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Prof Lai Wei

Assistant Professor, HKU-100 Scholar

9.20, 9/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus

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Prof Lai Wei
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  • PhD in Sociology, Princeton University


    BA in Sociology, Tsinghua University

    • Social Stratification

    • Intergenerational Mobility

    • Sociological Methodology

    • Causal Inference

    • Computational Social Science

  • He currently has two lines of research. The first is an attempt at developing causal inference methods to evaluate the causes, consequences, and mechanisms of social stratification. Underlying this agenda is a new methodological program called “causal intervention”. The second focuses on how the transformation of the educational system and the labor market environment affected intergenerational mobility in the United States.

  • Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University  2023-2024


    Nan Lin Award, Honorable Mention, ICSA  2023


    Aage B. Sørensen Award at RC28 Spring Conference  2022

  • Liying Luo and Lai Wei. "For Whom Does Education Convey Health Benefits? A Two-Generation Life Course Approach." Forthcoming,  Journal of Health and Social Behavior


    Lai Wei. "When the Wall is Broken: Rural-to-Urban Migration, Perceived Inequality, and Subjective Social Status in China." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility82 (2022): 100731.


    Lai Wei, Elaine Yao, and Han Zhang. "Authoritarian Responsiveness and Political Attitudes during COVID-19: Evidence from Weibo and a Survey Experiment." Chinese Sociological Review (2021): 1-37.

  • SOCI8039

    Capstone project in Sociology

    Full-year course

    SOCI2030-1A

    Quantitative research methods

    1st semester

    SOCI2095

    Quantitative social sciences: from correlation to causality

    2nd semester

    SOCI7010-1A

    Quantitative research methods

    1st semester

    SOCI4098

    Capstone project in media and cultural studies

    1st semester

    SOCI4096

    Capstone project in criminology

    1st semester

    SOCI4095

    Capstone project in sociology

    1st semester

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