Yu ZENG

2023/10/26 17:07:46

Graduate institution:

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Biography:

Yu Zeng is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He has published in journals such as Journal of Contemporary China, The China Quarterly, China Information, Law and Society Review, Social Science Research, and Economics & Politics. His research focuses on Chinese politics, judicial politics, political selection and computational social science

Selected courses:

Contemporary Chinese Local Governance, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Political Science Methodology, R for Political Analysis, and Social Sciences Methodology (Advanced)

Selected publications:

Yu Zeng and Stan Hok-Wui Wong. 2023. “Social Media, Fear, and Support for State Surveillance: The Case of China’s Social Credit System.” China Information, [SSCI].

Yuqing Feng and Yu Zeng. 2022. “Stability Justice: Petitioners versus Non-Petitioners in China’s Criminal Adjudication.” Law and Society Review, [SSCI].

Yu Zeng and Yuqing Feng. 2021. “Politicized Adjudication vis-à-vis Petitioners in Chinese Criminal Justice.” Journal of Contemporary China, [SSCI]

Yu Zeng and Stan Hok-Wui Wong. 2020. “Time Is Power: Rethinking Meritocratic Political Selection in China.” The China Quarterly, [SSCI]

Stan Hok-Wui Wong and Yu Zeng. 2020. “Familiarity Breeds Growth: The Impact of Factional Ties on Local Cadres’ Economic Performance in China,” Economics & Politics, [SSCI]

Stan Hok-Wui Wong and Yu Zeng. 2018. “Getting Ahead by Getting on the Right Track: Horizontal Mobility in China’s Political Selection Process.” Journal of Contemporary China, [SSCI]