Ya-Wen Lei received a Dean's Competitive Fund for Promising Scholarship Award for her project “From Factories to Platforms: Consent and Resistance Under China’s Platform Economy”. The project was selected from among over forty compelling proposals.

Although traditionally known as “the world’s factory,” China’s economy has changed immensely in recent years. According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the number of jobs in the manufacturing sector has been declining since 2012, whereas jobs in the service sector have been increasing. As the country’s economy and primary industries have changed, so too have its labor conflicts. Ya-Wen Lei, Assistant Professor of Sociology, investigates the labor organizing of drivers for China’s fast-growing food-delivery platforms.... Read more about Faculty Spotlight: Labor Contention in China’s Changing Economy

Robert A. Manduca's paper, “The Contribution of National Income Inequality to Regional Economic Divergence,” has been published in Social Forces.... Read more about Article by Robert Manduca published in Social Forces

Ya-Wen Lei was selected by the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on United States-China Relations.... Read more about Ya-Wen Lei selected by Public Intellectuals Program

Adam Travis's article "The Organization of Neglect: Limited Liability Companies and Housing Disinvestment" was published by the American Sociological Review,... Read more about Article by Adam Travis published in ASR