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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):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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

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