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Prof. Dai Haijing

Prof. Dai Haijing

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Chairperson and Professor

B.A. (Literature and Economics) (Peking University); M.S.W., M.A. (Sociology), Ph.D. (University of Michigan); RSW 3943 1830

 

Research Interests

  • Gender and social organization of care work
  • Family dynamics and family care
  • Work-family policies
  • Community-based social welfare and social service
  • Comparative welfare reforms
  • Power inequality and social changes in post-socialist China
  • Ethnography

 

Curriculum Vitae

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Recent Publications (Selected)

  • Dai, H. (2025). Beyond Market Meritocracy: Work and Family Care in Chinese Societies. Oxford University Press.
  • Dai, H., Zhu, L., & Ma, G. (Online First). Grandparenting as primary care and early childhood development: Evidence from a coastal region of China. Research on Social Work Practice.
  • Dai, H., Leung, K., & Zhu, L. (2025). Conflicts or facilitation? Post-pandemic reflection on the work-family balance of family caregivers under the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 20, 1517–1534.
  • Dai, H., Zhu, L., & Jiang, N. (2025). Does caregiving make a difference? Health penalty and family caregivers during the pandemic in China. Family Relations, 74(4), 1401-1423.
  • Dai, H., Xia, L., Jiang, N., Liu, W. & Chen, S. (2025). The involution of middle-class tiger moms? An exploration of parental expectations in a coastal region of China. Journal of Family Studies, 31(3), 380-396.
  • Dai, H. & Ma, G. (2024). The broken link: Learning habitus of rural students in county key high schools during COVID-19 related school closure in China. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 90, 100916.
  • Dai, H., Jiang, N., & Li, R. (2022). Social worker turnover under the Lump Sum Grant Subvention System in Hong Kong: Organization-level analyses. British Journal of Social Work, 52(3), 1683-1702.

 

Ongoing Projects

  • Work and Family Life under Platform Capitalism in Hong Kong and Mainland China (Collaborator: Zhejiang University, Lingnan University)
  • SEEDS of China (Collaborators: Zhejiang University and New York University - Shanghai)
  • AI-assisted Training Program for Family Caregivers