Si is a 6th-year PhD Candidate in Political Science at Boston University. Her research interests include comparative politics, authoritarianism, political economy, development, gender, China, and political methodologies. She is committed to creating a better understanding between the U.S. and China through her dissertation and research as a political scientist. Her research has been supported by the Hariri Institute for Computing, the Global Development Policy Center, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University.<\/p>\n
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Si\u2019s dissertation, \u201cFrom Control to Choice: Women, Work, and Power in China\u2019s New Birth Planning Regime\u201d, will explore the long-term political and economic consequences of the end of China\u2019s one-child policy. To do this, Si will understand women\u2019s labor market outcome and the role played by the All-China Women\u2019s Federation through statistical techniques and in-depth fieldwork.<\/p>\n
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Si received her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Physics from Imperial College London, U.K., and a Master\u2019s degree in Journalism from Northeastern University.<\/p>\n
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