ICSA Mentorship Program: The Future of Family Research: Ideas, Impact, and Innovation

Topic: The Future of Family Research: Ideas, Impact, and Innovation

Time: October 29, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong/Beijing Time), (US Eastern Time: October 28th, 9:00 – 10:00 p.m.; US Pacific Time: October 28th, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.).

Speakers: Professors Xiaoling SHU (UC Davis), Feinian CHEN (Johns Hopkins University), and Yue QIAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Moderator: Professor Yuying TONG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Registration link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/meeting/register/FAxjaO6bQ2aKrBlsc1rdvw

Short bios of our distinguished speakers and moderator:

Feinian Chen is a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. Her research crosscuts a range of areas in demography, family sociology, gender, aging, and quantitative methodology. Her main research interests include intergenerational relations, women's work and family, population aging and health. Her work has been published in Annual Review of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Demography, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Journal of Marriage and Family, and Sociological Methods and Research. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Hewlett Foundation. She is actively engaged in research in family transitions, gender dynamics, and their health implications in the diverse contexts of China, India, the Philippines, and the U.S.

Yue QIAN is a Professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research examines gender, family and work, and inequality in global contexts, with a particular focus on East Asia and North America. She has published over 70 articles in top-tier journals and has delivered more than 50 invited talks across Asia, North America, and Europe. Her research has been featured extensively in international media outlets (e.g., New York Times, The Washington Post, CBC, and South China Morning Post). Her work has informed policy conversations at the United Nations, World Bank, and World Health Organization, among others. Dr. Yue Qian’s contributions were recognized with UBC’s Killam Research Prize, Public Engagement Award, and Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award, as well as the Canadian Sociological Association’s Early Investigator Award. In 2022–2025, she was named in the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists.

Xiaoling Shu is a Professor of Sociology at UC Davis. Her research focuses on the impacts of two of the most profound processes of our times, marketization and globalization, on gender inequalities, subjective sense of well-being, and gender, family, marriage, and sexual behaviors and attitudes. She uses data science models on national and international data to carry out country-specific (China and the United States) and cross-national analyses.

Yuying Tong is a Professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She serves as the director/co-director of the Centre for Chinese Family Studies (CCFS) and as Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Social Sciences. Her research areas span social demography, migration and immigration, family and life course, gender, as well as population health and well-being. Her research has been published in leading journals in both Sociology and Demography. She has received the CUHK Research Excellence Award and the Research Mentorship Award. Currently, she serves as the Deputy Editor for the Journal of Marriage and Family and Associate Editor for Social Science Research.