Education

PhD 2013 (Sociology), The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

MA 2010 (Sociology), Peking University;

BA 2007 (Sociology), Sun Yat-Sen University.

Work Experience

Peking University:

    Lecturer, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

Research Interests

Social stratification and inequality

Social demography

Methods of social survey

Courses Taught 

Undergraduate courses:

    Social Stratification and Social Mobility

    Social Statistics

    The Sociology of Family

Graduate courses:

    Research on Contemporary Social Stratification

    Empirical Study on Population Migration and Mobility

Selected Publications (since 2017)

Jiang, Jin, Chunni Zhang and Xiuming Pan. 2025. “Changing pathways in young people’s school-to-work transition: Evidence from the 2003–2021 Chinese General Social Surveys.” Chinese Sociological Review. DOI: 10.1080/21620555.2025.2480280.

Jin Jiang and Chunni Zhang. 2025.“Are parents not integral to our family? perceptions of young adults in the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong.” Journal of Family Studies. DOI: 10.1080/13229400.2025.2471837.

Airan Liu, Chunni Zhang and Wangyang Li. 2024. "Parental perceptions of economic inequalityand investment in education in China." Chinese Sociological Review. 

Xu, Jiashu and Chunni Zhang.2022. "Sexual harassment experiences and their consequences for the private lives of Chinese women." Chinese Journal of Sociology 8(3): 421–449.

Zhang, Chunni. 2022."The effect of parental divorce on the sexual life and marital well-being of offspring in China." Chinese Journal of Sociology 8(3): 398–420.

Xu, Jiashu and Chunni Zhang.2022. "Sexual harassment experiences and their consequences for the private lives of Chinese women." Chinese Journal of Sociology 8(3): 421–449.

He, Jingwei Alex, Chunni Zhang and Jiwei Qian. 2022. "COVID-19 and social inequality in China:the local–migrant divide and the limits of social protections in a pandemic." Policy and Society 41(2): 275–290.

Zhang, Chunni, Yunfeng Lu and He Sheng. 2021. "Exploring Chinese folk religion: Popularity, diffuseness, and diversities." Chinese Journal of Sociology 7(4) 575–592.

Chunni Zhang and Yufeng Lu. 2020. "The measure of Chinese religions: Denomination-based or deity-based?" Chinese Journal of Sociology. 6(3) : 410-426.

Chunni Zhang. 2020. "Are Children from Divorced Single-Parent Families Disadvantaged? New Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies" Chinese Sociological Review. 52(1) : 84-114.

Yu Xie and Chunni Zhang. 2019. "The long-term impact of the Communist Revolution on social stratification in contemporary China" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(39) : 19392-19397.

Chunni Zhang and Yu Xie. 2018. "Does the school cutoff date cause the disadvantage for children born in July and August?" The Journal of Chinese Sociology. 5 : 1-21.  

Chunni Zhang, Jiali Tong, Lan Zhu, Lei Zhang, Tao Xu, Jinghe Lang and Yu Xie. 2017. "A Population-Based Epidemiologic Study of Female Sexual Dysfunction Risk in Mainland China: Prevalence and Predictors." Journal of Sexual Medicine. 14 : 1348–1356.

Books

Zhang, Chunni. 2019. Liyi Jiating de Haizimen. Social Sciences Academic Press(CHINA).(in Chinese)