2008-2012     Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, The University of Hong Kong

2005-2008     Master of Law in Sociology, Nanjing University

2001-2005     Bachelor of Law in Sociology, Shandong University

2021-present    Associate Professor, School of Sociology, Beijing Normal University

2016-2021    Associate Professor, School of International Relations, The University of International Business and Economics

2015-2016    Lecturer, School of International Relations, The University of International Business and Economics

2013-2015    Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University

A. Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

Zhang Han, “xieshang minzhu quanfangwei tuidong de shehui zhili gongtongti jianshe jizhi: cong yaosu, qudao, fangshi he lingyu chufa” (The Mechanism for Building the Community of Social Governance Driven Comprehensively by Deliberative Democracy: Factors, Channels, Means, and Areas), Guizhou shehui kexue (Social Sciences in Guizhou), No. 12, 2022.

Han Zhang, Huirong Chen and Jishu Wang, “Meritocracy in Village Elections: The ‘Separation of Election and Employment’ Scheme in Rural China”, Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 28, No. 119, pp. 779-794, 2019.

Zhang Han & Zhao Huanyu, “Zhongguo daxue ruhe peiyang quanqiu zhili rencai: Meiguo yanjiuxing daxue de jingyan jiqi qishi” (How Could Chinese Universities Train Global Governance Talents? Lessons Drawn from U.S. Research Universities), jingji shehui tizhi bijiao (Comparative Economic and Social Systems), No. 1, 2019.

Zhang Han, “Who Serves the Party on the Ground? Grassroots Party Workers for China’s Non-Public Sector of the Economy”, Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 27, No. 110, pp. 244-260, 2018.

Zhang Han, “’shehui zhong de zhengdang’ yu ‘zhengdang zhong de shehui’: zhengdang shehuixue de lishi chuantong yu yanjiu lujing” (“Parties in Society” and “the Society inside Parties”: The Tradition and Research Approaches of the Sociology of Political Parties), jingji shehui tizhi bijiao (Comparative Economic and Social Systems), No. 4, 2017.

Zhang Han, “zhixing yanjiu yu lianghua yanjiu shi jieran duili de ma? Shehui kexue yanjiu zhong de bentilun he renshilun bianxi” (Is Qualitative Research Opposite to Quantitative Research? Ontological and Epistemological Debates in Social Science Research), guowai lilun dongtai (Foreign Theoretical Trends), No. 5, 2016.

Zhang Han, “Party Building in Urban Business Districts: Organizational Adaptation of the Chinese Communist Party”, Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 24, No. 94, pp. 644-664, 2015.

Zhang Han, “‘difang fazhanxing guojia’ yihuo ‘difang qiyejiaxijng guojia: dui Zhongguo difang zhengqi guanxi yu difang zhengfu xingwei moshi de yanjiu’” (“Local Developmental State” or “Local Entrepreneurial State”?: A Review of Local State-Enterprise Relations and Local State Behaviors), gonggong xingzheng pinglun (Journal of Public Administration) , No. 3, 2014.

Zhang Han, “zai biandong zhong xunqiu shichang, guojia yu shehui de jiegouxing qihe yu xietong: dui fazhanxing guojia ji Zhongguo moshi de bijiao yanjiu” (Seeking Structural Adjustment and Coordination in Changing Times: A Comparative Study of the Developmental State Theory and the China Model), jingji shehui tizhi bijiao (Comparative Economic and Social Systems), No. 3, 2014.

Zhang Han, “tonghe zhuyi yu Zhongguo guojia-shehui guanxi yanjiu: lilun shiye, jingyan guancha yu zhengzhi xuanze” (Corporatism and China's State-society Relations: Theoretical Perspective, Empirical Observation and Political Choice), renwen zazhi (The Journal of Humanities), No. 1, 2014.

B1. Authored/Edited Book

Zhang Han, China’s Local Entrepreneurial State and New Urban Spaces: Downtown Redevelopment in Ningbo, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Zhang Xiaojin, Zhang Han, Wang Jishu, and Meng Tianguang, nongcun zhili tixi he zhili nengli xiandaihua: Cixi nongcun zhuanzhi ganbu zhidu yanjiu (Modernization of Rural Governance System and Capability: A Case Study of Full-time Village Cadre System in Cixi), Beijing: Zhongguo shehui chubanshe (China Society Press), 2016.

Principal Investigator. “Research on the Academic Lineage and Development Trend of the Sociology of Political Parties”. Funded by the National Social Science Fund of China. Award amount: 30,000 CNY. Award period: 2023-2024.

Principal Investigator. “Challenges and Coping Strategies in Constructing Theoretical and Discourse Systems for China’s Political Party System”. Funded by the Beijing Institute of Socialism (Beijing United Front Theoretical Research Base). Award amount: 200,000 CNY. Award period: 2022-2027.

Principal Investigator. “Civil-Military Relations in Developing Countries from the Perspective of Cultural Hegemony: A Comparative Study of Multiple Cases in the Middle East”. Funded by the the Dr. Seaker Chan Center for Comparative Political Development Studies, Fudan University. Award amount: 15,000 CNY. Award period: 2022-2023.

Principal Investigator. “Comparative Studies on the Modernization of National Governance from the Perspective of Sociology of Political Parties”. Funded by Beijing Normal University. Award amount: 100,000 CNY. Award period: 2021-2023.

Principal Investigator. “The Path of Comprehensively Promoting Social Governance Community Building through Deliberative Democracy”. Funded by the Beijing Institute of Socialism (Beijing United Front Theoretical Research Base). Award amount: 50,000 CNY. Award period: 2021-2021.

Principal Investigator. “The Organizational Leadership of the Chinese Communist Party: A Case Study of Cadre Selection and Appointment”. Funded by the Department of Publicity, the Qingdao Municipal Committee of the CCP. Award amount: 60,000 CNY. Award period: 2020-2021.

Principal Investigator. “The Dynamics of Grassroots Deliberation in China’s Urban Communities”. Funded by the University of International Business and Economics. Award amount: 60,000 CNY. Award period: 2019-2020.

Principal Investigator. “Integrated Party Building and United Front Work in Social Organizations”. Funded by the Central Institute of Socialism. Award amount: 80,000 CNY. Award period: 2017-2018.

Principal Investigator. “The Mechanism of Building University Primary Organizations of Democratic Parties in Beijing”. Funded by the Beijing Institute of Socialism (Beijing United Front Theoretical Research Base). Award amount: 10,000 CNY. Award period: 2016-2016.

Principal Investigator. “Party Building in Urban Business Districts: Organizational Adaptation of the Chinese Communist Party”. Funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Award amount: 80,000 CNY. Award period: 2014-2015.

2022-present     Selected Readings in Sociology  (for undergraduate students)

2022-present     Historical Sociology  (for undergraduate students)

2022-present     Comparative Politics  (for undergraduate students)

2022-present     History of Social and Political Development in Hong Kong  (for undergraduate students)