Emeritus Professor
Ph.D. (Columbia University)
Social network analysis; Social stratification, Social inequality; Sociology of chinese societies
Daching Ruan is Professor of Sociology at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her main research interests are in the fields of social network analysis, social stratification, and social inequality. In recent years, she has also worked on historical case studies of the early period of China’s economic reform and has published with Oxford University Press and Joint Publishing. Her writings have also been published in Social Forces, Social Networks, The China Journal, International Migration Review, American Behavioral Scientist, Social Sciences in China, L’Année Sociologique, among others.
Course(s) Taught:
CHSS 1005 | Understanding Society: An Introduction to Sociology |
CHSS 2016 | Modern Chinese Society |
SOC 7510 | Social Networks in the Contemporary Chinese Society (Previous code SOC4510) |
SOCI 2016 | Modern Chinese Society |
Educational Stratification in China - A View from the Top, Research Grants Council, Amount: 819,500, 2006-2009, PI: Ruan Danching; Co-Is: James Lee & Yang Shanhua.
Social Capital and Social Inequality – A Study of Rural Migrants in Shanghai, Research Grants Council, Amount: 794,750, 2003-2006, PI: Ruan Danching; Co-Is: Wang Feng, Zuo Xuejin, and Gina Lai.
Social Networks and Marital Power: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hong Kong, Research Grants Council, Amount: 974,517, 2002-2005, PI: Gina Lai; Co-Is Odalia Wong and Ruan Danching.
Elite reproduction—a study of cultural and social capital reproduction in urban China under Mao, Hong Kong Baptist U. Faculty Research Grants, Amount: HK$ 150,000, 2017-2019, PI: Ruan Danching.
Social Capital and Migrant Entrepreneurs in Urban China: a comparative study, Hong Kong Baptist U. Faculty Research Grants, Amount: HK$ 50,000, 2013-2014, PI: Ruan Danching; Co-Is: Song Jing, Feng Xiaotian, and Qi Xiaoying.
Social Capital and Self-employment in Urban China, Hong Kong Baptist U. Faculty Research Grants, Amount: HK$ 49,990, 2012-2013, PI: Ruan Danching; Co-Is: Song Jing, Feng Xiaotian, and Qi Xiaoying.
Educational Stratification in China - A View from the Top, Hong Kong Baptist U. Faculty Research Grants, Amount: 218120, 2005-2006, PI: Ruan Danching; Co-Is: James Lee & Yang Shanhua.
Social Capital and Social Inequality – A Study of Rural Migrants in Shanghai, Hong Kong Baptist U. Faculty Research Grant, Amount:83520, HK 2002-2003, PI: Ruan Danching; Co-Is Wang Feng, Zuo Xuejing, and Gina Lai.
The composition of education elite in China--the case of Peking University, Hong Kong Baptist U. Faculty Research Grant, Amount: HK$50,000, 2002-2003, PI: Ruan Danching; Co-Is: James Lee & Yang Shanhua.
定宜庄、阮丹青、杨善华。2015。《大历史、小人物:黄宗汉与东风电视机厂改革》。香港: 牛津大学出版社。 (Yizhuang Ding, Danching Ruan, and Shanhua Yang. 2015. The Best Years—Oral History Accounts of Huang Zonghan and Beijing East Wind TV Factory's Transformation in the Early Years of China's Economic Reform. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.)
杨善华、阮丹青 、定宜庄。2014。 《缝隙中的改革——黄宗汉与北京东风电视机厂的“破冰之旅”》。北京: 生活•读书•新知三联书店。 (Shanhua Yang, Danching Ruan, and Yizhuang Ding. 2014. The Breakthrough— Case Study of Huang Zonghan and Beijing East Wind TV Factory in the Early Years of China's Economic Reform. Beijing: Joint Publishing. )
定宜庄、 阮丹青、杨原。2014。 《宣武区消失之前——黄宗汉口述》。北京: 北京出版集团。 (Yizhuang Ding, Danching Ruan, and Yuan Yang. 2014. Beijing's Xuanwu District since 1949— A District Official's Personal Account. Beijing: Beijing Publishing Group. )
梁晨、张浩、李兰、阮丹青、康文林、李中清。2013。《无声的革命: 北京大学、苏州大学学生社会来源研究, 1949-2002》。北京: 生活•读书•新知三联书店。 (Chen Liang, Hao Zhang, Lan Li, Danching Ruan, Cameron Campbell, and James Lee. 2013. Silent Revolution: the Social Origins of Peking University and Soochow University Undergraduates, 1949-2002). Beijing: Joint Publishing. )
《重塑上海人--上海新老居民一体化研究》主编:阮丹青, 上海学林出版社, 2009。 ( Ruan, Danching (ed.) 2009. Migration and the Remaking of Shanghai. Shanghai: Xuelin Publication House.)
Ruan, Danching and Shu Zhu. 2015.“Birds of a Feather—a Study of Social Networks of Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong.” American Behavioral Scientist. 59 (9): 1100–1114.
Lu,Yao, Danching Ruan, and Gina Lai. 2013. “Social Capital and Economic Integration of Migrants in Urban China.” Social Networks. 35 (3): 357-369.
梁晨、李中清、 张浩、李兰、阮丹青、康文林、杨善华. 2012.“无声的革命:北京大学与苏州大学学生社会来源研究, 1952-2002”,《中国社会科学》, 第193卷 (第1期)页98-118。 (Chen Liang, James Lee, Hao Zhang, Lan Li, Danching Ruan, Cameron Campbell, and Shanhua Yang. 2012. “Silent Revolution--Social Origins and University Matriculation at Peking University and Suzhou University, 1952-2002.” Social Sciences in China. 193 (1): 98-118.
刘丽敏、阮丹青、杨善华. 2010. “教育选拔与社会变迁——高校招生政策之世纪演变”,《华中科技大学学报》, 第24卷 (第1期)页117-124。 (Liu Limin, Ruan Danching, and Yang Shanhua. 2010. “University admission and social change—the changing policies of university admission in China since 1949.”The Academic Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 24 (1):117-124.)
Lee, Rance P.L., G. Lai and D. Ruan. 2006. “Primary Network Support and Emotional Distress in Hong Kong and Beijing.” Occasional Paper No. 171, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Lee, Rance P.L., D. Ruan, and G. Lai . 2005. “Social Structure and Support Networks in Beijing and Hong Kong.” Social Networks 27:249-274.
Zhang, Wenhong, Rance P.L. Lee, and Danching Ruan. 2004. “Class compositions of urban social networks.” (in Chinese) Sociological Research 6:1-10.
Wang, Feng, Xuejin Zou, and Danching Ruan. 2002. “Rural Migrants in Shanghai: Living under the Shadow of Socialism.” International Migration Review 36 (2):520-545.
Zhang, Wenhong and Danching Ruan. 1999. “Social support networks in China: an urban-rural comparison.” (in Chinese). Sociological Research 3:12-24. (A condensed English version was published in Social Sciences in China. Vol.3, Pp. 45-55, 2001.)
Zhang, Wenhong, Danching Ruan, and Yunkang Pan. 1999. “Rural China-its macro and micro social structures” (in Chinese). Zhejiang Academic Journal 5:36-42.
Zhang, Wenhong, Danching Ruan, and Yunkang Pan. 1999. “Discussion networks in rural China—a study in the Tianjin area.” (in Chinese). Sociological Research 2:108-118.
Ruan, Danching. 1998. “The content of the GSS discussion networks: An exploration of GSS discussion name generator in a Chinese context.” Social Networks 20:247-264.
Freeman, Linton C. and Danching Ruan. 1997. “An international comparative study of interpersonal behavior and role relationships.” L’Année Sociologique 47:89-115.
Ruan, Danching, Linton C. Freeman, Xinyuan Dai, Yunkang Pan, and Wenhong Zhang. 1997. “On the changing structure of social networks in urban China.” Social Networks 19:75-89.
Pan, Yunkang and Danching Ruan. 1995. “Family networks in urban China” (in Chinese). Zhejiang Academic Journal 3:66-71.
Ruan, Danching, Xinyuan Dai, Wenhong Zhang, Yunkang Pan, and Linton C. Freeman. 1994. “Suppose you gave a survey and everyone came.” Cultural Anthropology Methods 6:12.
Ruan, Danching. 1993. “Interpersonal networks and workplace controls in urban China.” Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs (now called The China Journal) 29:89-105.
Blau, Peter M., Danching Ruan, and Monika Ardelt. 1991. “Interpersonal choice and networks in China.” Social Forces 69(4):1037-1062.
Schonfeld, Irvin and Danching Ruan. 1991. “Occupational stress and preemployment measures of depressive symptoms: The case of teachers.” Journal of Social Behavior and Personality 6(7): 95-114.
Ruan, Danching, Lu Zhou, Peter M. Blau, and Andrew G. Walder. 1990. “A preliminary analysis of the social network of residents in Tianjin with a comparison to social networks in America.” Social Sciences in China 3:68-89.
Blau, Peter. M. and Danching Ruan. 1990. “Inequality of opportunity in urban China and America.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 9:3-32.
Ruan, Danching and Lu Zhou. 1989. “On interpersonal relationships among Tianjin residents” (in Chinese). Sociology Review 2:10-19.
阮丹青: “一城两界:新老上海人的社会网络与社会资本”,載:阮丹青主編,《重塑上海人--上海新老居民一体化研究》。上海:上海学林出版社, 2009。(Ruan, Danching 2009. “One City and Two Worlds--Social Network and Social Capital of the Locals and Migrants in Shanghai.” In Ruan, Danching (ed.) 2009. Migration and the Remaking of Shanghai. Shanghai: Xuelin Publication House.)
阮丹青、赖蕰宽: “从排斥到接纳:老上海人的态度差异与行为”,
載:阮丹青主編,《重塑上海人--上海新老居民一体化研究》。上海:上海学林出版社, 2009。(Ruan, Danching 2009. “From Exclusion to Inclusion--the Attitudes of the Local Shanghainese towards Migrants.” In Ruan, Danching (ed.) 2009. Migration and the Remaking of Shanghai. Shanghai: Xuelin Publication House.)
阮丹青: “中國社會分層”,載:李思名、陳峰、邵一鳴主編,
《持續與變遷:當代中國的政經、社會和空間發展 》。香港:香港教育圖書公司, 2008。(Ruan, Danching 2008. “Social Stratification in China.” Pp. 102-119 in Li Siming, Chen Feng and Siu Yatming (eds.) Continuity and Change: Political Economy, Society, and Spatial Development of Contemporary China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Educational Publisher.)
Zhang, Wenhong, Rance P.L. Lee, and Danching Ruan. 2005. “The Impact of Class Status on Social Network Structures of Urban Dwellers.” (in Chinese) Pp. 473-497 in Reflections on Culture, Ethnicity and Society, edited by Chien Chiao, Rance Lee, Youmei Li and Rong Ma. Taiwan: Li Wen Publishers.
Ruan, Danching. 2004. “Culture, social structure, and the patterns of interpersonal relationship.” (in Chinese) Pp. 166-176 in Chinese Sociology and the 21st Century, edited by Sociology Department, Peking University. Beijing: Peking University Press.
Ruan, Danching. 2001. “A comparative study of personal networks in two Chinese societies.” Pp. 189-205 in The Chinese Triangle of Mainland-Taiwan-Hong Kong: Comparative Institutional Analyses, edited by A. So, N. Lin, and D. Poston. Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
Lee, James, Feng Wang, and Danching Ruan. 2001. “Nuptiality among the Qing nobility, 1600-1900.” Pp. 353-373 in Asian Population History, edited by T. Liu, J. Lee, D. Reher, O. Saito, and F. Wang. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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