Wen Xie
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Peking UniversityAcademic and Dongbei native Wen XIE is an Assistant Professor of Sociolology at Peking University. She earned her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago in 2021. Her research focuses on sociology of transition, generations and social change, historical sociology, and comparative urban studies. She has published articles in both English and Chinese in journals including Labor History, Sociological Studies, Open Times, and Tsinghua Sociological Review. Her work was recognized with the Philip A. Kuhn Dissertation Prize in Chinese Studies from the University of Chicago and received an honorable mention for the Reinhard Bendix Student Paper Award from the Comparative Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.
Articles by Wen Xie
Society
Can youths transform struggling northeast China? [Eye on Dongbei series]
In China’s northeast, the “transition generation” (those born between 1950 and the 1960s) faced major challenges in the shift from a planned to a market economy, which disrupted their careers and fostered feelings of powerlessness and fatalism. As demographics shift and the needs of young people grow, how will the region adapt? Wen Xie, an academic and Dongbei native, explores this question.
Wen Xie
06 Sep 2024