

A new paper by Dr. Yi Zhang (Xiamen University; Visiting Research Fellow at NYU CASER) and Prof. Xiaogang Wu has been published in Social Science Research (Vol. 133, Jan 2026).

“Public Housing and Neighborhood Composition in Hong Kong, 1981–2016”

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📢 New Publication
Congrats to Minghao Tang and Prof. Xiaogang Wu on their article in Social Science Research:
“Family background, romantic experience and realistic attitudes toward love in China.”(Vol. 134, Feb 2026)

#NYU #SocialScienceResearch

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📢 Upcoming Talk
A Tale of Two Periods: Changes in Asian Americans’ Mobility Over the Last Century
🗓️ Nov 13, 8:30–9:50 PM (Beijing)
🎙️ Xi Song, Schiffman Family Presidential Professor, University of Pennsylvania

#Sociology #NYUShanghai #CASER #AsianAmericanStudies

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📢 New Publication
NYU Shanghai’s Adjunct Research Fellow Yi Zhang and Assistant Professor Jia Miao publish in Social Science & Medicine (Vol. 384, 2025):
Streetview images and survey data show less neighborhood disorder → better mental health, especially for low-SES residents.

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📢 Join us at NYU Shanghai for a lecture:
“Gifts as Binding Signals: Social Contacts and Gifts in Europe”
🎙️ Prof. Berkay Özcan (NYU Abu Dhabi)
🗓 Oct 9, 2025 | 8:00–9:30 PM Beijing Time
📍 Online via Zoom (Scan to Register)

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📢 New Publication
NYU Shanghai’s Jun Yin (Postdoc), Jia Miao (Assistant Professor), and Xiaogang Wu (Professor & Center Director) published in Social Science Research (Vol.132, Nov 2025):
“Homeownership and political participation: The case of Hong Kong” 🏠🗳️

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🎓 New in Sociology of Education:

CASER student Minghao Tang (with Angran Li and Xiaogang Wu) examines how Chinese college students’ beliefs about meritocracy evolve.

Findings: dual consciousness, and family background & university experiences shape views.

#Meritocracy

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🚨 Now Hiring: Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Science (AY25–26) at NYU Shanghai!

Work with Prof. Jia Miao, leverage CASER’s unique research resources, and advance cutting-edge research.

📅 Starts Sept 1, 2026
📍 Shanghai, China
👉 Apply: https://t.co/4a3mMYdV63

#Postdoc

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🎉 Congratulations to Zhi Li, PhD candidate at CASER NYU Shanghai & NYU Sociology, on receiving the 2025 Robert D. Mare Graduate Student Paper Award from ASA IPM!

Learn more: https://t.co/yQh9Y2LhoX

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