Dr Jieyu Liu

Core Researcher

PhD, York.

Current research interests

• Work and organization studies
• Gender and sexuality
• China 's social and economic development
• Qualitative research methodology, life history and comparative research

Professional affiliations

Member, British Sociological Association

Member, Women and Gender in Chinese Studies Network

Selected publications

Research monographs

Gender and Work in Urban China : Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation. London : Routledge, 2007.

Books

East Asian Sexualities: Modernity, Gender and New Sexual Cultures. (with Stevi Jackson). London : Zed Books, forthcoming, 2008.

Journal articles

'Gender Dynamics and Redundancy in Urban China ', Feminist Economics, 13(3 – 4), July/October 2007, 91 – 124.

'Researching Chinese Women's lives: "Insider" Research and Life History Interviewing', Oral History, Spring 2006, 34(1): 42 – 52.

'Hold Up the Sky? Reflections on Marriage in Contemporary China '. Feminism and Psychology, 2004: 14(1): 195 – 202.

Conference presentations

Contemporary China Seminar Series worldwide video conference, Nov. 2007

'Gender, China and WTO' Workshop, Rice University, Houston, March, 2006.

International Association for Feminist Economics Panel for the Allied Social Science Association meetings, Boston . Jan. 2006, supported by Ford Foundation.

9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Seoul, June. 2005. Supported by Solidarity Fund.

ESRC Programme of Research Methods in Organization Studies, Turkey, May, 2005.

British Sociological Association Annual Conference, York, March, 2005.

'Women and Gender in Chinese Studies', Jan. 2005 Prague, Czech Republic . Attendance funded by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation International Sinological Centre at Charles University, Prague.

Employment Research Unit Nineteenth Annual Conference, Cardiff, September 2004. Attendance funded by Advancement of Management Studies.

Work, Employment and Society Conference 2004, September, Manchester . Attendance funded by British Sociological Association Support Fund.

XV Biennial Conference of European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS), Heidelberg Germany, August, 2004. Attendance funded by the Feminist Review Trust.

36th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, July 7-11, 2004 . Attendance funded by the Feminist Review Trust.

British Sociological Association Annual Conference, York, March 22-24, 2004.

I have also been invited to present papers at the Sociology departmental seminar series at Universities of Sussex, Glasgow, and Birmingham.

Research grants/funded projects

Solidarity Fund, conference grant, 2005;

Feminist Review Trust, conferences grant, 2004;

British Sociological Association Support Fund, conference grant, 2004.

British Federation of Women Graduates: Foundation Grant, 2003-2004.
Professional Affiliations