Siyuan Chen

Siyuan Cheng

Status: Phd researcher

Siyuan Chen obtained a Master’s degree in Sociology from the East China Normal University (ECNU) in June 2019. His research interests include marriage and family, social determinants of health, and quantitative methods.

At present, supported by the scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC), he is working on his Ph.D. research project under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Piet Bracke on education expansion and health disparities in contemporary China. He aims at understanding how education interacts with family dynamics and population processes in shaping social inequalities in health and well-being over the life course, cohorts and social contexts.

Contact

Siychen.Chen@ugent.be