Ph.D. Political Science

Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

MPhil. Sociology

Peking University, Beijing, China

Assistant Professor of Political Science                               2018-present

School of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Research about Comparative Politics with focus on China, Labor Politics and State Governance

Chen, W., and Chen, P.* 2024. Old Wine in New Bottles: Discourse Articulation and China’s Ideological Adaptation in the Time of Transition. Journal of Contemporary China 33(4): 719-738.

Xu, H., Xu, M., and Chen, W.* 2022. Formation of Relational Poverty Governance and its Impacts: How Chinese Local Governments Implement Poverty Alleviation Programs. Journal of Chinese Political Science 27(2): 295-317.

Yang, Y., and Chen, W.* 2020. Different Demands, Varying Responses: Local Government Responses to Workers’ Collective Actions in South China. The China Quarterly 243: 839-854.

Chen, W. 2020. Informal Strike Organization in South China: The Worker Representative Mechanism, Sustained Leadership, and Strike Outcomes. The China Review 20(1): 109-133.

Charismatic Mentor Award (2021, NJU)

APSA Asia Alumni Grant (2021, USA)

Early Career Workshop Award (2018, Japan)

Early Career Grant (2017, Singapore)