Yanqiu Rachel Zhou

I have widely published in the fields of globalization, immigration, global health, social policy, aging, and time studies. My research interests are grounded in globalization and has evolved from earlier topics on immigration and HIV/AIDS to recent ones on pandemic politics and global youth, for example. My most recent scholarly publications include “HIV/AIDS, SARS, and COVID-19: the trajectory of China’s pandemic responses and its changing politics in a contested world” (2024, in Globalization and Health), "The lying flat movement, global youth, and globality: a case of collective reading on Reddit" (2023, in Globalizations), and “Vaccine nationalism: contested relationships between COVID-19 and globalization” (2021, in Globalizations), and "Sexualities, Transnationalism, and Globalization: New Perspectives" (published by Routledge, 2021).

I am currently conducting a SSHRC-funded project entitled “Globalization, time, and nostalgia: A transnational conjunctural analysis”. This project aims to explore the prospects of contemporary globalization at the juncture of multiple crises (e.g., social, economic, political, environmental, and public health) through focusing on three case countries (the US, the UK, and China).