I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the College of Management, Shenzhen University. I received my PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester in 2026.
My research examines how industries emerge and develop, and how social networks shape collaboration and opportunity within them. Social network analysis is central to my work, both as a method and as an analytical perspective. My current research focuses on the low-altitude economy, an emerging sector encompassing eVTOL aircraft, drone logistics and other low-altitude aviation services. My work has also focused on China’s music industry.
Before pursuing my academic career, I spent several years working in the music industry, where I was an operations manager at Modern Sky in Beijing, working across the BADHEAD and Modern Sky World Music record labels.