Yan Zhao is professor of sociology and social work. She is currently the head of social work department at Nord University, Norway.
Zhao’s research covers several migration-related topics, such as diversity and ethnic relations, construction of nationhood, migration and health, aging and care in the context of migration, international welfare/social work and transnationalism. She has also theoretical interests in feminist theories, and transnational feminist movements, postcolonial theories, and narrative studies. She is a member of three research groups at the Faculty of Sciences: Aging, Care and Welfare (ALOVE), Gender, Ethnicity and Equality (KEL) and Social Work. She is also a member of Observatory of Migration and Human Rights, SEA-EU.
Zhao has been the member of the national committee for gender balance and diversity in the research (KIF) appointed by Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (2022-2025) and is now a deputy member of KIF Committee (2026 – 2029).
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 5974 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9129-2763 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yan-Zhao-75 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
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Nord University
University, Bodø, Norway
Professor
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Suggested Research
Kinned to be Norwegian: transnational adoptees' positioning in relation to whiteness and the negotiation of nationhood
| Authors | Yan Zhao |
| Year | 2019 |
Kinned to beNorwegian: transnational adoptees' positioning in relation to whiteness and the negotiation of nationhood
| Authors | Yan Zhao |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Nations and Nationalism |
The Mobility of the Elderly and Family-Based Care: A Case Study of Chinese Migrant (Grand)Parents
| Authors | Yan Zhao, Yu Huang |
| Year | 2021 |
| Book Title | Migration to and from Welfare States | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migrating (Grand)Parents, Intergenerational Relationships and Neo-Familism in China
| Authors | Yan Zhao, Yu Huang |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Comparative Social Work |
Exploring Participation and Interaction in a Bottom-Up Health Promotion Program for Migrant Women in Norway
| Authors | Yan Zhao, Trude Gjernes, Marianne Hedlund |
| Year | 2021 |
Exploring Participation and Interaction in a Bottom-Up Health Promotion Program for Migrant Women in Norway
| Authors | Yan Zhao, Trude Gjernes, Marianne Hedlund |
| Year | 2021 |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
Baseline HCV Antibody Prevalence and Risk Factors among Drug Users in China's National Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program
| Authors | Yan Zhao, Zunyou Wu, Enwu Liu |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | PLOS ONE |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Exploring Participation and Interaction in a Bottom-Up Health Promotion Program for Migrant Women in Norway
| Authors | Yan Zhao, Trude Gjernes, Marianne Hedlund |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
Exploring Participation and Interaction in a Bottom-Up Health Promotion Program for Migrant Women in Norway
| Authors | Yan Zhao, Trude Gjernes, Marianne Hedlund |
| Year | 2021 |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |