Young Researcher Workshop
About the Workshops
The SCCEI Young Researcher Workshops are a bi-weekly series of presentations from scholars around campus who are working on issues related to China’s economy and institutions. The aim of the series is to bring together young scholars by providing a platform to present new research, get feedback, exchange ideas, and make connections. Each session features a single presenter who may present a new research plan, share results from preliminary data analyses, or do a trial run of a job talk or conference presentation. The Workshop Series is an opportunity to give and receive feedback on existing research, get to know other researchers around campus who are working on or in China, and be a testing ground for new ideas, data, and presentations.
Workshops are held every other Tuesday from 2 - 3 pm. Afternoon refreshments will be provided!
Visit the Young Researcher Workshops webpage for more information on the content and format of the series and to learn how to sign up to present.
Learn More About the Workshops
Okimoto Conference Room, Encina Hall, E307
Huan Wang
Encina Hall East, 5th Floor
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
Huan Wang is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions (SCCEI), and a long-standing member of the Rural Education Action Program (REAP). Huan's research portfolio is grounded in empirical methods and a commitment to addressing real-world development challenges. Her connection to Stanford began in 2010, when she first collaborated with FSI faculty. She formally joined FSI as a postdoctoral scholar in 2017 and has been a full-time research scholar since 2019.
Her research investigates the determinants and constraints of human capital development across the life course in China — from early childhood through old age. She leads large-scale randomized controlled trials and field experiments to evaluate programs targeting the physical, cognitive, and emotional drivers of educational attainment, productivity, and healthy aging. Her interdisciplinary projects are integrated with the Stanford School of Medicine and the School of Education.
Her publication has appeared in Nature Human Behavior, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Economics of Education Review, and The China Quarterly. Her research contributes to a body of evidence that has informed China's national school lunch programs and the inclusion of vision care in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals framework.
Huan is part of the SCCEI Seminar Committee, helping to identify emerging China scholars and bring them to Stanford to engage with our community.
Beyond academia, Huan currently runs a social enterprise that works with local communities to establish sustainable, high-quality vision care services for children in rural China.
