Chengzhe Yao
Email: 2880278y@student.gla.ac.uk
Room 578, Level 5, St Andrews Building, G3 6NH
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Research title: Anxious Youth in Elite Universities of China
Research Summary
Current Research
China is undergoing ambitious but anxious reforming in a global context. The future of young people is full of uncertainty, like the economic changes and education reform. My PhD research explores the cultural production of a large group named "985 losers"(985废物) and "small town swot"（小镇做题家). Through their "failed" experience in college and the job market, I aim to find the structural inequalities under meritocracy and the higher education system.
Research Interests
- Higher education
- Social class inequalities
- Rural-urban inequalities
- Ethnography
- Mobility
- Youth culture
Supervisors
Grants
This research is fully funded by CSC(China Scholarship Council).
Additional Information
- 2023-Present, PhD in Education, University of Glasgow
- 2021-2022, Social anthropology MSc, University of Edinburgh
- 2017-2021, Chinese literature (Minor), Tianjin University
- 2017-2021, Edcuation BA, Tianjin Univerisity
