Postdocs & Research Associates
  • WU Tongyu Postdoc, Center for World-class Universities

    E-mail: tongyuwu@sjtu.edu.cn

    Supervisor: Prof. LIU Niancai

    Education Background:

    2024 University of Bristol Ph.D.

  • Research Interests: World-Class Universities, Cultural Productions and Identity Makings, Higher Education Transitions

  • Tongyu Wu's research centers on students' lived experiences in higher education, with a particular focus on embodied practices in educational transitions and the interplay between rurality and higher education. In 2024, he was awarded the Society for Research into Higher Education(SRHE)- Prize for Newer Researchers. His current post doctoral project, “Boundaries in Flux”: Growth and Transition of Students from Rura Backgrounds into World-Class Universities in China” explores the time-space configuration of world-class universitiesand its interplay with rural studentsongoing transitions.


  • GAO Xin Postdoc, Center for Educational Data and Evaluation Research

    E-mail: gao_xin@sjtu.edu.cn

    Supervisor:

    Assoc. Prof. WANG Shuai

    Education Background:

    2025 Shanghai Normal University, Ph.D. in Education

    Research Interests:

    Career construction of university students, teachers’ occupational mental health, professional behavior in the context of educational digital transformation GAO Xin's research focuses on the development of educational actors from a vocational psychology perspective, particularly how individuals construct careers and identities amid educational change. Her work has been published in CSSCI and SSCI journals such as Educational Development Research and Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. Her current postdoctoral project explores teachers' work adaptation and identity reconstruction during digital transformation in education.


  • JIA Xintong Research Associate, Center for World-class Universities

    E-mail: jiaxt@sjtu.edu.cn

    Education Background:

    2017.09-2018.11 Univeristy of Edinburgh M.Sc.
    2013.09-2017.06 Zhengzhou University B.A.


  • QIU Tian Research Associate, Center for Student Achievement and Human Development

    E-mail: qiutian@sjtu.edu.cn

    Education Background:

    2021.09-2022.12 University College London M.Sc.
    2017.09-2021.06 North China Electric Power University B.A.