Doctoral students

Chen Yu

Doctoral student, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
Supervisors: Dr Caroline Hoy and Professor Ivan Turok
Email: y.chen.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Yu Chen’s research focuses on rural-urban migration, income disparity, labour market development and migrants’ working experience in urban China. Her PhD explores the patterns and mechanisms of labour market discrimination against migrants in Shanghai, through both quantitative and qualitative methods. Her fieldwork was conducted in 21 manufacturing companies in Minhang and Putuo districts of Shanghai, incorporating a pilot study, a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with migrant workers and company managers.

Daniel Hammond

Doctoral student, Department of Politics, University of Glasgow
Supervisor: Dr Jane Duckett
Email: 0218385H@student.gla.ac.uk

Daniel’s research investigates explanations of the policy process in the PRC with particular focus on urban social assistance policy. The aim is to develop an explanatory tool for policy in the PRC as well as to investigate the development of the Urban Resident Minimum Living Guarantee. Fieldwork to date has included one field trip in 2006 and a second is planned for late 2007. Additional interests are the transfer of ideas and animal rights. Previous to studying at Glasgow Daniel completed his undergraduate studies in history and politics at the University of Edinburgh and then completed the Masters of Chinese Studies run between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Tom Johnson

Doctoral student, Department of Politics, University of Glasgow
Supervisor: Dr Jane Duckett
Email: 0312056j@student.gla.ac.uk

Tom first visited China in 2001 when he worked as an English teacher in Dalian, and has since returned many times for study and research. He completed his Master's degree at the University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow, which included a dissertation about China's Western Development Project. He then started his PhD in September 2005 at the Department of Politics, University of Glasgow. It’s working title is 'NGOs and the Changing Dynamics of Environmental Protection Policy in China'. This research focuses on how China is attempting to reform its system of environmental governance in order to address its environmental problems, and the implications of this for domestic 'grassroots' NGOs. His thesis will cover areas including new institutional channels for public participation such as public hearings and public comment on legislation, environmental information disclosure, environmental rights, and NGO advocacy. He is also interested in the role of China's environmental media, and hopes to pursue this further in the future.

Conference Papers
'New Opportunities, Same Constraints: Environmental Protection and China’s New Development Path', Northern PSA Graduate Conference, University of Glasgow, May 2007.
'Environmental Public Participation in China and the Role of NGOs in the Old Summer Palace Incident', British Inter-University China Centre Launch Conference, Oxford University, June 2007.

Ariel Hui-min Ko

Doctoral student, Department of Politics, University of Glasgow
Supervisor: Dr Jane Duckett & Dr Alasdair Young
Email:  0409525k@student.gla.ac.uk

Ariel’s research is about the change of China’s foreign economic policy (FEP) in general between 1979 and 2000, China’s FEP towards neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia in particular, and its motivations behind such a change.

Li Chen

Doctoral student, Glasgow Media Group, University of Glasgow
Supervisor: Professor Greg Philo
Email: c.li.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Li Chen’s doctoral dissertation investigates news production and journalistic practice, mainly comparing current news gathering processes, between Chinese journalists and international journalists (who serve as foreign correspondents in China for their home news organisations), in their reporting of China. It examines how the reality of China (esp. economic and environmental issues) has been dug out, constructed and presented differently through the news discourses, mainly by interviewing a large body of journalists (as well as their assistants) and observing as a participant in their news team. Through this process, it will identify how their news values are changing respectively, with the interactions among ideologies, culture (e.g. guanxi practice) as well as ICTs.

Wang Guohui

Doctoral Student, Department of Politics, University of Glasgow
Supervisor: Dr Jane Duckett
Email: 0221914w@student.gla.ac.uk  

Guohui started his PhD research in 2003. His  topic is village elections and governance in China. Based on an intensive investigation of a Chinese village community, he has
examined how and to what degree informal institutions have shaped the process
of elections and governance in the community.

Zhou Zhaofeng

Doctoral student, School of Law, University of Glasgow
Supervisors: Professor Noreen Burrows and Professor Mark Furse
Email: z.zhou.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Zhaofeng’s research topic is whether, and if so, to what extent the WTO has impact on the formulation of China's Antimonopoly Law. To this end, it focuses on four aspects: The content of China’s Antimonopoly Law needs to be consistent with the WTO rules; the enactment of China’s Antimonopoly Law can help China implement its WTO commitments; some WTO rules enhance the case for China seeking to combat certain types of anticompetitive practices in its Antimonopoly Law; the development of China’s Antimonopoly Law is influenced by the peer review system—the Trade Policy Review Mechanism.