Activities per year
Personal profile
Personal profile
Shiyang’s doctoral project studies the responses of Chinese internal migrants to a state initiative to integrate them into the local welfare system and society in the cities where they resided. Her research focuses on the role of migrant agency in responding to institutional and structural changes at the local level in China.
Experience
Freelance Proofreader, The Commercial Press, Ltd., Beijing - 2025 to present
Marketing Content Writer, Reed Elsevier Co., Ltd., Beijing - 2024 to present
Teaching Assistant, Department of China Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2019 to 2023
Senior Project Manager, Department of Governance Consultancy, Dataway Horizon Co., Ltd., Shanghai - 2016 to 2019
Research Assistant, Department of China Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2016 to 2018
New Media Editor, GoChinaTV Co., Ltd., Beijing - 2014 to 2015
Awards and honours
Research Development Fund Doctoral Scholarship, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2019 to 2022
Postgraduate Symposium Excellent Oral Presentation Award, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2021
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Sociology, University of Warwick
Award Date: 25 Dec 2016
Bachelor, English and Communication Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Award Date: 31 Jul 2014
Research areas
- Internal migration
- China
- Public services
- Citizenship
- Structure and agency
- Parsons
- Action theory
Person Types
- Students
Activities
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Entitlements as Earned: Granting Partial Public Services to Policy-Induced Internal Migrants in China
Shiyang Chen (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Migrant Agency in Variation: Aspirations, Identities and Decision-Making of Internal Migrants Seeking “New Citizenship” in Urban China
Shiyang Chen (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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From Residents to “New Citizens”: Aspirations, Identities and Decision-Making of Internal Migrants in China
Shiyang Chen (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Migrant Agency in Chinese Urban Transition: A Parsonian Perspective
Shiyang Chen (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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European Sociological Association (External organisation)
Shiyang Chen (Member)
2024 → …Activity: Membership › other membership