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Ying Huang

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Biography

I am a PhD candidate in Global Sustainable Development, funded by the Chancellor's International Scholarship. My research project is on female temporary workers in the public sector of China. Before my PhD, I was a Chevening Scholar at the Centre for Women's Studies, University of York, where I developed my research interest in gender and employment. Before that, I had worked in the public education sector in China for 6 years. Besides my professional and educational background, my research is also driven and supported by my long-term engagement with feminist communities.


Research overview

Gender and temporary employment in the public education sector in China


Academic background

MA in Women's Studies

BA in English


Supervisors


Research interests

Gender, labour, and social inequality against the backdrop of neoliberalism and marketisation, especially with the theoretical lens of social reproduction


Funding and awards

2023-2027 Chancellor's International Scholarship, University of Warwick

2020-2021 Chevening Scholarship, FCDO and University of York


Publications

Journal articles:

Xie, K. & Huang, Y. (2023). Becoming a teacher: a gendered risk aversion strategy among aspirational middle-class women in contemporary China. Le Mouvement Social, 285, 119-138. https://www.cairn-int.info/journal--2023-4-page-119.htm. Both authors made equal contributions.

Commentaries:

Xie, K and Huang, Y. (2023) Changing Norms and Ideas about Reproduction Among Women in China. Australian Outlook, Australian Institute of International Affairs. 16 March 2023

Xie, K and Huang, Y. (2022). Protecting women’s rights in China. East Asia Forum. 4 August 2022.

Conferences:

Huang,Y and Zhao, Y (2024) AAS 2024 Annual Conference: Virtual (role: panel chair, discussant, presenter)

Zhao, Y and Huang, Y (2023) Making ends meet: PhD students as gig labourers in academic capitalism. ASA 2023 Annual Meeting: An Unwell World? Anthropology in a Speculative Mode, SOAS, University of London, UK. 11 - 14 April 2023 (role: presenter)


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