
Dr. LI Lulu

Research Assistant Professor
Contact
Tel: (852) 2616 7120
Fax: (852) 2456 0737
Email: [email protected]
Office
WYL303/1, Dorothy Y L Wong Building
Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Dr. Lulu LI joined Lingnan University as a Research Assistant Professor (RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship awardee) in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University in September 2024. Dr. Li obtained her Ph.D. in Gender Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining Lingnan University, she was a Postdoctoral fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she also taught part-time. Dr. Li’s research interests are the interaction of gender, work, and family in China, self-employment and gig work, and digital nomadism in the context of marketization, digitalization, and globalization.
- Gender Studies
- Sociology of Work
- Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship
- Gig Work and Digital Nomadism
- Chinese Family
B.A. (Wuhan University); M.A. (Hong Kong Baptist University); M.Phil. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Ph.D. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Lulu Li and Jing Song. 2024. “Geographical Downward Mobility and Social Upward Mobility: Women’s Return Migration and Entrepreneurship in China’s Small Cities.” American Behavioral Scientist. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642241242745
Lulu Li. 2024. “Femininity Penalty and Reward: Obstacles and Opportunities for Chinese Female Entrepreneurs in Gender-segregated Industries.” Gender in Management: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-03-2023-0083
Jing Song and Lulu Li. 2023. “Empowered in Business or Penalized in Marriage: Experiences of Single Female Entrepreneurs in China.” Work, Employment and Society, 37(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170211028737
Lulu Li, Siyuan Zhou, and Jing Song. 2019. “Time Poverty: An Analysis of Chinese Young Female Entrepreneurs”. China Youth Study, 10, 19-26. (Annually Outstanding Paper Award)
http://www.cqvip.com/qk/82199x/201910/7002883350.html
Du Ying Roselyn and Lulu Li. 2017. “When Press Freedom Meets National Interest: How Terrorist Attacks are Framed in the News in China and the US.” Global Media and China, 2, 3-4, 284-302. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059436418755761
Book Chapters
Jing Song and Lulu Li. 2020. “Rural Dama in China’s Urbanization: From Rural Left-behind to Urban Strangers.” in Living in the Margins in Mainland China, Hong Kong and India, edited by W. C. Ho and F. Padovani. Routledge.
Jing Song and Lulu Li. 2017. “Mate Selection in Rural China.” in Handbook on the Family and Marriage in China, edited by X. Zang and L. Zhao. Edward Elgar Publishing.
1st Term
- SOC3101: Sociological Research Methods
2nd Term
- SOC3101: Sociological Research Methods

