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Selected Research Grants
Selected Research Grants
External Research Grants
· 2026-2028, Principal Investigator
Project Title: “Cross-Regional Collective Resistance in China: A Protest Event Analysis (2008-2024)”
Funding Source: General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong Research Grants Council; 36 months; HK$660,000 (additionally, Research & KT Excellence Award, HK$40,000)
· 2025-2027, Principal Investigator
Project Title: “How State Concessions Impact the Dynamics of Contention? Institutional Accommodation and the Changing Landscape of Veterans’ Activism in China”
Funding Source: General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong Research Grants Council; 36 months; HK$833,800 (additionally, Research & KT Excellence Award, HK$30,000)
Co-investigators: Xi Chen (CUHK), H. Christoph Steinhardt (University of Vienna), Ruoting Zheng (Xiamen University)
· 2022-2023, Principal Investigator
Project Activity: Conducting fieldwork in Mainland China
Funding Source: APSA Asia Workshops Alumni Grant, American Political Science Association (APSA), US$1,000
· 2021-2022, Principal Investigator
Project Title: “How Unorganized Interest Groups Organize Contention in China?”
Research Activity: Visiting Researcher at the Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley (*Host Supervisor: Kevin J. O’Brien)
Funding Source: China-U.S. Scholars Program (CUSP) Fellowship (co-funded by the Ford Foundation, Harvard-Yenching Institute, among others; 12 recipients in the Greater China; 8 months; US$22,280)
· 2020-2021, Principal Investigator
Project Title: “Protest Event Analysis in Chinese Contentious Politics”
Research Activity: Visiting Researcher at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna (*Host Supervisor: H. Christoph Steinhardt)
Funding Source: Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Ernst Mach Grant, Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research, Austria (8 recipients in the Greater China; 9 months; EUR 9,500)
Internal Research Grants
· 2025-present, Principal Investigator
Funding Source: Presidential Early Career Scholar (PECS) Start-up Grant, Lingnan University, HK$50,000/year
· 2024-2025, Principal Investigator
Project Title: “The Origins and Evolution of Veteran's Activism in China”
Funding Source: Faculty Research Grant (FRG), Faculty of Social Sciences, Lingnan University, 19 months, HK$50,000
· 2023-2024, Principal Investigator
Funding Source: RAE Pilot Study Fund, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lingnan University, 12 months, HK$50,000
· 2023-2024, Principal Investigator
Funding Source: Research Seed Fund, LU Research Committee, Lingnan University, 18 months, HK$40,000
Research Assistant Recruitment
Research Assistant Recruitment
I am looking for student/research assistants who can help with my questionnaires on state-veteran relations in contemporary China. Priority will be given to those who have experience on topics related to veterans in China, and skills in computational or quantitative analysis of survey data. Please drop me an email if you have interest or relevant resources.
Past Research Assistants
2024-25 Academic Year
Part-Time: Anni YU (MA, LU), Can LIU (MA, LU), Yiyang Chen (MA, LU), Xinyi Han (MA, LU)
2023-24 Academic Year
Part-Time: Tingting LI (MA, LU), Yutong LIU (MA, LU), Jiahao HE (MA, CUHK)
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