Areas of Focus
- Aging
- Long-term Care
- Elderly Policy
- Community Studies
- Qualitative Research
Academic Background & Achievements
- Ph.D. in Social Welfare: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- M.Phil. in Evidence-Based Social Intervention: University of Oxford
- B.A. in Social Work: Fudan University
- Shanghai Pujiang Talent
Publications
- Higher Education and Career Prospects in China, Tian, F. F. & Chen, L., 2020
- Community Eldercare Ecology in China, Chen, L. & Ye, M., 2020
- Evolving Eldercare in Contemporary China: Two Generations, One Decision, Chen, L., 2016
- Shaping identity: Older adults’ perceived community volunteering experiences in Shanghai, Chen, L., Ye, M., & Wu, Y., 2023
- Process and structure: Service satisfaction and recommendation in a community-based elderly meal service in Shanghai, Chen, L., Ye, M., & Kahana, E., 2023
- Life restoration and future care preparation among older parents in Shanghai who have lost their only adult child, Chen, L., Song, Y., & You, Y., 2023
- A self-reliant umbrella: Defining successful aging among the old-old (80+) in Shanghai, Chen, L., Ye, M., & Kahana, E., 2020
- Mothers’ grief experiences of losing their only child in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: A longitudinal study, Fu, F., Chen, L., Sha, W., Chan, C. L. W., Chow, A. Y. M., & Lou, V. W. Q., 2020
- Mothers coping with bereavement in the 2008 China earthquake: A Dual Process Model analysis, Chen, L., Fu, F., Sha, W., Chan, C. L. W., Chow, A. Y. M., & Lou, V. W. Q., 2019
- Unequal at the college door: Career construction among freshmen at an elite Chinese university, Tian, F. F. & Chen, L., 2018
- Older adults’ needs and preferences for open space and physical activity in and near parks: A systematic review, Levy-Storms, L., Chen, L., & Loukaitou-Sideris, A., 2018
- “Their today is our future”: Direct carers’ work experience and formal caring relationships in a community-based eldercare program in Shanghai, Chen, L., Ye, M., & Kahana, E., 2018
- Power and ambivalence in intergenerational communication: Deciding to institutionalize in Shanghai, Chen, L., 2017
- Mealtime interactions and life satisfaction among older adults in Shanghai, Ye, M., Chen, L., & Kahana, E., 2017
- Shanghai: Front-runner in community-based elder care in China, Chen, L. & Han, W-J., 2016
- Decisions for institutionalization among nursing home residents and their children in Shanghai, Chen, L., 2015
- Deciding to institutionalize: Caregiving crisis, intergenerational communication and uncertainty management for elders and their children, Chen, L., 2015
