· Digital sociology

· Economic sociology

· Critical algorithm research

· Computational social science

· Historical sociology

BolunZhang

I am particularly interested in how the infrastructure of technological systems and expertise interacts with political and economic institutions, and how this interaction expands our understanding of "politics." Under this theoretical goal, my research focuses not only on the development of the information industry, but also on the various consequences of the algorithm technology of the information industry after entering sociology. The research has been published in Big Data and Society, Tsinghua Sociological Review, and work in progress is under anonymous review in journals including Sociological Methodology and World Development.

Education Background

Bachelor's Degree in Arabic, Sociology, Peking University, 2012

Master of Sociology, Peking University, 2015

PhD in Sociology, University of California, San Diego, 2023

Courses Taught

Social investigation and research methods

Digital Sociology (proposed)

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