Biography

Jingying joined King’s College London as a visiting PhD student in September 2025. She is currently a PhD candidate in Social Work at East China University of Science and Technology. Her research explores how behavioral public policy can support sustainable food consumption, with a focus on policy design, intervention evaluation, and contextual stress responses in large-scale public challenges.

Jingying has contributed to several interdisciplinary studies and has published in international peer-reviewed journals. She has received multiple academic awards in China, including the First Prize at the Green Social Work Forum and the Young Scholars Forum of the China Association for Social Work Education. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and is experienced in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Research

• Behavioral public policy
• Sustainable food consumption
• Environmental and social justice
• Contextual stress and coping
• Cross-cultural mental health
• Mixed-methods policy evaluation

PhD supervisors

Dr Sanchayan Banerjee (King’s College London)

Prof Wenjie Duan (East China University of Science and Technology)

Latest publications

• Duan, W.*, Wang, J., Ho, M., Wong, J. Y. H., Choi, E. P. H., Lok, K. Y. W., & Fong, D. Y. T. (2024). Development and Evaluation of an Out-of-Control Scale Measuring Global Contextual Stressors Across 20 Countries and Regions. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000854
• Duan, W.*, Wang, J., & Wang, Z. (2023). A Network Analysis of Brief Measure of Perceived Courtesy and Affiliate Stigma During COVID-19 in Hubei China. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 20(5), 623–636. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2023.2192716
• Zhang, Z., Wang, J., & Duan, W.* (2023). The Impact of Adolescents’ Character Strengths on Quality of Life in Stressful Situations During COVID-19 in China: A Moderated Mediation Approach. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 20(6), 881–895. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2023.2231438
• Sun, X., Zha, H., Wang, J., & Duan, W.* (2025). Effects of Biopsychosocial Factors on Quality of Life among Adolescents during the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-025-03029-8