Research Interests
● Labor Market
● Social Stratification and Mobility
● Social Networks and Social Capital
● Advanced Social Statistical Analysis
Biography
Zhang Shun, born in 1968, PhD, is the professor and PhD supervisor of social science at Xi’an Jiaotong University. He is currently serving as the associate dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Professor Zhang is the chief expert of major specialized program of the 19thNational Congress Communist Party of China of national social science foundation (2018). He also assume the role of the director of Chinese Sociological Association, the standing director of Social Network and Social Capital Committee of Chinese Sociological Association, the director of Social Stratification and Mobility Committee of Chinese Sociological Association; the director of Shaanxi Sociological Association, the director of Shaanxi Social Work Association.
Professor Zhang has been teaching in faculty of philosophy and faculty of social science from 2001. He was granted the title of lecture,associate professor and professor and was appointed as PhD supervisor in 2013. Also, Professor Zhang had served as the Party branch secretary and associate director (2007-2010), associate director (2010-2015), managing director (2015-2016) and director (2016-2018) of Social Science Department. He was appointed as association dean ofSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences in 2018. Professor Zhang had been a visiting scholar, sponsored by China Scholarship Council, at Department of Sociology of School of Social Science in University of Manchester in UK from Jan 2012 to Jan 2013.
Main Research Projects
[1] The Chief Expert, A Research on Mechanism and Countermeasure for Achieving Fuller Employment and Create Better Quality Jobs, major specialized program of the 19th National Congress Communist Party of China of National Social Science Foundation (2018) , Project NO. 18VSJ094,￥600,000.
[2] Principal Investigator, Reemployment and Occupational Mobility in the Context of Industrial Upgrading, sponsored by National Social Science Foundation. Project No. 12BSH072,￥150,000. Item concluded.
[3] Principal Investigator, a Research on Dynamic Monitoring of Left-behind Children, sub-project of a Research on Dynamic Monitoring of Left-behind Children and Migrant Children, sponsored by National Social Science Foundation (Key Program). Project NO. 15AZD053, 2015-2019,￥350,000. Item understudied.
[4] Principal Investigator, a Research on Harmonious Interaction of Social Stratification and Mobility, Sponsored by National Social Science Foundation (Key Program). Project NO. 11AZD022,￥250,000. Item concluded.
[5] Principal Investigator, a Research on the Upgrade Path of Job Opportunities and Job Quality, Sponsored by Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2018-2019,￥100,000. Item understudied.
[6] Co- Principal Investigator, a Research on Social Network Analysis Model Based on the Understanding of Multi-discipline, sponsored by National Social Science Foundation (Major Program). Project NO. 13&ZD177,￥800,000. Item understudied.
[7] Principal Investigator, Social Capital and Social Mobility: a Comparison Study of China and UK, NSFC-ESRC International Cooperation Project. Project NO. 71161130176, 2011-2012,￥100,000. Item concluded.
[8]Principal Investigator, a Research on Labor Market Governance of Xi’an, sub-project of a research on Urban Community Governance from the Perspective of Anti-Poverty.￥200,000. Item concluded.
[9] Principal Investigator, Social Network, Social Capital and Status Attainment of Urban Residents, sponsored by Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2009-2011,￥10,000. Item concluded.
[10] Principal Investigator, Large scale social survey：Rural Harmonious Society Equal Development in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an Jiaotong University 211 Phase III, 2010,￥80,000. Item concluded.
[11] Principal Investigator, the survey in Shaanxi Province, Social and Economic Changes in western China, IESSR Xi’an Jiaotong University. 2010,￥120,000. Item conluded.
[12] Co-Principal Investigator , Co-organizer, the social survey in Xi’an, Social Network and Job Hunting Process in Major Cities of China, 2009,￥150,000. Item concluded.
[13] Co-Principal Investigator, a Sociological Research on Water Use and Protection in Western Development. Project NO. 03BSH035, 2003. Item concluded.
Selected Publications
● Selected Articles
[1] Zhang Shun, Cheng Cheng. Market Reforms and the Income Effects of Social Network Capital, Sociological Studies, 2012(1). (Top journal of sociology, CSSCI)
[2] Zhang Shun, Hao Yufei. Guanxi Mechanisms in Income Attainment and Job Search: Theoretical models and empirical evidence, Sociological Studies, 2013(5), (Top journal of sociology, CSSCI)
[3] Zhang Shun, Guo Xiaoxian. A Study on Social Network Resources and Their Effects on Income: Based on the Quantile Regression Model, Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2011(1). (Top journal of sociology, CSSCI)
[4] Zhang Shun, Guo Xiaoxian. A Micro Analysis of the Job Search Process: A Structural Property Model, Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2012(3). (Top journal of sociology, CSSCI)
[5] Zhang Shun, Zhu Yi. Intergenerational career mobility change and stratum differences of Urban Residents ,Chinese Journal of Population Science,2017(3). (Authoritative journal of demography and sociology)
[6] Zhang Shun, Yao Yuan. The Double Influence of Intergenerational Resources on Youth's physical and mental health.Internal Manuscript of Social Sciences in China, 2018(4).( Authoritative journal of social science)
[7]Zhang Shun, Liang Fang. Elite Alters and Urbanites’ Class Identification: An Empirical Analysis of JSNET 2014. Jilin University Journal Social Sciences Edition,2017(5) (CSSCI)
[8] Zhang Shun, Cheng Cheng. An Empirical Study on Factors Causing the Difficulty of Job-seeking among Undergraduates in Western China: a Comparative Study among Social Capital, Human Capital, Material Capital and Their interactive Effect, Youth Studies, 2017(5).（CSSCI）
[9] Zhang Shun, Li Aihong. Avoiding Higher Ability Candidates down to Lower Positions: Research on Mediation Mechanism for the Effect of Social Networks on Income. Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Social Sciences), 2016(6).（CSSCI） [10] Zhang Shun, Chen Fang. Social Capital and Social-Economic Identity among Urban Residengs, Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Social Sciences), 2012(3).
[11]Shun Zhang, Yixuan Wanga, Jieming Chen, Cheng Cheng. “Social Network:（CSSCI）An Emerging Income Distribution Mechanism In Transitional Urban China”.Journal of Administrative Sciences,Cilt / Volume: 16, Sayı / N: 31, ss. / pp.: 85-109, 2018
[12] Li, Y. Zhang, S. Kong J.X. "Social mobility in China and Britain: a comparative study."International Review of Social Research5, no. 1(2015) .
[13] Yao Yuan, Zhang Shun. The Last “Soul Imprint”: How the Left-behind Duration Influence the Youth’s Early Subjective Well-being, Youth Studies, 2018(3).（CSSCI）
[14] Yao Yuan, Zhang Shun, Family Status, Interpersonal Network and Adolescent’s Mental Health, Youth Studies, 2016(5).（CSSCI）
[15] Hao Yufei, Zhang Shun. Employment Marketization, Human Capital and Job-worker Matching, Population & Economics, 2016(2).（CSSCI）
[16] Yang Xichao, Yao Yuan, Zhang Shun, A Study on the Influence of Family Social Status on Youth Educational Expectation: An Empirical Analysis Based on CEPS2014, China Youth Study, 2016(7).
[17] Chen Ding, Zhang Shun. The Empirical Study on the Neighborhood Effect of the Provincial Economic Growth in China: an Expanded Economic Growth Model, Economic Science, 2008(5).
[18] Chen Ding, Zhang Shun. Inverse U Relationship between Wage Dispersion and Firm Performance: Theoretical Study and Empirical Explore, Nankai Economic Studies, 2010(5). (CSSCI）
[19] Zhang Shun, Family, Regional Risk and Rural Labor Mobility, Statistics and Decision. 2007(1). (CSSCI)
[20] Zhang Shun, Chen Ding，A Research on the Dynamic Relationship between Employment Elasticity in China's Industries, Statistics and Decision, 2008(10)
[21] Zhang Shun, Hao Yufei, From Social Network, Social Capital to Relationship Sociology, Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Social Sciences), 2010(3).（CSSCI）
[22] Chen Ding, Zhang Shun. The Empirical Study of the Neighborhood Effect on China’s Regional Unemployment Rate, Population & Economics, 2011(5).（CSSCI）
[23] Kong Jianxun, Zhang Shun. Social Capital andAttainmentof Occupational Status: Based on the Empirical Study on Ethnic Migrant Workers in Yunnan Province, Social Science in Yunnan, 2013(3).（CSSCI）
[24] Cheng Cheng, Zhang Shun. The Social Capital and Wage Income Differentials between Urban Workers and Rural Migrants: Based on Improved Oaxaca-Blinder Decompoiton, Population & Economics,2014(6).（CSSCI）
[25] Guo Xiaoxian, Zhang Shun. The Long-term Trend in Rates of Return to Education and Its Effect on Income Distribution in Urban China: An Analysis Based on Quantile Regression Model, Fudan Education Forum, 2014(5).（CSSCI）
[26] Hao Yufei, Chen Jieming, Zhang Shun. The Effect of Enrollment Expansion in Colleges and Universities on Social Mobility in China, Journal of Northwest University(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2014(2).（CSSCI）
● Books & Edited Volumes
[1] Bian Yanjie, Zhang Shun. Social Networks and Labor Market 2017 Edition, Beijing: Social Science Academic Press (China).
[2] Wang Hongbo, Li shengshegn, Zhang Shun, Interview with Migrant Workers 2011 Editon, Xi’an: Shaanxi People Publishing House.
[3] Zhang Shun, Associate Editor, Relationship Sociology: Theory and Research 2011 Edition. Beijing: Social Science Academic Press (China).
[4] Zhang Shun, Hao Yufei. Rural Labor Mobility, Western China Report 2013 Edition. Beijing: China Social Science Press.
● Awards
[1] The Second Prize of outstanding achievement award of Humanities and Social Sciences of Shaanxi Colleges and Universities. Ranked the First.
[2] The Third Prize of the eleventh outstanding achievement award of philosophy and social sciences of Shaanxi Province, Ranked the first, 2013.
[3] The Third Prize of outstanding achievement award of Humanities and Social Sciences of Shaanxi Colleges and Universities, Ranked the First.
[4] The Third Prize of the twelfth outstanding achievement award of philosophy and social sciences of Shaanxi Province, ranked the first, 2015.
[5]The First Prize of the tenth teaching achievement award of Xi’an Jiaotong University, ranked the forth, 2009.
[6]The outstanding teaching achievement award of Ministry of Education Sociology Education Committee, ranked the second, 2016.
[7]The Second Prize of outstanding teaching achievement award of Xi’an Jiaotong University, ranked the Second, 2017.
[8] Supervisor of Cheng Cheng, Li Aihong and Li Jiyue who were named as Excellent undergraduate thesis in 2008, 2014 and 2017.
Contact:
Email Address:szhang@xjtu.edu.cn
Telephone number: 029-82668292 029-82666249
Address: No.28, Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049
IESSR,School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong University.
