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<div class=\"member-name\">Professor Sijie Hu<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-title\">Assistant Professor<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-affiliation\">\r\n Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences<br>\r\n HKU Research Hub of Population Studies<br>\r\n Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-content\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/rhps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Sije Hu\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-info\">\r\n <div class=\"member-description\">\r\n<p>Sijie Hu is an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong. \u00a0She received her Ph.D. (2021) in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her B.A. (2014) and M.A. (2016) from Renmin University of China. \u00a0Before joining HKU, she was an Assistant Professor of Economic History at the School of Economics, Renmin University of China. <br><br>\r\n Her research interests centre on Chinese economic history, historical demography, and population economics, with particular emphasis on demographic change, social mobility, and human capital formation in Ming\u2013Qing China. \u00a0She is currently engaged in projects that investigate micro-demographic dynamics in traditional Chinese society using large-scale genealogical data.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-header\">\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Dr Nanxun Agnes Li<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-title\">Research Assistant Professor<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-affiliation\">\r\n HKU Research Hub of Population Studies<br>\r\n Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-content\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/rhps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Picture3.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Nanxun Agnes Li\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-info\">\r\n <div class=\"member-description\">\r\n<p>Dr. Nanxun (Agnes) Li is a family sociologist whose research focuses on fatherhood, parenting, social policy, child development, and population studies. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2023. \u00a0Prior to joining HKU, she held research appointments as a Research Fellow at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and as a Scientist at the Institute for Human Development and Potential, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR IHDP). \u00a0She has extensive experience in early childhood development research and was a core member of the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS). \u00a0Her research has been published in journals such as the <em>Journal of Marriage and Family<\/em>, <em>Social Indicators Research<\/em>, and <em>Social Policy and Society<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-header\">\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Dr Xingyun Wu<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-title\">Postdoctoral Fellow<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-affiliation\">\r\n HKU Research Hub of Population Studies<br>\r\n Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-content\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/rhps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Picture4.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Xingyun Wu\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-info\">\r\n <div class=\"member-description\">\r\n<p>Xingyun Wu is a sociologist and social demographer who joined the HKU Research Hub of Population Studies as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2025. \u00a0Her primary research areas include social inequality, work and family, and population health, with a methodological focus on quantitative and computational methods. \u00a0Her dissertation project investigates how social structures shape the daily-life decisions and behaviours of individuals and families in the US, expanding the analytic capacity of nationally representative survey datasets with computational methods. \u00a0Her work demonstrates how gender convergence is interdependent across spheres and persons, and how the convergence in work and family leads to more sustainable lifestyles and developmental opportunities for the whole population.<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition to her independent research, she has also collaborated on interdisciplinary research projects on the following topics: adolescent health and preventive care receipts, population and places in response to environmental hazards, and student-AI interaction in college education. \u00a0The collaborative projects reflect her broader research interests in how structural forces shape individual opportunities and behaviours and lead to social disparities in the population.<\/p>\r\n<p>Through her work, she aims to provide a deeper understanding of social phenomena and mechanisms underlying social inequality to inform policies that foster greater social equity and a healthier population. \u00a0Building on these foundations, she is now extending her research agenda to include social and demographic patterns in Asian societies. <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-header\">\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Dr Chunxue Zhang<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-title\">Postdoctoral Fellow<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-affiliation\">\r\n HKU Research Hub of Population Studies \/ Department of Sociology<br>\r\n Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-content\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/rhps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Picture5.png\" alt=\"Dr Chunxue Zhang\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-info\">\r\n <div class=\"member-description\">\r\nChunxue Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Hong Kong. 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class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-header\">\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Professor Sijie Hu<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-title\">Assistant Professor<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-affiliation\">\r\n Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences<br>\r\n HKU Research Hub of Population Studies<br>\r\n Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-content\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/rhps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Sije Hu\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-info\">\r\n <div class=\"member-description\">\r\n<p>Sijie Hu is an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong. \u00a0She received her Ph.D. (2021) in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her B.A. (2014) and M.A. (2016) from Renmin University of China. \u00a0Before joining HKU, she was an Assistant Professor of Economic History at the School of Economics, Renmin University of China. <br><br>\r\n Her research interests centre on Chinese economic history, historical demography, and population economics, with particular emphasis on demographic change, social mobility, and human capital formation in Ming\u2013Qing China. \u00a0She is currently engaged in projects that investigate micro-demographic dynamics in traditional Chinese society using large-scale genealogical data.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-header\">\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Dr Nanxun Agnes Li<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-title\">Research Assistant Professor<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-affiliation\">\r\n HKU Research Hub of Population Studies<br>\r\n Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-content\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/rhps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Picture3.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Nanxun Agnes Li\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-info\">\r\n <div class=\"member-description\">\r\n<p>Dr. Nanxun (Agnes) Li is a family sociologist whose research focuses on fatherhood, parenting, social policy, child development, and population studies. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2023. \u00a0Prior to joining HKU, she held research appointments as a Research Fellow at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and as a Scientist at the Institute for Human Development and Potential, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR IHDP). \u00a0She has extensive experience in early childhood development research and was a core member of the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS). \u00a0Her research has been published in journals such as the <em>Journal of Marriage and Family<\/em>, <em>Social Indicators Research<\/em>, and <em>Social Policy and Society<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-header\">\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Dr Xingyun Wu<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-title\">Postdoctoral Fellow<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-affiliation\">\r\n HKU Research Hub of Population Studies<br>\r\n Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-content\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/rhps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Picture4.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Xingyun Wu\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-info\">\r\n <div class=\"member-description\">\r\n<p>Xingyun Wu is a sociologist and social demographer who joined the HKU Research Hub of Population Studies as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2025. \u00a0Her primary research areas include social inequality, work and family, and population health, with a methodological focus on quantitative and computational methods. \u00a0Her dissertation project investigates how social structures shape the daily-life decisions and behaviours of individuals and families in the US, expanding the analytic capacity of nationally representative survey datasets with computational methods. \u00a0Her work demonstrates how gender convergence is interdependent across spheres and persons, and how the convergence in work and family leads to more sustainable lifestyles and developmental opportunities for the whole population.<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition to her independent research, she has also collaborated on interdisciplinary research projects on the following topics: adolescent health and preventive care receipts, population and places in response to environmental hazards, and student-AI interaction in college education. \u00a0The collaborative projects reflect her broader research interests in how structural forces shape individual opportunities and behaviours and lead to social disparities in the population.<\/p>\r\n<p>Through her work, she aims to provide a deeper understanding of social phenomena and mechanisms underlying social inequality to inform policies that foster greater social equity and a healthier population. \u00a0Building on these foundations, she is now extending her research agenda to include social and demographic patterns in Asian societies. <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n \r\n <div class=\"member-card\">\r\n <div class=\"member-header\">\r\n <div class=\"member-name\">Dr Chunxue Zhang<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-title\">Postdoctoral Fellow<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-affiliation\">\r\n HKU Research Hub of Population Studies \/ Department of Sociology<br>\r\n Faculty of Social Sciences\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-content\">\r\n <div class=\"member-photo\">\r\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.socsc.hku.hk\/rhps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Picture5.png\" alt=\"Dr Chunxue Zhang\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"member-info\">\r\n <div class=\"member-description\">\r\nChunxue Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Hong Kong. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, an M.A. in Sociology from Renmin University of China, and a B.A. in Sociology from Shandong University. 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