Danchen Yan

Research title: “Not an act, but an end”: Neoliberal Instrumentalism in Chinese Third-Tier-City International Students’ Education and Work Transitions

Research Summary

Current research

I am currently a PhD student in the School of Education. My current research explores how uneven geographic power affects the spatial structuring of mobility and the transitions from education to work of low-tier-city students.

Research interests

  • Education and work transitions
  • Social and spatial mobility
  • Social class reproduction and transnational higher education
  • Comparative and international education