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Dr Xiangqun Chang 常向群
| Position | Senior Research Associate & Co-Director, China in Comparative Perspective Network (CCPN), LSE |
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BA in political science, MA in sociology and PhD in social anthropology Biographical Note (in Chinese) 常向群简介(中文) |
| Contact details | Tel: +44(0)20 8099 4815; Fax:+44(0)20 3051 1503; Mobile:+44(0)7910 716 068; Email: x.chang@lse.ac.uk |
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Click
HERE to her webpage in English; Click
HERE to see her webpage in Chinese also personal site: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/changx/ : CCPN website: www.lse.ac.uk/ccpn |
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Research
projects: Xiangqun's research interests are broad including Contemporary China studies & advanced studies on China; reciprocity & social networks; personal, institutional & social relationships; social support & welfare; social creativity; local identity, culture, autonomy & governance; global civil society & governance; migrants & immigrants; women and gender studies; fieldwork methodology; and Marxist sociology. In the past two plus decades Xiangqun has acted in many roles in her research career: research assistant, data analyst, researcher, independent investigator, co-principle investigator, etc. Based on a thorough and detailed ethnography of a Chinese village with longitudinal comparisons, she has been developing a general analytical concept -- lishang-wanglai -- a Chinese model of reciprocity, relatedness and social networks. She has been testing the lishang-wanglai model with many projects including in the area of Chinese entrepreneur relationships inside and outside China with both inter-disciplinary and comparative approaches. Currently, she is working on the project, as a Co-PI, 'Comparative Studies on the New Migrants from BRIC counties in America, Australia, Japan and the UK' (2009-13). The end of project conference will be held at later March 2013. She is developing a programme of comparative studies between China and Taiwan with her experts on relationship studies. See a full list of more than 20 projects. Click HERE to see details. |
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Talks / lectures: Xiangqun was regarded as an excellent teacher when she was a university lecturer in China, however in the UK she does not hold a teaching post. As well as playing a role as co-supervisor for Masters and PhD students, acting as internal and external PhD examiners, providing advice to the CCPN team members worldwide at all levels, she also gives seminars or lectures, and often participates in conferences. The two essay collections that Xiangqun is currently writing and editing are based on some of the material below. They are entitled: Study of Fei Xiaotong's theories and restudies on Kaixiangong Village (Vol. 1); and China Studies and Relationship Research on China (Vol. 2), due to be published in 2013 and 14. Xiangqun gave more than 30 seminars recent years. Click HERE to see details. |
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Knowledge transfer: CCPN website, that Xiangqun created, is the only bilingual website |in the English speaking world which focuses on social scientific studies on China. As a part of CCPN's knowledge transfer strategy and public engagement activities Xiangqun is participating in Speak to the Future: the Campaign for Languages. Currently, Xiangqun is involving in developing a programme of 'Comparative studies between UK and USA on localisation of Chinese language teaching & learning', together with education and business consultants, Chinese and non-Chinese mandarin teachers. Click HERE to see more details |