Hi! I am a PhD student in Chinese Studies at the University of Zurich.

My research interests lie in political economy, political institutions and state–society relations.

My doctoral research investigates corporate governance and labor control within authoritarian capitalism, with a particular focus on the role of embedded Party organizations in China’s technology sector. Methodologically, I combine qualitative and computational approaches, drawing on diverse sources including Party regulations, legal documents, official texts, and employee-generated materials, complemented by fieldwork.

Previously, my bachelor’s thesis explored the dynamics of collusion and contention among villagers, village cadres, and street-level bureaucrats during land requisition in rural China. My master’s thesis examined informal institutions and gender inequality in the public sector, analyzing how drinking banquet culture shapes promotion patterns and constrains women’s career advancement in China’s bureaucracy.

I have extensive training in both qualitative and quantitative methods. I have participated in large-scale survey projects such as the Beijing Area Study (BAS) and the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). As a research assistant, I gained hands-on experience in data collection and analysis of large-scale datasets, as well as computational social science methods, including topic modeling and sentiment analysis.

I received my Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and my Master’s degree in Chinese Politics from Peking University.