China Initiative Events

The Urban China Research Network (UCRN) will hold a conference at Brown University on May 8-9, 2015. UCRN is continuing its series of conferences highlighting research by doctoral students. Similar to the conference held in Albany in 2014, this conference is based on papers presented by current doctoral students -- from various countries and disciplines. A total of 13 papers have been selected competitively by the UCRN advisory board.

To view the conference program click here.

Discussants for the student papers will include the following members of the UCRN advisory board:

Yanjie Bian, University of Minnesota and Xi’an Jiaotong University

Deborah Davis, Yale University

Eric Fong, University of Toronto

Youqin Huang, University at Albany

Si-ming Li, Hong Kong Baptist University

Zai Liang, University at Albany

John Logan, Brown University

Steve Messner, University at Albany

Jianfa Shen, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Kristin Stapleton, University of Buffalo

Weiping Wu, Tufts University

Ren Yuan, Fudan University

Wenhong Zhang, Shanghai University

Daming Zhou, Sun-Yat Sen University

This conference is sponsored by the Urban China Research Network, the China Initiative and the Watson Institute