Time: Friday, August 30, 9:00-11:15 AM
Venue: IB3106 (Refreshments will be provided!)
9:00 Welcome, Prof. Baozhen M. Luo-Hermanson
9:05 Doing Social Science with Fieldwork, Prof. Hyun Jeong Ha
9:40 Doing Social Science with Big Data and Computational Methods, Prof. Fan Liang
10:15 Doing Social Science with Survey, Prof. Jiahua Yue
11:40 Doing Social Science with Experimental Methods, Prof. Gergely Horvath
11:15 Wrap-up
Organized by the Center for the Study of Contemporary China and the Division of Social Sciences at Duke Kunshan University
The orientation will be in the form of a series of short lectures by DKU professors followed by Q & A. The professors will introduce methods of inquiry for social science research and their applications to interesting research questions in anthropology, behavioral science, economics, political science, sociology, etc. All DKU students who have interests in the social sciences are welcome to attend. There will be ample opportunities to talk to the professors and learn about their research projects. Light refreshments will be provided!
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FACULTY SPEAKERS
Dr. Hyun Jeong Ha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Duke Kunshan University. Her research interests include power, religion, sectarianism, and gender in the Middle East. She has written about Muslim-Christian relations in contemporary Egypt, and her current research examines how the 2011 Egyptian Arab Uprisings have affected the sectarian relations from an intersectional approach, or the consideration of class, gender, and geography. Trained as an ethnographer, she has conducted field research in Cairo, Egypt, from 2006. Her work has appeared in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Changes, and Contexts, among others. She teaches courses on sociological theories, social problems, and religion and politics in the Middle East.
Dr. Fan Liang is an Assistant professor of Media at Duke Kunshan University. His research and teaching explore how new communication technologies construct social and political changes, and how social and political powers shape and regulate the design and operation of such technologies. His research has received recognition and support from British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Volkswagen Foundation, International Communication Association, and other institutions. His studies have appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Policy & Internet, Social Media + Society, International Journal of Communication, New Media & Society, Communication Research, and Journal of Communication. Liang has a B.A. in public administration from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, an M.Sc. in political communication from the University of Glasgow, and a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Michigan. Before entering academia, he was a journalist in Chengdu, China.
Dr. Jiahua Yue is an Assistant Professor of political science at Duke Kunshan University. His research focus is international political economy, comparative international development, and Chinese politics. He is also interested in applied computation methods in social science, such as text analysis and image processing tools. His work has appeared in the British Journal of Political Science, World Development, among others. He teaches a wide range of topics on international conflict, trade and foreign investment, public opinion, and authoritarian politics.
Dr. Gergely Horvath is an Associate Professor of Economics and Chair of the Social Sciences Division at Duke Kunshan University. His research focuses on experimental and behavioral economics, social network analysis, labor economics, applied microeconomics, and agent-based modelling. He has done research on diverse topics including the impact of social networks on job finding and labor market outcomes, the competition for social status in networks, discrimination in the labor market, entrepreneurship among ethnic minorities, whistleblowing in organizations, bank runs, and the evolution of cooperation. His has articles have appeared in academic journals including the European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Economics Letters, Journal of Theoretical Biology, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, and PLOS ONE. His research has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.