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.


  • 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.