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Dr. Yu Song is Director and Professor of the XIPU Institution (Think Tank). Her current research interests include ageing and the life course, gender and social development, industrial development and local governance, urbanization and migration in China. She has secured multiple national and international top-level research grants, many government-commissioned projects, served as guest editor of a couple of prestigious journals, and published numerous articles and monographs which have had significant social impact and been widely cited. She has also published numerous influential policy documents that have been well received by government and industry alike. She is serving as a member of numerous associations, including Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), Member of Chinese Social Security Association, and Member of Chinese Sociology Association, and Council Member of Jiangsu Provincial Women’s Studies Association in China.
Research interests
ageing and the life course, gender and social development, industrial development and local governance, urbanization and migration in China
Experience
Professor and Director, XIPU Institution, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool Univeristy-2022-Present
Senior Associate Professor and Diretor, XIPU Institution, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University-2020 to 2022
Senior Associate Professor and Director of Diploma in China Studies (Year in China) Programme, Department of China Studies, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University-2016 to 2020
Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University - 2010 to 2016
Lecturer, School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University - 2008 to 2010
Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University - 1997 to 2004
Awards and honours
2021 First Prize for Excellent Paper of the Fifteenth Academic Conference of Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Philosophy and Social Sciences (Southern Jiangsu Region)
2021 Excellent SIP Research Reports Prizes
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
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (UK)
Ph.D. , Zhejiang University, 2008
Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education,University of Liverpool, 2019
Person Types
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Digital device usage effects on seniors' emotional state
Fendos, J., Moraros, J., Bai, X. & Song, Y.
22/05/24 → 28/12/24
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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Research on Supporting Women's Scientific and Technological Innovation in the New Era
Song, Y., Wang, X., Zhu, X., Ge, Y. & Li, H.
22/05/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Research on medical and health scientists and technicians agglomeration level, reason and effect with the view of regional balanced development
23/06/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Ecological Restoration of Degraded Freshwater Ecosystems
Lin, Q., Song, Y., 张一新, 王聪, 武涛, 史鑫 & 陈书传
1/07/21 → 29/06/25
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Women’s political participation in rural China: Agency and power redistribution
1/03/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Stakeholders’ Interests: Evidence from China
Xu, L., Xie, L., Mei, S., Hao, J., Zhang, Y. & Song, Y., Apr 2024, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 16, 8, 3443.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Development of an extended STIRPAT model to assess the driving factors of household carbon dioxide emissions in China
Yu, S., Zhang, Q., Hao, J. L., Ma, W., Sun, Y., Wang, X. & Song, Y., 1 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 325, 116502.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
73 Citations (Scopus) -
Optimizing the Biopharmaceutical Industry and Striving to be the “China Pharma Valley”
Bai, X. & Song, Y., 2023, Social, Economic, and Cultural Development in Suzhou.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Status, Challenges, and Recommendations for Digital Transformation of SIP
Song, Y., Zhu, X., Lin, Q. & Bai, X., 15 Jun 2023, Social, Economic, and Cultural Development in Suzhou: Policies and Practices. Liverpool University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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中国式现代化视域下的苏州工业园区发展路径及经验研究
Song, Y., Wang, X., Xu, Y., Gu, C. & Li, H., Dec 2023, (Accepted/In press)Translated title of the contribution :A study of the development path and experience of Suzhou Industrial Park from the perspective of Chinese-style modernization Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Commissioned report › peer-review
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The Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, the University of Liverpool (External organisation)
Yu Song (Member)
2023Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Documenting Suzhou
Xue Bai (Participant), Xiaoxi Zhu (Organiser), Yu Song (Participant) & Qiaoyan Lin (Participant)
Jan 2022 → Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …