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Talent Mobility and Capital Transformation
How mobility translates into unequal outcomes across different systems.
Research
Global talent mobility,
evaluation, and space
My research examines global talent mobility and the uneven outcomes of transnational careers, with a focus on how mobility, evaluation, and space interact to shape opportunity.
Research Positioning
My research is positioned at the intersection of three areas:
- • global talent mobility and knowledge flows
- • systems of evaluation and mobility infrastructures
- • the spatial organisation of cities and innovation networks
It brings together perspectives from human geography, migration studies, and urban and economic geography, while engaging with emerging transformations in AI-driven systems.
Current PhD Project
My doctoral research examines how internationally mobile individuals navigate and transform their accumulated experiences across different institutional, spatial, and digital contexts.
It develops a multi-spatial perspective to understand how value is reconfigured across transnational, local, and platform-mediated environments.
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Research Agenda
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Platformed Labour Markets and Evaluation
How digital platforms reshape visibility, recognition, and opportunity.
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AI, Talent Mobility, and Knowledge Flows
How AI systems are reshaping global talent mobility and the production of knowledge.
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AI and the Geography of Innovation
How global innovation networks are being restructured in the AI era.
Research Trajectory
2026 — AI, Policy, and Spatial Inequality
- * “Geo-spatial Inequalities in China’s AI Talent Policies: A Five-City Comparative Analysis.” Paper to be presented at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference.
- * Session organiser: Contested Inclusions: Platform Power, (In)Visibility and Digital Inequalities. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference (sponsored by the Digital Geography Research Group).
2025 — Digital Platforms, Talent Evaluation, and Return Migration
- * “Capital Transformation Among Chinese Returnees: A Comprehensive Review.” BACS Annual Conference.
- * “Algorithmic Spatial Memory: How Xiaohongshu Shapes Returnees’ Geographies of Study-Abroad Nostalgia.” RGS-IBG Annual Conference.
- * “Policy Preferences and Support Mechanisms for AI Returnee Talent: A Spatial Comparison from the Perspective of Multi-Level Governance.” Invited talk, UK-China Youth Scholars Forum on AI Applications.
- * “Digital Capital and Urban Inequality among Chinese Returnees.” RGS-IBG Postgraduate Mid-Term Conference.
2024 — Education, Institutions, and Professional Contexts
- * “The Role and Practice of Leaders in Professional Development in China: University Lecturers’ Perspective.” Asian Conference on Education & International Development (ACEID).
Earlier Work — Digital Practices and Entrepreneurship
- * Underlying Thinking in Advertising Marketing (Book, 2022)
- * “An Empirical Study on College Students’ Online Entrepreneurship Based on SWOT Analysis” (Journal article, 2011)
Working Papers
Constructing the Global Talent Race: Talent Competition as State Strategy in China
Working paper
Worlding Shanghai through Talent: Urban Talent Governance and the Making of a Global City
Working paper
Why Global Talent Mobility Is Infrastructure-Dependent
Working paper
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