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Kefan Xue

@kefanxue

PhD, University of Oxford. Study childhood and family, sociology of education, health and care, gender and sexuality, and methodology.

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Cheers!!

30.11.2025 05:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New paper out in The British Journal of Sociology!🎉 @lsesociology.bsky.social

Based on my doctoral research on young carers in China, we explore children’s emotional labour and the moral tensions that shape their everyday caregiving experiences.

🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1111/1468...

30.11.2025 05:20 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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New paper out in Qualitative Inquiry! 🎉

In this study, we explore power relations between researchers from elite institutions & participants often seen as ‘vulnerable’, proposing a framework for ethical reflection.

📖 Open Access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

20.11.2025 07:15 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Reunion of three sociologists of childhood from Hangzhou in Birmingham!

14.09.2025 21:25 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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New paper out in Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters! 🎉 Our research examines how Chinese youth’s sources of sexual knowledge are associated with their sexual and reproductive health.

Open access article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

12.08.2025 06:22 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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I’m happy to share that I passed my viva today! @osgaoxford.bsky.social
Endless thanks to Anna Lora-Wainwright & Lisa Eklund for accepting my work with such care.

Deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Rachel Murphy, for her unwavering love & support.

And to everyone who’s supported me, thank you.✨

24.06.2025 21:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Yuchen!

24.06.2025 21:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Lingling!

24.06.2025 21:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy to share that I’ve submitted my DPhil thesis on young carers in China, with my viva expected by the end of next month.
Deeply grateful to everyone who has supported me along the way. 🎓✨

17.05.2025 21:42 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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#BSA2025 presentation wrapped up!
I shared a new paper, ‘Negotiating Masculinity and Care in Families of Autistic Children in China’, co-authored with Dr Xiaorong Gu.
Grateful for thoughtful feedback, warm reunions & new connections in Manchester. Thank you so much @britsoci.bsky.social!

12.05.2025 01:43 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much Dr. Yang 🤗

25.04.2025 19:56 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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25.04.2025 19:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A group photo of three sociologists from the City of Hangzhou, China, at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference.

A group photo of three sociologists from the City of Hangzhou, China, at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference.

Three sociologists of childhood from the City of Hangzhou, China at the @britsoci.bsky.social conference! Gladly surprised to learn that @kefanxue.bsky.social and I even went to the same middle school and overlapped for a year! What a small world! #britsoc25

25.04.2025 19:45 👍 26 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0