Shu Hu

Dr Hu Shu

Head, Sociology Programme

School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences

Tel: +65 6240 8801

Email: aHVzaHVAc3Vzcy5lZHUuc2c=

Educational Qualifications

  • 2015

    Ph.D., Sociology, National University of Singapore

  • 2010

    M.A., Social Security, Renmin University of China

  • 2008

    B.A., Human Resources Management, Renmin University of China

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2016 - 2018

    Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute & Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore

  • 2015 - 2016

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Journal Articles:

Hu, Shu. 2018.
“Parents’ Migration and Adolescents’ Transition to High School in Rural China: The Role of Parental Divorce.” Journal of Family Issues 39(12):3324-59. doi: 10.1177/0192513x18778083.

Hu, Shu and Dhiman Das. 2018.
“Quality of Life among Older Adults in China and India: Does Productive Engagement Help?”. Social Science & Medicine. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.06.028.

HU, Shu. 2017.
““It’s for Our Education”: perception of Parental Migration and Resilience among Left-Behind Children in Rural China.” Social Indicators Research. doi: 10.1007/s11205-017-1725-y

YEUNG, Wei-jun Jean and HU, Shu. 2016.
“Paradox in marriage values and behavior in contemporary China”. Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2(3), 447-476, doi:doi:10.1177/2057150X16659019.

YEUNG, Wei-jun Jean and HU, Shu. 2013.
“Coming of Age in Times of Change: The Transition to Adulthood in China”, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 646(1): 149-71

YANG, Lixiong and HU, Shu. 2010.
“Study on Adjustment Mechanism of Urban Minimum Living Standards (城镇居民最低生活保障标准调整机制研究)”, China Soft Science (中国软科学) (9): 33-46. (in Chinese)

Books and Book Chapters:

YEUNG, Wei-jun Jean and HU, Shu. 2018.
Family and Population Change in Singapore: A Unique Case in the Global Family Changes. London: Routledge

YEUNG, Wei-jun Jean and HU, Shu. 2018.
Continuity and Change in Singapore’s Population and Families. In: W.J.J. Yeung and S. Hu (Eds.) Family and Population Change in Singapore: A Unique Case in the Global Family Changes. London: Routledge

MU, Zheng and HU, Shu. 2018.
Origin and Transition of Singapore Families. In: W.J.J. Yeung and S. Hu (Eds.) Family and Population Change in Singapore: A Unique Case in the Global Family Changes. London: Routledge

HU, Shu 2014.
Pretesting. In: A.C. Michalos (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer Science and Business Media Dordrecht.

HU, Shu 2014.
Study population. In: A. C. Michalos (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer Science and Business Media Dordrecht.

YANG, Lixiong and HU, Shu. 2013.
Research on Rural Poverty Line in China (中国农村贫困线研究). Beijing: China Economic Publishing House (中国经济出版社) (in Chinese)

  • Migration, Education, Gender, Marriage and Family, Social stratification and inequality
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