Y.Jin@nju.edu.cn

AREAS OF RESEARCH/TEACHING

Urban Sociology, urban governance, community studies, social theory on space, social memory, development studies


EDUCATION

2019, Ph.D., Human Geography and Urban Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

2014, MA, Sociology, Peking University

2011, BA, Sociology, Peking University


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023-present,Research Assistant Professor, School of Sociology, Nanjing University

 2020-2022, Postdoctoral Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

 2019-2020Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asian Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science


PUBLICATIONS

English Peer-Reviewed Articles (* Denotes corresponding author)

 2023,Jin, Y. Informalising Formality: the construction of penghuqu in an urban redevelopment project in China. Housing Studies 38(3): 463-483.

 2022, Jin, Y. Urban verticality shaped by vertical terrain: Lessons from Chongqing, China, Urban Planning, 7(4): 364-376.

 2022,Jin, Y & Zhao, Y*. The informal constitution of state centrality: Governing street businesses in (post-)pandemic Chengdu, China. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 46(4): 631-650.

 2021, Jin, Y. Review of The City in China: New Perspectives on Contemporary Urbanism. R. Forrest, J. Ren and B. Wissink (eds.).Eurasian Geography and Economics, 62(5-6): 781-783.


Chinese Peer-Reviewed Articles (* Denotes undergraduate or graduate student co-author)

 2013,金毅. 文化适应视角下移居者的社会心理适应:多元模型述评和中国经验初探.《青年研究》,第3期,第75-85页。


BOOK CHAPTERS

Book Chapters in English (* Denotes corresponding author)

 2022,Shin, HB*, Jin, Y, Koh, SY, Mckenzie, M, Oh, DY & Zhao, Y. “Postscript: In-Pandemic Academia, Scholarly Practices and Ethics and Care.” In Shin, HB, Mckenzie, M & Oh, DY (eds.). COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Insights for a Post-Pandemic World. LSE Press, London.

 2020,Jin, Y & Zhao, Y. “Sanxian: Re-/un-thinking Chinese urban hierarchy with a medium-sized city”. In Ruszczyk, HA, Nugraha, E & de Villiers, I (eds.). Overlooked Cities: Power, Politics and Knowledge beyond the Urban South. Routledge, London.


Book Chapters in Chinese

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ACADEMIC TRANSLATIONS

2023,Köll, Elisabeth, Railroads and the Transformation of China. Trans. by Jin, Y. Nanjing: Jiangsu People’s Press.

2018,Schivelbusch, Wolfgang, The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century. Trans. by Jin, Y. Shanghai: Shanghai People’s Press.


GRANTS

September 2021-December 2025

National Social Science Foundation (NSSFC)

Title: Exploration of the theoretical system of sociology of Bodies in the new era

Total: 350,000

Role: Participant


FELLOWSHIPS, PRIZES AND AWARDS

NA


INVITED PRESENTATIONS

 October 2021“The managerial turn of state entrepreneurialism: Reflecting urban governance in contemporary China with evidence from an urban redevelopment project” presented at East Asian Institute Seminar Series on Zoom, National University of Singapore


COURSES TAUGHT

2019, Remaking China: Geographical Aspects of Development and Disparity, LSE (Masters level)


DISCIPLINARY SERVICE

NA


SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/UNIVERISTY

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