Personal profile
Chinese Name
Research Interests
Migration, Gender and Family, Digital Technology and Media, Qualitative Research Methods
Biography
Dr. Yinni Peng works on migration, family and gender, digital technology, and labor politics. She is the coauthor of Masculine Compromise: Migration, Family, and Gender in China (2016, University of California Press), which is the winner of the 2018 best book, RC 31 Sociology of Migration, International Sociological Association.
Her research was published in Gender & Society, The China Quarterly, Human Relations, Sex Roles, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Population, Space and Place, Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Contemporary China etc. Between 2017 and 2019, she served as an editorial board member of Gender & Society. From 2019, she is serving as an editorial board member of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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How is Digital Labor Practiced and Divided in the Family? A Study of Digital Labor, Gender and Intergenerational Relations in Urban Chinese Families
PENG, Y. (PI) & Qi, X. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research project
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Student Return Migration from A Processual and Relational Perspective: Analyzing the Returning Experience and Adaptation of Chinese Students in South China
PENG, Y. (PI)
29/06/21 → 28/06/24
Project: Research project
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When China’s Only Children Become Parents: Gender, Family, and Parenting in Urban Singletons in Post-Reform China
PENG, Y. (PI)
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research project
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Trans-local Parenting: How the Intersection of Social Structure and Individual Agency Reconstructs Parenthood among Migrant Workers in South China
PENG, Y. (PI)
1/01/14 → 31/12/16
Project: Research project
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Youth transition, mobility, and intergenerationality: parental support and the school-to-work transition of Chinese returnees
Peng, Y., 17 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Asian Population Studies. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Childcare, intergenerational relations, and singleton status of parents in urban Chinese families
PENG, Y., 2 Dec 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract › peer-review
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Chinese Student Returnees and Domestic Employability: From A Bourdieusian Perspective on Field and Cultural Capital
Peng, Y., 6 Dec 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
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GWO in Interesting Times: Joint Editorial
Bastian, B., Vershinina, N., Wood, B., Al-Dajani, H., Cooke, F. L., Esnard, T., Imas, J. M., Kelan, E., Garavan, T., Giazitzoglu, A., Hughes, C., MacKenzie, C., Özbilgin, M., Ozkazanc-Pan, B., Peng, Y., Prasad, A., Rodgers, Y. V. D. M., Sabelis, I., Swan, E. & Taylor, S., Sept 2025, In: Gender, Work and Organization. 32, 5, p. 1686-1701 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus) -
Singleton status of parents and intergenerational childcare collaboration in urban Chinese families
Peng, Y., Jul 2025, In: Sociological Review. 73, 4, p. 919-937 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Gender, Work and Organization (Journal)
PENG, Y. (Associate editor)
Nov 2024 → Nov 2029Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
Press/Media
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International Perspective: Digital Labour in Parenting: A New Type of Gender Inequality in Family
27/03/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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