Jingwen is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester and a co-lead of the Quantitative Analysis and Research Network for Care (QAR-Net Care). Previously, she worked as a research associate at the ESRC Centre for Care, the University of Sheffield, focusing on care data infrastructure and care inequality. Her research interests include ageing, inequalities in health and care, gender, and life course, with a focus on quantitative methods. Her current research focuses on “Unmet needs for long-term care in both UK and Chinese contexts” and “Explaining inequalities in providing and receiving unpaid and paid care”.
Research interests
- Ageing
- Inequalities in health and care
- Gender
- Life course
- Quantitative methods
- Migration
Publications
Zhang, Jingwen, James Nazroo and Nan Zhang (2023). “Do Migration Outcomes Relate to Gender?
Lessons From a Study of Internal Migration, Marriage, and Later-Life Health in China”. Population,
Space and Place 29, e2659.
Zhang, Jingwen, James Nazroo and Nan Zhang (2022). “Gender differences in rural-urban migration
and its impact on mental health in later life.” Health & Place 77: 102890.
Zhang, Jingwen, Tarani Chandola and Nan Zhang (2022). “Understanding the longitudinal dynamics
of rural-urban health disparities in later life in China.” Aging and Mental Health.
Goldstone, Ross and Jingwen Zhang (2021). “Postgraduate research students’ experiences of the
COVID-19 pandemic and student-led policy solutions.” Educational Review 74(3): 422-43.
Song, Yueping, Jingwen Zhang and Xian Zhang (2021). “Cultural or Institutional? Contextual Effects
on Domestic Violence against Women in Rural China.” Journal of Family Violence 36: 643-55.