Shichong Li

Profile

I achieved my Master’s in  Curriculum and Instruction at Southwest University in China. During my stay, I had three journal publications, one conference presentation experience, and two academic exchanges, respectively, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA and National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan. I also participated in three research projects in China by collecting data, structuring literature reviews and writing reports. 

Currently, I am pursuing my PhD at the University of Leeds, researching children’s agency in peer relations in the Chinese context. My participants are the Left-behind Children (LBC) in China whose parents are migrant workers of China’s ongoing internal migration under economic boost. From my perspective, weaving theories from the sociology of childhood with a focus on LBC’s daily life would raise people’s awareness of what children care about and their living conditions from children’s perspective. I mainly use debates on children’s agency to navigate my research regarding LBC’s peer relations in family and school contexts. 

Research interests

• Sociology of childhood
• Children’s agency in the Chinese context
• Family relations in contemporary China
• Research ethics in practice
• Ethical dilemmas of childhood studies in the Chinese context
• Cross-cultural perspectives
• Migration (internal and external) studies
• Migrant parents

Qualifications

• MA in Curriculum and Instruction at Southwest University (China)
• BA in English Teaching at Sichuan University of Science and Engineering
• Student Assistant and Student Ambassador at the Faculty of Education, Southwest University (China)
• Certificate of the Exchange Program at National Chung Hsing University
• Teacher's Certificate of the PRC in High School English Teaching

Research groups and institutes

• ICY: Inclusion, Childhood & Youth Research Centre