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Lu Zheng
Social Science
Tsinghua University
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Financial Sociology: Finance
Economy
Society
Banking
Investment
Markets
Institutions
Behavior
Policy
Regulation
Social Stratification: Class
Inequality
Mobility
Status
Hierarchy
Wealth
Power
Education
Occupation
Opportunity
Social Network Analysis: Networks
Relationships
Connections
Nodes
Ties
Structure
Dynamics
Influence
Communication
Data
Areas of Focus
- Financial Sociology
- Social Stratification
- Social Network Analysis
Work Experience
- 2018-present - Tsinghua University - Associate Professor with Tenure
- 2021-2022 - Harvard-Yenching Scholar
- 2018-2019 - Deputy Director of the Discipline Inspection Office, Tsinghua University
- 2016-2017 - Tsinghua University - Associate Professor
- 2012-2016 - Tsinghua University - Associate Professor
- 2011-2012 - Southwestern University of Finance and Economics - Associate Professor
- 2007-2011 - Texas A&M University - Assistant Professor
- 2006-2007 - Texas A&M University - Visiting Assistant Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007 - Ph.D. in Sociology: Stanford University
- 2000 - Master's in Sociology: Renmin University of China
- 1997 - Bachelor's in Sociology: Renmin University of China
Publications
- How Land Finance Shapes the Middle Class: An Analysis Based on Financial Sociology, Tianren Ge, Xiaocheng Yang, Lu Zheng, 2024
- The Connotation and Prospects of Social Computing, Yi Wan, Lu Zheng, Jiade Luo, Guowei Wu, 2023
- Job Characteristics and Youth's Perception of Subjective Social Status, Minxia Xu, Lu Zheng, 2023
- Health Capital and Residents' Perception of Socioeconomic Status: An Empirical Analysis Based on CGSS2017 Data, Minxia Xu, Lu Zheng, 2023
- Crowdfunding Platforms and the Improvement of Medical Security: An Analysis Based on Panel Data from a Major Crowdfunding Platform, Lihui Jiang, Lu Zheng, 2023
- Ego-networks, SNSs Affordances, and Personalities: Understanding Individuals’ Selfie Posting on SNSs Based on Actor-Network Theory, Long Ma, Lu Zheng, 2023
- Influence of Narrative Strategies on Fundraising Outcome: An Exploratory Study of Online Medical Crowdfunding, Lu Zheng, Lihui Jiang, 2022
- Inhibition or Stimulation? Perception of Socioeconomic Status and Risk Financial Investment of Urban Residents, Lu Zheng, Minxia Xu, 2022
- Workplace Harassment from the Perspective of 'Power': An Empirical Analysis Based on CGSS2015 Data, Lu Zheng, Mengling Liu, Zongshi Chen, 2022
- Neighborhood Interaction, Subjective Well-being, and Community Democratic Political Participation of Small Town Youth, Minxia Xu, Lu Zheng, 2022
- Types of Universities, Entrepreneurial Environment, and Entrepreneurship Rate of University Graduates, Lu Zheng, Chen Chen, 2022
- Does Traditional Family Concept Inhibit Urban Residents' Participation in Commercial Pension Insurance? An Empirical Analysis Based on Financial Trust and Financial Literacy, Lu Zheng, Minxia Xu, 2021
- How Venture Capital Firms Choose Syndication Partners: The Moderating Effects of Institutional Uncertainty and Investment Preference, Lu Zheng, Likun Cao, Jie Ren, Xibao Li, Ximing Yin, Jin Chen, 2021
- Examining Familial Role in Mobile News Consumption as a Sequential Process, Lun Zhang, Lu Zheng, Taiquan Peng, 2021
- Exploring the Financial Investment Behavior of the Middle Class: A Dual Perspective of Class Pressure and Economic Pressure, Xiaobin He, Minxia Xu, Lu Zheng, 2021
- Promote or Inhibit: The Impact of Social Insurance on Participation in Commercial Insurance, Lu Zheng, Dong Zhang, 2020
- Research on the Index System of Beautiful Community in Cities, Lu Zheng, Dong Zhang, 2020
- Real Estate, Social Security, and Risk Financial Investment of Urban Residents in China, Xiaobin He, Minxia Xu, Lu Zheng, 2020
- Induce or Disperse: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate R&D Investment, Zongshi Chen, Lu Zheng, 2019
- The Deviation Between Policy Formulation and Implementation: A Case Study of Local Government Management of 'Online Car-hailing', Lu Zheng, Lihui Jiang, 2019
- Heterogeneity of Venture Capital and Long-term Performance of Invested High-tech Enterprises: An Empirical Study Based on Survival Analysis, Lu Zheng, Likun Cao, Jie Ren, 2019
- Research on the Time Pattern of Mobile Media News, Yusen Liu, Lun Zhang, Lu Zheng, 2019
- Institutional Isomorphism and Chinese Private Corporate Philanthropy: State Coercion, Corruption and other Institutional Effects, Zongshi Chen, Douglas B. Fuller, Lu Zheng, 2018
- Making Modernity in China: Employment and Entrepreneurship of The New Generation of Peasant Workers, Lu Zheng, Xiaobin He, Likun Cao, Hongzhi Xu, 2018
- Bringing the Society Back in: the New Qinghe Experiment and Social Governance in China, Qiang Li, Lu Zheng, Hao Wang, 2018
- News Big Data Analysis of Social Attention, Lu Zheng, Wenbing Wu, Tianren Ge, Chong Zhang, 2018
- The Golden Age of Social Network Analysis Brought by Big Data, Lu Zheng, 2018
- Who is More Generous?: The Moderating Role of Gender and Education in Chinese Corporate Philanthropy, Lu Zheng, Zongshi Chen, 2017
- Privatization of the State-Controlled Shareholding Companies and the Rise of Corporate Elites in China, Lu Zheng, Byung-Soo Kim, 2017
Awards
- Best Paper Award (Macro Category) at the IACMR Biennial Conference (2012): 'The Contingent Nature of Political Embeddedness: Firms in China’s Stock Market'
- Second Prize for Excellent Paper at the 'China Survey' International Academic Conference by the Chinese Sociological Association (2010): 'Innovative Survey Methods in the Digital Age'
- Faculty Research Enhancement Award, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University (2008)
- Stipendiary Faculty Fellow, Melbern Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University (2008)
- Big XII Faculty Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University (2007)
- Stanford IIS-Yung Fellowship, Stanford University (2005)
- Best Paper Award at the 100th Anniversary of the Journal 'Sociological Research' by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2004): 'The Stage Effect of Reform and Cross-System Occupational Mobility'
- Overseas Young Chinese Forum Teaching Fellowship (2003)
- Second Prize for Excellent Achievement in Philosophy and Social Sciences by Beijing Municipality (2002): 'A Comparative Study of Unemployment and Layoff Issues in China'
- Asian Pacific Research Center Fellowship at Stanford University (2001)
- Second Prize for Excellent Achievement in Philosophy and Social Sciences by Beijing Municipality (2001): 'Life Course: Major Social Events and the Life Trajectories of Chinese People'
