School for Business and Society
Ruhua Ma
- PhD student
Profile
Thesis supervisors
Thesis Title
Risk aversive Individualism: Transition to Marriage of Educated Chinese Women
Biography
Since October 2021, I've been a PhD Student in Social Policy and Social Work at York. Prior to that, I obtained a Masters degree in Social Policy with distinction at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2019) and a Bachelors degree in Social Work with distinction from Guangdong Pharmaceutical University (2018).
Teaching
Teaching
- Graduate teaching assistant of the Research Design (PG) module and Comparative and International Social Policy: Research Methods (PG) module.
Research
Research topic
My PhD examines how finances and gender norms shape marriage outcomes of Chinese women.
Research interests
My research interest lies in the interplay between changing family dynamics and gender inequality. I am interested in how gender inequality shapes and is shaped by marital behaviour. I employ both quantitative and qualitative techniques.
