Dr Mei Zhang
BA (Peking University), PhD (Cambridge)
School of East Asian Studies
Lecturer in Chinese Studies


Full contact details
School of East Asian Studies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
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S3 7RA
- Research interests
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Having worked in a number of multidisciplinary research environments in Beijing, Cambridge, Stuttgart and ºù«Ӱҵ, Dr Zhang’s research interests lie mainly in two themes: globalisation and its impact on rural-urban migration, rural development and urbanisation in China; and cultural, environmental and sustainable development.
Following her PhD work in Cambridge, Dr. Zhang has systematically studied the growth of the post-1978 Chinese economy, especially focusing on rural development in China’s poor regions and the role of rural-urban migration in solving rural poverty during the process of globalization.She has also examined the impacts of economic growth on environmental and cultural reservation, considering different cultural backgrounds.
Through a number of research projects funded by the European Commission and the British Academy, Dr Zhang has studied cross-cultural differences in urban comfort and sustainable development between China and UK, from social, economical and psychological viewpoints.
Based on a series of large scale surveys, quantitative and qualitative analyses have been made, including semantic differential analysis.
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
- Research group
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SEAS Research Cluster
Movement(s), Economy and Development in East Asia
Associated research groups, collaborators and projects
INTERSECTION: A cross-national research project about intergenerational justice, consumption and sustainability - Investigator
- Teaching activities
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EAS6271 Chinese Language 1
EAS6272 Chinese Language 2
EAS6273 Chinese Language 3
EAS6274 Chinese Language 4
Mei Zhang also coordinates the China Year Abroad