Bachelor of Engineering, Biomedicine, Xidian University, 2005
Master of Philosophy, Sociology, Peking University, 2009
Home town: Shannxi, China
Email: jieyingzh’at’gmail.com
My areas of interest are Science and Technology Studies (STS), environmental anthropology, waste studies, social activism, social movement, labor studies. And geographical areas of research is Mainland China.
Currently I am working on my Ph. D. dissertation which examines the anti-incineration movements in contemporary China. Employing approaches developed in Science and Technology Studies, I explore the cultural logics underlying the controversy of waste incineration technology.