Sining Wang is a full-time PhD student at HKU Sociology. She received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Sociology from Peking University.
Her research interests include sociology of family, sociology of professions, gender studies and cultural sociology. She consistently focuses on the marriage and family issues in her initial publication on bridewealth in rural China and the following research on female scholars’ work-family relationship. She also research on scholars’ professional careers with a cultural perspective. Her PhD project examines the dynamic interplay between the state and the scientific field, with a particular focus on scientists’ careers in China.
Master in Sociology
Peking UniversityBachelor in Sociology
Peking University“Thought and Society” Interdisplinary Program
Peking University
Sociology of family
Sociology of professions
Sociology of work
Science, Technology and Society studies
Sociology of knowledge
Gender studies
Cultural sociology
Chinese Scientists’ Academic Careers
2023 Graduation with Honor: College Graduate Excellence Award of Beijing, The Education Department of Beijing.
2023 Excellent Graduates of PKU, Peking University
2022 Merit Student, Peking University
2021 Merit Student, Peking University
2020 Graduation with Honor: College Graduate Excellence Award of Beijing, The Education Department of Beijing.
2020 Excellent Graduates of PKU, Peking University
2019 Award for Contribution in Student Organizations, Peking University
2018 Award for Scientific Research, Peking University
2018 The First Prize in the 26th Challenge Cup Competition for Academic Works of Peking University
2017 Kwang-Hua Scholarship, Peking University
2017 Award for Moral Character, Peking University
Journal articles:
王思凝. 2025. 恩義與家國：建國一代女學者的工作家庭交融與職業成長（"En-yi”, Family and Nation: Female Scholars' Work-Family Interpenetration and Career Development in the New China Generation）. 社會學研究（Sociological Studies）.41(05):87-110
Wang, Sining, Yujing Jia, and Geng Tian. 2022. “Pricing the Bridewealth: On Moral Embedding in the Mechanism of Rural Betrothal Gifts Negotiation--Case Analysis Based on L County, Gansu Province.” Chinese Journal of Sociology 8(1):104-28. doi: 10.1177/2057150X211070961
王思凝，贾宇婧，田耕. 2020. “議彩禮”：試論農村彩禮形成機制中的道德嵌入性——基於甘肅L縣的案例分析（Pricing the bridewealth: on moral embedding in the mechanism of rural betrothal gifts negotiation—case analysis based on L County, Gansu Province）. 社會（Chinese Journal of Sociology）”40(01):1-24.
Book Reviews:
王思凝，王利平. 2024. 重返教育與知識的生命——評阿伯特《大學教育與知識的未來》. [“重返教育与知识的生命——评阿伯特《大学教育与知识的未来》(Revitalizing Education and Knowledge: A Review of The Future of University Education and Knowledge by Andrew Abbott). 通識教育評論（總第12卷）（General Education Review, vol. 12). 商務印書館（Commercial Press）