Curriculum Vitae

Research/Fieldwork Grants

• Noria field research grant (2024), Noria Research Network (France)

• ULB-CCCI grant for research stay abroad (2024), Commission de classement des crédits internationaux

Study Grants

• ULB-MSH seed-money doctoral grant (2022-2023), ULB Maison des sciences humaines

• Erasmus Mundus scholarship (2019-2021), European Commission

• National encouragement scholarship (2014), Liaoning Province, China

Awards

• Honorable mention (with X. Wen), Rinus Penninx Best Paper Award, IMISCOE 2025 Annual Conference, Paris-Aubervilliers (France)

• Third Prize for Best Student Article (2024), Blog "L’Asie en 1000 mots", Centre d’études asiatiques (CÉTASE), Université de Montréal (Canada)

• Subside Vladimir ORLOFF (2024), ULB Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences

Publication Subsidies

• Publication Subsidy (2026), ULB Centre for East Asian Studies

• Publication Subsidy (2025), University Foundation (Belgium)

• Publication Subsidy (2024), ULB Research Department

Conference Allowances

• Conference allowance (2025, 2026), Structure de recherche interdisciplinaire sur le genre, l’égalité et la sexualité (Striges, ULB)

• Africa-Asia 3 Conference-Festival grant (2025), International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS, Leiden, NL)

• Conference grant (within & beyond Europe) (2024*2, 2026*2), Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB)

• Conference allowance (2023, 2025, 2026), ULB Institute of Sociology

• Conference allowance (2023, 2024, 2025*2), ULB Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences

• F.R.S.-FNRS mobility grant for scientific meeting (2023, 2025), Belgian Fund for Scientific Research

• GIS Asia conference grant (2023, 2025), French Academic Network on Asian Studies (GIS Asie)

• March 2026 – Present: Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS), https://www.caas-acea.org/

• October 2024 – Present: Groupe de réflexion "HSH nés à l'étranger", AC46 (action coordonnée) "Santé publique, VIH, santé sexuelle et hépatites", ANRS-MIE (ANRS Maladies infectieuses émergentes) https://anrs.fr/fr/recherche/groupes-animation-scientifique/ac46-sante-publique-vih-sante-sexuelle-et-hepatites/

• March 2024 – Present: African Studies Association (ASA, US), https://africanstudies.org/

• January 2024 – Present: China in Europe Research Network (COST-CHERN), Working Group 5 "Labour and Migration", https://china-in-europe.net/

• October 2023 – Present: Congo Research Network (CRN), https://congoresearchnetwork.com

• September 2023 – Present: Structure de recherche interdisciplinaire sur le genre, l’égalité et la sexualité (STRIGES), Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), https://msh.ulb.ac.be/fr/team/striges

• March 2023 – Present: International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE), Standing Committee “Gender and Sexuality in Migration Research” (GenSeM), https://www.imiscoe.org/research/standing-committees/932-gender-and-sexuality-in-migration-research

• September 2022 – Present: Chinese in Africa/Africans in China (CA/AC) Research Network, https://caac.msu.edu/

• March 2022 – Present: Centre for East Asian Studies (EASt), Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), https://msh.ulb.ac.be/fr/team/east

• February 2021 – Present: Network for Research into Chinese Education Mobilities (NRCEM), https://chineseedmobilities.com/

• January 2021 – Present: BelMix: A research network on intimacies and migration, Laboratory of Anthropology of Contemporary Worlds (LAMC), Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), https://belmix.hypotheses.org/

• October 2020 – Present: Research network Migration from East and Southeast Asia in France (MAF), https://www.migrations-asiatiques-en-france.cnrs.fr/