Education

PhD 2022 (Sociology), The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

MA 2018 (Sociology), Renmin University of China;

BA 2016 (Sociology), Renmin University of China.

Appointments

 Peking University

- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology 2026-

Fudan University

-Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology 2023-2026

Research Interests

Social stratification and mobility

Technical changes and Social transition

Attitudes and values

Selected Publications (since 2017)

Wang, Peng, Antao Li and Xin Liu. 2025. “The Returns on Skills in an Era of Technological Change and Multi-Dimensional Segmentation of Chinese Labor Market.” Chinese Journal of Sociology (Chinese version) 45(6).

Wang, Peng and Francisco Olivos. 2024. “Where do opportunity beliefs come from? Implications of intergenerational social mobility for beliefs about the distribution system in China.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility  89: 10888.

Wang, Peng and Yiqing Gan. 2024. “Who dominates? Multiple constructions of women's subjective social status and their cohort dynamics in transitional China.” Chinese Journal of Sociology 10(4).

Haiyan, Gao, Peng Wang and Tony Tam. 2024. "Chinese social value change and its relevant factors: an age-period-cohort effect analysis." The Journal of Chinese Sociology 11(1).

Gan, Yiqing and Peng Wang*. 2023. “Social class, intergenerational mobility, and desired number of children in China.” Social Science Research 114: 102912.

Olivos, Francisco and Peng Wang. 2023. “Cultural omnivorousness and status inconsistency in Chile: the role of objective and subjective social status.” Sociological Research Online 28(3).

Book

Li, Lulu, Lei Shi, Peng Wang and Tianyu Zhuang. 2020. Contemporary Chinese Society - Basic Systems and Daily Life. translated by Gao Lei. 2020. Beijing: China Renmin University Press.