2021 Summer Student Research Project | Where are the Homeless People in Shanghai?
Supervisor: Zairong Xiang, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Project Description Homelessness reveals a phenomenological character. Defined as lacking home, the condition tends to manifest itself in public spaces. As both a social and a visual phenomenon, homelessness is often associated with poverty. But there are no homeless people in Shanghai. Even when we intentionally look […]
2021 Summer Student Research Project | Degrees of Freedom: German and Austrian Refugees in China, Singapore, and Australia, 1939-45
Supervisors: Kolleen Guy, Associate Professor of History Jay Winter, Charles J. Still Professor of History, Yale University Project Description Shanghai was a safe haven for those who fled from holocaust, as it was one of the only places in the world that did not require visas for entry. During the time period of 1940-1941, approximately […]
2021 Summer Student Research Project | Individual Carbon Footprint in China by 2050
Supervisors: Coraline Goron, Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy Junjie Zhang, Associate Professor of Environmental Economics; Director of the Master of Environmental Policy Program; Director of the Environmental Research Center Project Description China pledged to achieve carbon emission peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 in September 2020. Since then, a lot of research has […]
2021 Summer Student Research Project | Sustainability in Company Evaluation: Comparative studies for China and the World
Supervisor: Luyao Zhang, Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy Project Description Direction Ⅰ, conducted by Haoxin Yu ESG is the core concept in the field of green finance that has attracted much attention in recent years. Based on traditional financial indicators, ESG aims to integrate environmental, social, and governance factors. By examining the potential for long-term […]
2021 Summer Student Research Project | Multi-Species Ethnography: Animal Protection, Indigenous Hunting, and the Golden Apple Snail
Supervisor: Jeffrey Nicolaisen, Visiting Instructor, Duke-DKU Global Fellows Program Project Description This summer, our research group learned about the concept and research methods of multi-species ethnography by transcribing interviews and conducting original field research. The interviews are conducted by Prof. Jeffrey Nicolaisen and Prof. Yen-Ling Tsai on multi-species ethnography topics. Prof. Nicolaisen’s research is regarding […]
2022 Student Research Project | Algorithmic Imaginaries: How Chinese Cultural Creators Negotiate with Personalization Systems
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