Dr Haitao Shi
Job Title
Research Assistant
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Email
heydonstyle@gmail.com
LinkedIn username
https://www.linkedin.com/in/Haitao Shi/
Twitter username
https://twitter.com/@HaitaoShi/
Building (Address)
27Street (Address)
George SquareCity (Address)
EdinburghCountry (Address)
United KingdomPost code (Address)
EH8 9LDResearch interests
Research themes
Research interests
Research Competencies
- Quantitative Research Methods: R (RStudio/VS Code), Python (PyCharm), SPSS, MAXQDA
- Qualitative Research Methods: Nvivo, RQDA, ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA
- Database: MySQL, Redis
- Version control: Git
- Data visualisation: Gephi, R, QGIS
- Cloud computing: Microsoft Azure, ORACLE, AWS
- Writing, editing and visualisation: Notion, Obsidian+Excalidraw, Scrivener, LaTeX, Quarto
Ongoing Projects
- I am currently working on a project concerning the experiences of Chinese students at UoE.
- I am also serving as a researcher for a project titled 'Rhizomatic Networks, Circulation of Meanings and Contents, and Offline Contexts of Online Drug Trade', funded by the Polish Ministry of Science.
Research Experience
- Research project on The Impacts of Economic, Institutional Uncertainties and Structural Violence on the Lives of Illegal Chinese Immigrants in London
- Research project on Value Reconstruction of Legal System Education
- Nanchang Prison Survey Programme
- Organised the research project named ‘Factors Affecting the Effects of Ideological and Political Education’
Publications and Conferences
- Shi, H. (2023). The Impacts of Guanxi: Drug Policing Under Police Professionalisation in China. Sociological Research Online, 0(0). https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/10.1177/13607804231177501
- Policing & Policing Culture in China (Scottish Institute for Policing Research Postgraduate Symposium 2022)
- The Generational Cultural Conflicts and Integration of Police Culture Under the Professionalisation of Anti-Drug Policing in China (European Society of Criminology Annual Conference 2021)
- The Numbers Game: Quota-Driven Drug Policing in China (European Society of Criminology Annual Conference 2019)
- Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Under the ‘People’s War on Drugs’ in China (Fifth International Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference, Dec 2019)
- Shi, H. (2018). Book review: Measuring Police Subcultural Perceptions: A Study of Frontline Police Officers in China. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 18, 132–134.
- Challenges in Researching Anti-Drug Police in China (New Directions Conference 2017)
Background
PhD Title
Drug Policing in China: Drug Laws, Police Culture, and Police Professionalisation
Supervisors
Qualifications
- PhD in Sociology, University of Edinburgh, UK
- MSc Criminal Justice Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- LL.B Public Security, East China University of Political Science and Law, China