Call for Papers: International Symposium on “China’s Social Transformation and Development in the New Era” & 2022 RUC China Study Program Workshop for Ph.D. Candidates

Call for Papers

International Symposium on “China’s Social Transformation and Development in the New Era” & 2022 RUC China Study Program Workshop forPh.D. Candidates

26-28, June, 2022; Renmin University of China

Co-organizers：School of Sociology and Population Studies; Institute for the Promotion of Chinese Language and Culture, Renmin University of China; Center for Language Education and Cooperation

I. What you can work on?

Social transformation and development have been the distinctive features of China since its reform and opening up, and this feature has become more prominent in China since entering the new era. The contradiction between people's growing need for a better life and the unbalanced and insufficient development has become the central social contradiction. The economy has shifted from the stage of high-speed growth to the stage of high-quality development. At the same time, the development of Chinese society is facing challenges from population aging, digital social transformation, sustainable urbanization, etc. We need to deepen the social transformation and development research based on the Chinese context in the new era. It is necessary to summarize the advantages and problems in the process of local development and learn from international development experience to better cope with the challenges in future.

Ph.D. students from home and abroad interested in this theme –“China’s Social Transformation and Development in the New Era” are welcome to submit a paper related (not limited) to the following topics:

(1) New features of China's social transformation in the new era

(2) Development of social security systems in China and abroad

(3) Development of population health in China and abroad

(4) Well-being of the elderly population and the implementation of a national strategy to actively cope with population aging

(5) Comparative study on the development of social transformation in middle- and high-income countries

(6) Other issues in the process of social development at home and abroad

II. What you can get?

The workshop organizing committee will invite renowned scholars in related fields to review the submitted papers and offer comments at the workshop. The Committee will recommend six papers to award the honorary certificates. In addition, you can get

-Professional guidance

-The opportunity to participate in the yearly conference at the end of the year and to receive awards

-The opportunity to have your article included in the proceedings

III. What we expect about the style format?

The workshop accepts unpublished and original article. The first author should be a doctoral student. The approval of other co-authors is needed before the submission. Article should not exceed 8,000 words (excluding footnotes).Please refer to the submission guidelines of Sociological Review of China(Chinese) and Chinese Sociological Review(English) for research paper format.

Please submit your paper in PDF or Word document format via the email (hantui@ruc.edu.cn). The file should be named as "title + name + major + contact information". The deadline for submission is 20 May, 2022. Successful submission will be announced on June 3, 2022.

IV. Who tocontact?

Should you have difficulties in submitting your article or any question related to the workshop, please contact hantui@ruc.edu.cn.

V. Anything else?

The in-person workshop will be held at Guo Xue Guan of Renmin University of China on June 26-28, 2022. More information about the online options will be announced later.

No fees will be charged for participants. Free lunch will be available for in person participants.