New Generation Scholars 2013 Capstone Colloquium

The University of Chicago Center in Beijing
20th floor, Culture Plaza
No. 59A Zhong Guan Cun Street
Haidian District Beijing 100872

With generous support from the Ford Foundation, twelve students in the social sciences had the opportunity to work on research projects at the Center in Beijing, under the guidance of faculty mentors and in collaboration with fellow graduate researchers. 

Saturday, June 1

9:00     Arrive at the Center

9:15     Opening: Professors William Parish and Dali Yang outline rules for presentation and discussion.  Professor Ran Tao acted as guest commentator.

09:30     David Bulman: Promotion-Based Incentives for Growth: Evidence from the County Level in Jiangsu and Anhui

10:15     Travis Warner: Big Disturbance, Big Solution?  Electoral Concessions as a Response to Rural Unrest in China

11:00     break

11:15     Huayu Xu: Political Loyalty, Factionalism and Political Radicalism

12:00     Lunch at the Center

13:00     Qian Zhou: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the Collaborative Ponds Management in China

13:45     Xueshi Li: Making Sense of Agrifood: Organic Agrifood Discourse in China

14:30     break

14:45     Fangxue Zheng:  Industrial Restructuring and Local Governmental Intervention: Iron and Steel Industrial Restructuring in Hebei Province

15:30     Yujia He: Environmental Governance through State Reregulation: The Case of China’s Rare Earth Industry

Sunday, June 2nd

9:00     Arrive at the Center.  Professor Mingxing Liu attended as a guest commentator.

09:15     Xin Zhang: Research on the Supply and Demand of Legal
Institutions Goods in China

10:00     Ziping Liu: Tortious Liability for Faulty Personal Credit Reports: Focus on the Provision Process and Institutions

10:45     break

11:00     Ning Zhang: Research on Asset Securitization of China

11:45     Lunch at the Center

13:00     Yuping Zhang: Dangerous Pleasure at Dusk: A Study on Elderly Male Clients in Rural China

13:4     Chen Chen: Public Space and Private Life in Contemporary Urban China: Negotiating Marriage Choices in Zhongshan Park

14:30     break

14:45     Yuzhe Wang: Causes of Inpatient Death and Uncured: Evidence from China

15:30     Closing Remarks by Professors Parish and Yang and fellows