Job title:Professor
Email:guozhen@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas:Demography
Academic Degrees
PhD, 2013, Xi’an Jiaotong University;
BA, 2004, Wuhan University.
Professional Experience
Huazhong University of Science & Technology since 2013. School of Sociology, Professor (2018- ), Associate Professor (2013-2018), Director of Department of Social Policy (2016- ).
Stanford University, Morrison Institute for Population and Resources Studies, Visiting Associate Professor (2015.09-2016.08).
University of Victoria, Department of Sociology, Visiting PhD student (2010.12-2011.12).
Publications
Journal Articles
[1] Zuo Wenyun, Jiang Sha, Guo Zhen, Marcus W. Feldman, and Shripad Tuljapurkar. Advancing front of old-age human survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018.115 (44): 11209-11214.
[2] Guo Zhen, Liang Haili, and Li Shuzhuo. A Study on the Mortality of Middle-aged Single Men in Light of China’s Rising Sex Ratio. Chinese Journal of Population Science, 2018(6):69-79+127.
[3] Guo Zhen, Liang Haili, and Li Shuzhuo. The Survival Conditions of China’s Forced Male Bachelors in the Context of Population Sex Imbalance. Social Sciences in China-Internal manuscript, 2018(1):72-86.
[4] Guo Zhen, Jiang Sha. Research on the Dispersion of the Age Pattern of Fertility in China. Chinese Journal of Population Science, 2017(6):32-42.
[5] Guo Zhen, Li Shuzhuo, and Marcus W. Feldman. A Study on the Model of Male Marriage Squeeze of China. Chinese Journal of Population Science, 2016.36(3):69-80.
[6] Guo Zhen, Monica Das Gupta, and Li Shuzhuo. “Missing girls” in China and India: trends and policy challenges, Asia Population Studies, 2016, 12(2):135-155.
[7] Li Shuzhuo, Guo Zhen, and Shang Zijuan. Gender Imbalance and Sustainable Social Development of China: Theory, Governance Practice and Policy Innovation-A summary of results of the Strategy Research on China's Population Structure and Sustainable Social Development. Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Social Sciences), 2014, 34(6):1-13.
[8] Guo Zhen, Wu Zheng, and Li Shuzhuo. The effect of urbanization on China’s fertility. POPULATION & ECONOMICS, 2013.199(4):53-62.
[9] Jiang Quanbao, Guo Zhen, Li Shuzhuo, and Marcus W. Feldman. The life cycle of bare branch families in China-A simulation studies. Canadian Studies in Population, 2013. 40(3-4):134-148.
[10] Li Shuzhuo, Guo Zhen. The dynamics of the population sex structure in contemporary China. Chinese Journal of Population Science, 2013.33(2):11-20.
[11] Guo Zhen, Wu Zheng, Christoph M. Schimmele, and Li Shuzhuo. The effect of urbanization on China’s fertility. Population Research and Policy Review, 2012. 31(3):417-434.
[12] Li Shuzhuo, Guo Zhen. Population dynamics, challenges and international impacts of China. Journal of Xi’an Jiaotong University (in Chinese), 2012. 31(5):41-49.
[13] Jiang Quanbao, Guo Zhen, and Li Shuzhuo. A Study of China's Future Marriage Squeeze. Population and Development (in Chinese), 2010. 16(3): 39-47.
[14] Jiang Quanbao, Guo Zhen, Li Shuzhuo, and Marcus W.Feldman. The Family Life Cycle of the Forced Male Bachelors in Rural China. Chinese Journal of Population Science, 2009(4):62-70.
Books
[1] Guo Zhen. “China’s Population Sex Imbalance and Survival of Unmarried Males”. Social Sciences Academic Press (China), Beijing, Oct, 2018.
[2] Liu Huijun, Li Shuzhuo, Zhu Zhengwei, Guo Zhen. “The Social Risk Research of Gender Imbanlance—Based on Social Transition Context of China”. Social Sciences Academic Press (China), Beijing, Aug, 2014.
[3] Jiang Quanbao, Wei Yan, Guo Zhen. “Study on China’s Low Birth Level”. Social Sciences Academic Press (China), Beijing, Nov, 2011.
Selected Research Projects
[1] 2019.06- (Principal Investigator). Research on Population Projection by level of Educational Attainment in China. Approved by the National Social Science Fund of China.
[2] 2014.06-2019.06 (Principal Investigator). Research on the Living Conditions of Rural Unmarried Males and Related Policies. Approved by the National Social Science Fund of China.
Honors and Awards
[1] “Research on the Dispersion of the Age Pattern of Fertility in China” won the Third-Class Prize of the 7th Population Science Outstanding Achievement Award in 2018.
[2] “A Study on the Survival of Never-married Males in the Context of China’s Population Sex Imbalance” won the Shaanxi Provincial Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in 2015.
[3] “The dynamics of the population sex structure in contemporary China” won the First-Class Prize of the 6th Population Science Outstanding Achievement Award in 2014
[4] “Population Situation, Characteristics and Development Trend of Shaanxi Province” won the First-Class Prize of the 6th Population Census Outstanding Achievement Award in Shaanxi Province in 2012.
Courses Taught
Demography
Regression Analysis
Primary Social Statistics
