ZHANG Xiaoyu

Email: zhangxy2286@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Education Background

Nov 2020 – Nov 2025, PhD in Media and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sep 2017-Jul  2020, Master of Arts (MA) in Philosophy，University of Science and Technology of China, China

Sep 2013-Jul 2017, Bachelor of Arts (MA) in Broadcasting and Television, Anhui University, China

Research interests

Lifestyle migrants, retirement migrants, overseas Chinese, migrants and ICTs and national identity

Publications

First author of articles published in SSCI journals such as Media, Culture and Society,  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Journal of Communication,  Sport in Society, including：

Zhang, X., Dumitrica, D., & Jansz, J. (2025). Representing the national self and the cultural other: the Chinese diaspora on Douyin. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-22.

Academic service

Being an anonymous reviewer for Sport in Society, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

Awards：

CSC High Level Postgraduate Program(2020-2024)

Full scholarship, Tsinghua-Apple Green Innovation Summer School, China(2018)