Biography
Hainuo is a PhD candidate at the Lau China Institute with research interests in Chinese rural-urban migration and migrant women.
She previously completed her Master’s degree in China and Globalisation at King’s. Her MSc dissertation, studying gender and rural-urban migration in China, was awarded the Lau China Institute Prize for the Best Dissertation (2023/24) and was presented at the 2025 British Sociological Association Annual Conference, as part of a panel on Race, Ethnicity and Migration.
Hainuo's research interests include urbanisation, gender and family dynamics, rural-urban migration, social reproduction, and social welfare policies.
Research
Thesis title: 'Reproducing the Nation: The Relationship Between Intergenerational Rural Women’s Coalitions and Nationalist Urbanisation Projects in China'
Hainuo's PhD research project examines the intersection of women and nation, production and reproduction, focusing on "intergenerational female coalitions" of rural grandmothers, rural-urban migrant mothers, and urban daughters in China to understand how women have conceptualised their reproductive and social reproductive roles in China's state-led urbanisation since the 1950s. Her research aims to employ two complementary methods, bridging both top-down framing and bottom-up agency: policy discourse analysis to uncover the underlying connotations of state narratives, and semi-structured interviews to explore rural women’s everyday experiences and agency.
PhD supervision
- Principal supervisor: Dr Charlotte Goodburn
Further details
Research
Urbanisation, Rural Development and Social Transformations research group
A research group examining urban-rural development and its effect on the developing world.
Co-creation with Chinese Communities research group
Together with Chinese students, creatives, and community groups, we imagine and build more inclusive futures through research, art, and collaboration.
Research
Urbanisation, Rural Development and Social Transformations research group
A research group examining urban-rural development and its effect on the developing world.
Co-creation with Chinese Communities research group
Together with Chinese students, creatives, and community groups, we imagine and build more inclusive futures through research, art, and collaboration.