Xinyi Zhao visits the MZES from 4 to 22 September

The MZES will host Xinyi Zhao as MZES Visiting Fellow. The aim of this fellowship program is to encourage academic exchange and networking within the MZES.

Xinyi Zhao is a PhD candidate in the lab of Digital and Computational Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and also affiliated with the Department of Sociology and the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science at the University of Oxford. She will be hosted at the MZES from 4th September to 22nd September. 

Her main research interests include applying digital and computational innovations (e.g., new types of data and methods) in demography and social science, with a particular interest in the topic of gender disparity in academia and migration. Prior to her PhD study, she worked as a research assistant in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. She holds a master’s degree in Cartography and Geographic Information System from Nanjing University in China.