Fieldwork

NGO Expo, Shanghai (July 2017)

Beijing (Fall 2015)

• Conducted in-depth interviews with civilian-established NGOs across various domains regarding government contracting & registration (environment, women’s rights, LGBT, HIV prevention, etc.)

Beijing, Shanghai (Fall 2016)

• Visited & interviewed social worker’s associations, academics, headquarters of neighborhood-service NGOs and their service sites

Shanghai, Wuhan (July 2017 - Spring 2018)

• Conducted interviews with neighborhood-based NGO incubators & mass organizations
• Carried out an original survey across 42 communities across 7 neighborhoods in 4 districts in Shanghai
• Compiled secondary literature written in Mandarin

Shanghai (May 2025 - June 2025)

• Exploratory discussions with scholars on social science research environment in China; preliminary exchange with a community NGO on outsourcing and grid management