Yan Long is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and incoming Co-Director of Berkeley Global Metropolitan Studies. She is a political sociologist whose research examines how globalization and China co-constitute one another, with a focus on public health, urban governance, international organizations, gender, and technology. Her current book project investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic, in tandem with rapidly expanding digital tools, has transformed China

Le Lin is Associate Professo r of Sociology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Hisresearch centers on education, organizations, economic sociology, transnational sociology a nd Chinese society. His first book,The Fruits of Oppo rtunism: Noncompliance a nd the Evolution of China’s Supplemental Education Industry, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2022. This book won the Hono rable Mention of the Best Book Award on Asia/Transnational by the American Sociological Association i

Zhifan Luo is an assistant professor at Department of Sociology Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement, McMaster University. Her research investigates the intricate interplay among digital technologies, political power, and civil society. Two questions propel this investigation. In the authoritarian context, how do the rulers adapt to the digital age, and how does the adaptation affect civic life and discourses? In the democratic context, how does digital technology reshape civil rel

Zhehang Zhang (coordinator) is a Ph.D. student at Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley.