Xiabing Chen
is a PhD candidate in sociology at Sorbonne University and a member of the research network Migration from East and Southeast Asia in France (MAF). His research mainly focuses on Georg Simmel’s social theory, particularly the stranger theory, which he is applying to a comparative study of Chinese and Japanese restaurants in Paris. He is currently learning mixed research methods, with a particular focus on accessing online public resources and conducting textual (affective) analysis.
Yong Li
holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Rouen (2016). After his dissertation on the labour market integration of Chinese graduates in France, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Employment and Labour Studies and the Triangle Laboratory, ENS Lyon. He is a member of the Dysolab at the University of Rouen and a fellow of the French Collaborative Institute on Migration. His current work revolves around three main themes: the life courses of skilled Chinese migrants in France; anti-Asian racism in France; transnational e-commerce among Chinese migrants in Europe.
Francesco Madrisotti
is a data scientist and sociologist and holds a PhD in Anthropology and Ethnology from EHESS. His work analyzes transnational mobility, discrimination, and psychological distress. Francesco Madrisotti’s research incorporates quantitative and qualitative analysis methods. His most recent work uses statistical and data science methods to investigate the interaction between human behavior and digital technologies.
Simeng Wang
is a sociologist, permanent research fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), faculty member at the CERMES3 (Research Centre, Medicine, Science, Health, Mental Health and Society) and fellow with the French Collaborative Institute on Migration. She has been working on Chinese migration to France since 2009 and has published extensively on the subject: among others Chinese Migrants in Paris. The Narratives of Illusion and Suffering (Brill, 2021) and Chinese Immigrants in Europe: Image, Identity and Social Participation (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020). She is also the coordinator of the research network Migration from East and Southeast Asia in France (MAF).
holds a Master’s degree in communication from Sciences Po Paris. Since 2018, she has been working as a journalist based in Paris for a Chinese TV channel, mainly covering topics related to French-Chinese cooperation. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she reported on the collection of medical materials by alumni of Wuhan University in France and racism experienced by Chinese migrants. Her interests cover the cultural differences, the cooperation between China and France, as well as Chinese people in France.