I am a PhD student in sociology at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI). I take part in the MINQ project (Interlocking Inequalities: A multidimensional perspective on equality in contemporary Sweden) funded by Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. I am also a member of the LNU (the Level of Living) research group.I hold a master degree in sociology from Nanjing University and a bachelor degree in sociology from Jilin University.
Research
My research interests focus on educational inequality, gender inequality, intergenerational transmission of social status, and cross-country analysis. In my dissertation project, I will investigate the role of education in intergenerational mobility process by adding the qualitative dimension of educational attainment (e.g., the field of study or institutional quality) into the analysis.
The starting point of this project is that research on intergenerational socioeconomic persistence needs to resolutely shift the perspective away from ‘normative’ careers of ‘typical’ men to the actual Swedish population. We aim to broaden the perspective and redevelop concepts and theories to fit the experience of the entire population.
This program emphasizes the multidimensional character of inequality. We integrate the analysis of several central welfare dimensions and study how they cross-cut each other and co-evolve. Our approach is dynamic, following the development of e.g., economic resources, education, health and well-being across individual lives and generations.
