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Aeneas Zi Wang
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Nanjing University
Jiangsu
Language: English, Chinese, German, French
Migration
Population
Mobility
Comparative
Sociology
Education
Quality Of Life
Research
International
Cross-Regional
Areas of Focus
- International Migration and Population Mobility
- Cross-Regional Comparative Sociology
- Sociology of Education
- Quality of Life Research
Work Experience
- Current - Nanjing University - Associate Professor
- From March 2024 - Oxford University Press - Deputy Editor of Migration Studies
Academic Background & Achievements
- Bachelor's Degree: Waseda University
- Master's Degree: McGill University
- PhD (Dr. phil, summa cum laude): University of Duisburg-Essen
- 2018-2023: EU Marie Curie Research Fellowship
- 2018-2023: German Research Foundation Project
- 2022: 6th German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Young Leader Award
Publications
- The Role of Language in the Wellbeing of Migrants: East Asian Communities in Germany, Wang, 2022
- The Discursive Construction of Hierarchy in Japanese Society: An Ethnographic Study of Secondary School Clubs, Wang, 2020
- Immigration and quality of life in ageing societies: How attractive for migrants are Japan and Germany?, Wang; Muranaka; Coulmas (eds.), 2024
- Language and Communication of Asian Diaspora Communities in Europe, Wang and Coulmas, 2021
- The social inclusion of migrants between policy and practice: Lessons from Uruguay, Wang et al, 2023
- Between transnational engagements and local integration of Chinese communities in Italy: An analysis of the role of migrant organisations, Wang and Turrisi, 2023
- Addressing Migrants’ Wellbeing During Covid-19: An Analysis of Chinese Communities’ Heritage Language Schools in Germany, Wang, 2021
- East Asian Migrants in Western Europe, Coulmas and Wang, 2021
- Mind the gap: Examining migrant-native disparities in reading performance and subjective wellbeing among 15-year-old students in different education systems, Wang, 2021
Awards
- 2022: 6th German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Young Leader Award
