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Chinese sociologist
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Xiaogang Wu (Chinese: 吴晓刚) is a Chinese sociologist who studies inequality, social stratification, education, social demography, and urban sociology, with a substantive focus on contemporary China. He is the Yufeng Global Professor of Social Science and the founding Director of the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER) at New York University Shanghai, and Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Science at New York University.[1][2][3][4] Wu has been the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Chinese Sociological Review since 2011, and was the founding president of the International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA), serving from 2018 to 2022.[5][4][6]
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ASA Asia and Asian American Early Career Award (2007)
UGC Hong Kong Prestigious Fellowship in H&SS (2012)
Sociological Research Association (member, 2022)
Peking University (MA, 1994)
University of California, Los Angeles (PhD, 2001)
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吴晓刚 | |
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| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Awards | NAEd / Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006–07) ASA Asia and Asian American Early Career Award (2007) UGC Hong Kong Prestigious Fellowship in H&SS (2012) Sociological Research Association (member, 2022) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Renmin University of China (BA, 1991) Peking University (MA, 1994) University of California, Los Angeles (PhD, 2001) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
Sub-discipline | Social stratification, social demography, urban sociology, education, quantitative methods |
| Institutions | New York University Shanghai New York University Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2003–2020) University of Michigan (postdoc, 2001–2003) |
| Website | shanghai |
A native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, Wu received a BA from Renmin University of China (1991), an MA from Peking University (1994), and a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles (2001).[7][1] After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, he joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2003, where he rose to Chair Professor of Social Science and Public Policy before joining NYU Shanghai in fall 2020.[8][7][4]
Wu has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, in journals including the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Annual Review of Sociology, Demography, Social Forces and Social Science Research, and has led several large-scale household panel surveys, including the Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD), the Beijing College Student Panel Survey (BCSPS), and the Shanghai Urban Neighborhood Survey (SUNS).[2][4] In 2022 he was elected a member of the Sociological Research Association,[9] and in 2024 he was named one of 271 sociologists in Stanford University's "World's Top 2% Scientists" list.[2]
Early life and education
Wu is a native of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province.[4] He earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Renmin University of China in 1991, a Master of Arts in sociology from Peking University in 1994, and a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2001.[7][1][8] In the 1990s, before continuing his graduate studies abroad, he worked on the research and speech-writing staff of the Mayor of Shanghai.[4]
Academic career
University of Michigan (2001–2003)
Following his PhD, Wu was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Population Studies Center and a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 2001 to 2003.[7][8]
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2003–2020)
Wu joined HKUST in 2003 as Assistant Professor of Social Science, was promoted to full Professor in 2011, and subsequently held the title of Chair Professor of Social Science and Public Policy in HKUST's Division of Social Science and the Division of Public Policy.[7][8][4] He spent seventeen years at HKUST.[4] During his HKUST tenure, he founded HKUST's Center for Applied Social and Economic Research and launched the Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD).[4]
NYU Shanghai and NYU (2020–present)
NYU Shanghai announced on 15 September 2020 that Wu would join its faculty as the Yufeng Global Professor of Social Science, founding director of CASER (NYU Shanghai), and Professor of Sociology at NYU.[4] CASER was officially launched on 18 November 2020.[4] The Yufeng Global Professorship is endowed by Feng Lun, founder of Yufeng Capital and a trustee of NYU.[4] Wu had previously spent the 2017–18 academic year at NYU Shanghai as Visiting Professor of Sociology.[4]
In addition to his NYU appointments, Wu held a visiting appointment as a PIIRS Global Scholar at Princeton University from 2020 to 2024, with a continuing affiliation through Princeton's Center on Contemporary China.[8][7][4] He is also an associate of Columbia University's China Center for Social Policy.[7]
Research
Wu's research focuses on inequality and social stratification in contemporary China, education, social demography, urban sociology, and survey and quantitative methods.[2][7] His scholarship has examined the consequences of China's economic transition since 1978, the hukou household registration system, ethnic stratification, occupational and gender segregation, and panel-data approaches to neighborhood and family effects in Chinese cities.[8][4]
Over fifteen years at HKUST and at NYU Shanghai, Wu has led teams conducting large-scale household panel surveys in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou.[2] Surveys he has led or co-led include:
- Beijing College Student Panel Survey (BCSPS), based at Renmin University of China.[4]
- Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD), 2011–2021, the first city-wide household panel study in Hong Kong.[4]
- Shanghai Urban Neighborhood Survey (SUNS), based at Shanghai University.[4]
Wu's research has been supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the European Research Council (ERC), the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), and the China National Social Science Foundation.[2]
Editorial roles and academic service
Wu has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Sociological Review since 2011; the journal's editorial office now sits at CASER, NYU Shanghai.[5][4] He served as the founding president of the International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) from 2018 to 2022 — the first president after the society's renaming from the North American Chinese Sociologists' Association (NACSA). Wu was succeeded by Jean Yeung (2022–2024); since 2024, the president has been Wen Ming. ICSA sponsors Chinese Sociological Review.[6][4] From 2017 to 2019 he served on the European Research Council's consolidated grant evaluation panel in the social sciences.[7]
Awards and honors
- US National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2006–07.[7][8]
- Asia and Asian American Early Career Award, American Sociological Association, 2007.[7][8]
- Prestigious Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences, University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, 2012.[7][8]
- Member, Sociological Research Association (SRA), elected 2022 — the only SRA member based in East Asia at the time of his induction.[9][10]
- Listed in Stanford University's World's Top 2% Scientists, 2024 (one of 271 sociologists worldwide).[2]
Selected publications
- Wu, Xiaogang (2019). "Inequality and Social Stratification in Postsocialist China." Annual Review of Sociology 45: 363–382.[8]
- Hu, Anning, and Xiaogang Wu (2019). "Science or Liberal Arts? Family Background, Cultural Capital, and College Major Choice in China." British Journal of Sociology 70 (1): 190–213.[8]
- Wu, Xiaogang (2016). "Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD): Research Designs and Data Overview." Chinese Sociological Review 48 (2): 162–184.[8]
- Wu, Xiaogang, and Donald J. Treiman (2007). "Inequality and Equality under Chinese Socialism: The Hukou System and Intergenerational Occupational Mobility." American Journal of Sociology 113 (2): 415–445.[8]
- Wu, Xiaogang, and Yu Xie (2003). "Does the Market Pay Off? Earnings Inequality and Returns to Education in Urban China." American Sociological Review 68 (3): 425–442.[8]
- Wu, Xiaogang, and Donald J. Treiman (2004). "The Household Registration System and Social Stratification in China, 1955–1996." Demography 41 (2): 363–384.[8]
- Wu, Xiaogang (2002). "Work Units and Income Inequality: The Effect of Market Transition in Urban China." Social Forces 80 (3): 1069–1099.[8]
See also
- Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics
- Chinese Sociological Review
- New York University Shanghai
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology