School of Social and Political Science

Background

I am a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. My current PhD research aims to unveil the complexities of overseas Chinese identity and enrich the understanding of Chineseness in the UK. Before starting my PhD, I completed an MSc by Research in Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh in 2021 and an undergraduate study abroad programme in Sociology at the University of Glasgow in 2020. As an Alumni Ambassador since 2022, I contribute to online events for postgraduate offer holders from China by sharing my learning and living experience in Edinburgh. Apart from my study in Edinburgh, I co-convene the Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Group (CCMSG), an interdisciplinary research and discussion group based at the Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement, University of Cambridge. CCMSG's latest events and activities are posted on X.

PhD Research

The Complexities of Overseas Chinese Identity in the UK

Tutoring and Teaching

2024/25 Invitation to Sociology (SCIL08017), Tutor. 

2023/24 Researching Global Social Change (SCIL11029), Tutor. 

2023/24 Issues and Concepts in Digital Society (PGSP11466), Tutor. 

2023/24 Currents: Understanding and Addressing Global Challenges (EFIE08001), Edinburgh Futures Institute, Tutor.

2023/24 Guest Lecture on East and Southeast Asian Racialisation Process and Institutional Racism, for Race and Ethnicity (SCIL10071) (UG Hons Course), School of Social and Political Science. 

2022/23 English Language Course (Communication and Academic Skills for Future Healthcare Professional), Centre for Open Learning, Mentor.

2022/23 Guest Lecture on Doing Interview, for Qualitative Data Research (REDU11028) (PG Course), Moray House School of Education and Sport. 

Publications 

Wang, D. (2024). Book Review. Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London: Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces, edited by Wang, Cangbai and Terry Lamb. Journal of Chinese Overseas 20(2), 261-265, Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/17932548-12341519

Lin, S., Wang, D., Yin, M. (2022). Migration Experience as Cultural Capital: A Case Study of Returnees’ Qiao Jia Le Businesses in Wenzhou. Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies (in Chinese, 華僑華人歷史研究), 2022(04), pp. 49-57.

Lin, S., Wang, D. (2019). Constructing a Support System for Abandoned Children in Qiaoxiang from the Perspective of Social Ecosystem Theory: A Case Study of J Town in Fuqing. Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies (in Chinese, 華僑華人歷史研究), 2019(02), pp. 68-74.

Conference Papers

Wang, D. (2024). Transnational and National Memory in Practising Charity among Overseas Chinese from Fujian. (The 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Old College, University of Edinburgh)

Wang, D. (2023). Reconstructing Chinese Identity: A Case Study in a Skilled Fujian-Chinese Migrants Support Group in the UK. (The 20th IMISCOE Conference, University of Warsaw, funded by PGR Student Research Support Fund)

Wang, D. (2022). Transnational Support of Skilled Chinese Migrants in the UK. (30th Anniversary Conference of the founding of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, San Francisco)

Wang, D. (2022). On the Way Home: Overseas Chinese Students Negotiate with Returning Policies and Navigate Mobility during the Covid-19 Pandemic. (Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Seminar Series 19, University of Cambridge)

Lin, S., Wang, D. (2022). The Circulation of Remittances and Ethnic Transnationalism: Low-skilled Chinese Entrepreneurs in Angola. (Workshop on Chinese Human Mobility, Migration, and Diaspora, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge)

Wang, D. (2021). Unveiling the Visibility of Vulnerability in Chinese International Students Negotiating Racism in the time of the Covid-19 Pandemic. (New Directions Sociology PGR Conference 2021, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh)