Wanying Ling (凌宛莹) is a full-time PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong.
Her research operates at the intersection of demography, sociology, and epidemiology, focusing on two core topics: work and health. She studies various non-standard forms of work, examining their determinants and consequences. She also explores multidimensional measures of health and well-being, as well as their inequalities across the life course. She employs a wide variety of multi-source data—including census records, social surveys, interviews, biographies, and biomarkers—alongside quantitative and computational methods to delve into these topics.
2023 M.Phil. in Demography, Renmin University of China
2020 B.Sc. in Statistics (Minor in Sociology), Minzu University of China
Demography,
Sociology of Work,
Social Epidemiology
Her recent research interests include: health implications of non-standard employment; workers in the informal economy; unpaid domestic and care work. More details on recent research interests and projects are available on her personal website.
2020 Outstanding Graduate Beijing Municipal Education Commission
Wanying Ling, Senhu Wang, Zhuofei Lu. Forthcoming. “Working Time Mismatch and Employee Subjective Well-being Across Institutional Contexts: A Job Quality Perspective.” Work, Employment and Society.
Ya Guo, Wanying Ling, Wen Fan, Senhu Wang. 2025. “Work-Schedule Instability and Workers’ Health and Wellbeing Across Different Socioeconomic Strata in China.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 95:101008.
Wanying Ling, Senhu Wang, Shuanglong Li. 2024. “Diversity Patterns in Non-Standard Employment and Their Relationship with Self-Rated Health in Urban China from 2010 to 2021.” Social Science & Medicine. 348:116827.
Zhuofei Lu, Senhu Wang, Wanying Ling∗ , Ya Guo. 2023. “Gig Work and Mental Health during the Covid-19 pandemic: A Gendered Examination of Comparisons with Regular Employment and Unemployment.” Social Science & Medicine. 337:116281.