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Chinese Name
彭銦旎
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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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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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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 Access3 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 Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
When the halo of my overseas credentials disappeared: Chinese student returnees and their domestic employability
Peng, Y., 18 Aug 2025, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 46, 6, p. 815-833 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Extended family collaboration in childcare during the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic
Peng, Y., May 2024, In: Current Sociology. 72, 3, p. 482-500 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Gendered parenting and conjugal negotiation over children’s organised extracurricular activities
Peng, Y., Jan 2024, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 45, 1, p. 23-40 18 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
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