The Institute for the Social Sciences' China’s Cities project (2016-2019) brought together a group of interdisciplinary scholars to examine developments in the urbanization of the world’s largest country. Drawing on expertise from sociology, economics, and government, the team employed quantitative and qualitative methods to assess the divisions that dominate China’s cities and the plans that will shape their futures.
Faculty fellows Jeremy Wallace (Government), Panle Barwick (Economics), Eli Friedman (International and Comparative Labor, ILR), Shanjun Li (Applied Economics & Management), and Jessica Chen Weiss (Government) outlined the progress of their research and future plans at a capstone event on March 22, 2019.