Grad student Bo Feng has a new article published in World Development. He and his coauthors examine how intra-elite patronage connections within China’s political system shaped the local implementation of COVID-19 policies. Read the article here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I'm currently watching the show; and I 100% agree. The show has generated discussion on the Chinese app, RedNote, too.

Excited to launch the “Bringing the Sector Back In” research agenda. If in Berkeley on April 17, join Richard Doner, Ben Schneider, Aseema Sinha, Steven Vogel, John Yasuda, and I in a roundtable discussion on "Nations or Sectors in the New Political Economy." matrix.berkeley.edu/events/roundta…

Join Anno Saxenian, Mark Dallas, Rachel E. Stern, & I in a conversation on technology & China during times of global tensions on April 18 at noon. Come in person at UC Berkeley or register for a livestream Zoom link. Berkeley School of Information UC Berkeley Law Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI) live-ssmatrix.pantheon.berkeley.edu/events/matrix-…

*Call for Proposals! Co-editing Gender & Politics in the PRC volume w/ Kimberley Manning. Selected papers join a 2-day workshop pre-#AAS2026 in Vancouver. Share widely!

Looks like a fantastic book! Adding to my summer reading list. I'm excited to read this as I build my own project on how "urban villages" shape family dynamics in post-one-child-policy China - still in its early stages, though… urban politics really take time to research.

One of the best articles on China's political economy I've read in a while. Retweeting to support fellow political scientist Zeren!

Excited to share that I’ve received my first Russell Sage Foundation grant, in collaboration with colleagues at the Yale School of Management! Together, we’ll be collecting new U.S. couple-level data on detailed flexible work arrangements and time use—paired with information on

This year's #AASInAsia2025 looks great! Sad I can't make it...

Joseph Harris GlobalHealthPoliticsPodcast Amherst College Dr. Jallicia Jolly UC Davis Health Adeola Oni-Orisan Lehigh University College of Health Eduardo J. Gomez Hopkins Press Themrise Khan Daraja Press HistMedJHU Stanford Press Tim Schwab Macmillan Publishers Northwestern Anthropology Adia Benton U of MN Press UCR Political Science kim yi dionne (@dadakim.bsky.social) UC Berkeley Sociology Georgetown SFS Emily Mendenhall Vanderbilt University Press Brown University Political Science Prerna Singh Brown University School of Public Health GH-BUSPH Accountability Lab In the latest episode of the GlobalHealthPoliticsPodcast, Joseph Harris talks to Penn Poli Sci Dept's Julia Lynch about her work on politics, pandemics, public health, inequality, and social policy. Listen to the full episode: …lhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/episod…

Looks like an exciting cohort! 🥳

Join us on June 10 for a discussion exploring the consequences of China’s demographic shift on the country’s politics, economy, and society — and what it means for the rest of the world. Featuring UNC Sociology's Yong Cai, Columbia Sociology's Yao Lu & Emma Zang, with G.A. Donovan

Congrats! This is a great & interdisciplinary fellowship 💻

New paper w/David Bulman &Kerry Ratigan➡️In survey experiments across 10 Global South countries (N=20,001), we ask respondents to choose among investment projects to understand FDI preferences and preference for China vs U.S. Many interesting findings: 1/6 academic.oup.com/cjip/article/1…

Was just teaching undergrads causal inference during summer teaching... Could use this as an example next time!

I have many, many pictures of these urban villages of Guangzhou in my phone...

Who's joining us in Vancouver for #AAS2026?? The Call for Proposals is *now open*! We have eight proposal types this year, including a new "Author-Meets-Critics" category. Prepare your materials and submit them by the August 6 deadline! asianstudies.org/conference/cal…

Weirong Guo and I are excited to share our latest publication in Ethnic and Racial Studies: "Privilege or marginalization: how Chinese youth from divergent class backgrounds make sense of racism in the U.S. and Australia." 🔗:lnkd.in/e94yeAki

🚨 My first publication is out in Political Communication! I show that foreignness cues (IP, language) increase support for censorship—not due to content, but perceived sender identity. Findings matter for both autocrats & democracies. 👉 doi.org/10.1080/105846… Taylor & Francis Research Insights