Manlin Cai

PhD Candidate
Education

M.A., University of Chicago, 2019

B. Econ., Peking University, 2018


About

Manlin Cai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She was a 2022–23 graduate student fellow at the UBC Centre for Migration Studies. Her advisor is Dr. Yue Qian.


Research

Manlin Cai’s research has included three areas in sociology of family and work:

1) Patterns of assortative mating in the digital era

2) Gender, family and work in the context of migration

3) LGBTQ+ populations and their families of origin

For more information, please check her personal website.


Manlin Cai

PhD Candidate
Education

M.A., University of Chicago, 2019

B. Econ., Peking University, 2018


About

Manlin Cai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She was a 2022–23 graduate student fellow at the UBC Centre for Migration Studies. Her advisor is Dr. Yue Qian.


Research

Manlin Cai’s research has included three areas in sociology of family and work:

1) Patterns of assortative mating in the digital era

2) Gender, family and work in the context of migration

3) LGBTQ+ populations and their families of origin

For more information, please check her personal website.


Manlin Cai

PhD Candidate
Education

M.A., University of Chicago, 2019

B. Econ., Peking University, 2018

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Manlin Cai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She was a 2022–23 graduate student fellow at the UBC Centre for Migration Studies. Her advisor is Dr. Yue Qian.

Research keyboard_arrow_down

Manlin Cai’s research has included three areas in sociology of family and work:

1) Patterns of assortative mating in the digital era

2) Gender, family and work in the context of migration

3) LGBTQ+ populations and their families of origin

For more information, please check her personal website.