Dr Nan Zhang
Presidential Fellow (Academic) & Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
- Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing, Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing
- Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, School of Social Sciences
- Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing, School of Social Sciences
- Institute for Health Policy and Organisation, Alliance Manchester Business School
Overview
Research interests
I am broadly interested in exploring social and environmental change and health inequality in the Global South, with a focus on life course approach and neighborhood effects. I held a number of prestigious fellowships (ESRC Health and Wellbeing pathway AQM funded doctoral project 2012-2016, ESRC Global Challenge Research Fund Fellowship 2016-2017 and Hallsworth Research Fellowship 2017-2018) examining how migration and urbanization affects health and well-being of vulnerable groups (children and older people).
Since September 2018, I have taken up a position of Presidential Academic Fellowship (Assistant Professorship) to explore ageing, well-being and inequality, mainly focused on China, with comparisons with other countries (i.e., India) in the Global South and the Chinese diaspora into the Global North.
I am the funder and lead of Global Network for Ageing Research on China (GNARC) (Twitter: @gnarchina; URL: https://www.gnarchina.com/). The GNARC, based at University of Manchester, has over 200 members from all over the world: China, UK, Europe, North America, Australia, Hongkong, Japan, Singapore and India. The GNARC brings together researchers, policy makers and NGOs who are concerned about ageing, well-being and inequality with a particular reference to China.
Further information
Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA)
Cathie Marsh Institute (CMI)
Humanities Bridgeford Street (HBS) Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Related information
Publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
Activity: External visiting positions or secondments › Visiting an external non-academic organisation
Prizes
Prize: Other distinction
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively