Areas of Focus
- Cultural Sociology
- Social Stratification and Mobility
- Trust Research
- Grassroots Chinese Society Research
- Qualitative Research Methods
Academic Background & Achievements
- PhD in Sociology: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Publications
- The Family-State concept of the Chinese: Two Facts based on observations of the micro-media during the Covid-199 pandemic, Yi Zhou, 2020
- A Review of Cultural Sociology Research, Yi Zhou, 2019
- Everyone Together: The 'Subcultural' Practices of Shanghai Square Dance Groups - Signification, Collage, and Isomorphism, Yi Zhou, 2018
- Semantic Transfer of Chinese Kinship Terms to Occupational Address Forms since the Economic Reform, Yi Zhou, Xiaozhao Huang, 2017
- Trust and Fairness: Two Realities of China in the Context of Development, Yi Zhou, 2015
- Capital with Faith: A Study on the Charitable Donation Behavior of Wenzhou Private Entrepreneurs, Yi Zhou, Anning Hu, 2014
- State-society Interdependence Model in Market Transition: Actors, A Case Study of the 'Farmers’ City' in Wenzhou the Early Reform Era, Yi Zhou, 2013
- China's First Village - Post-collectivism behind the Transition Economy, Yi Zhou, 2006
Awards
- Shanghai's 11th Outstanding Achievement Award in Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (2015): Second Prize
- Shanghai's 13th Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences (2014): Second Prize
- Third Sociology Outstanding Achievement Award by Lu Xueyi Sociology Development Foundation (2013)
- National Ministry of Education's Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences (2009): Third Prize
- Jiangsu Province's 10th Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences (2007): Second Prize
