CASER at NYU Shanghai

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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.

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!

🆕 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

📢 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 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

📢 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.

📢 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” 👏

📢 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.

📢 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.

📢 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”

📢 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

📢 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

📢 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.

📢 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)

📢 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” 🏠🗳️

🎓 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

🚨 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: apply.interfolio.com/173021 #Postdoc

🎉 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: caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/zhi-li-receive… #Sociology #CASER #NYUShanghai #ASA2025

📢 Excited to welcome Dr. Lucas Drouhot as Assistant Professor of Sociology at NYU Shanghai! 🎉 From Utrecht University, his research explores migration, social stratification, ethnoracial diversity, and social networks, with work in AJS, ARS, and more. caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/caser-welcomes…

Hiring‼️ NYU Shanghai is currently inviting applications for a position at the rank of associate professor or full professor (with tenure) in Sociology, to start in Fall 2025. For more information, please refer to the webpage: apply.interfolio.com/155475