Prof Yaojun Li - further information

Supervision areas:

I supervise PhD theses on social mobility, social capital, employment, education, ethnicity and related areas in social stratification.

Current PhD Students:

• Mary Mollie Bourne, 'Class, culture and ethnicity: educational attainment in England', funded by the ESRC 1+3 scheme, I am the main supervisor, with Professor Ian Plewis as co-supervisor.
• Meng Chen, 'Social Mobility in China', funded by Manchester University. I am the main supervisor with Dr Laura Morale as co-supervisor.
• Kyung-A Kim, 'Family origin, educational attainment and class destination of men and women in Korea', self funded. I am the main supervisor with Drs David Cutts and Anna Zimdars as co-supervisors.
• Steffanie Dobler, 'Religion and Civic Values in Europe. A Multilevel Analysis of 48 countries', funded by the North American Foundation for the University of Manchester (NAFUM), co-supervisor, with Ed Fieldhous as main supervisor.

Current teaching:

I teach an MSc course on Social Capital and Social Change. I supervise PhD and MSc students doing both quantitative and qualitative research.

Former PhD students:

• Yunghan Chang, 'Family Transformation and Women's Labour Market Participation in Taiwan', self funded. I was the main supervisor with Professor Angela Dale as co-supervisor.

• Jianxun Kong, 'Social capital and social distance in China', funded by the Ford Foundation. I was the main supervisor with Professor Fiona Devine as co-supervisor.