Dr. Yue QIAN (pronounced Yew-ay Chian) is a Professor of Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD in Sociology from The Ohio State University and began her career at the University of British Columbia in 2016, where she advanced through the ranks to Full Professor in 2025.
Her research examines gender, family and work, and inequality in global contexts, with a particular focus on East Asia and North America. She has published over 70 articles in top-tier journals, including Nature Human Behaviour, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), American Sociological Review, Social Forces, and Journal of Marriage and Family. She has delivered more than 50 invited talks across Asia, North America, and Europe. Her research has been featured extensively in international media outlets (e.g., New York Times, The Washington Post, CBC, and South China Morning Post). Her work has informed policy conversations at the United Nations, World Bank, and World Health Organization, among others. Dr. Yue Qian’s contributions were recognized with UBC’s Killam Research Prize, Public Engagement Award, and Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award, as well as the Canadian Sociological Association’s Early Investigator Award. In 2022–2025, she was named in the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists.
Outside academia, she practices yoga to stay grounded, enjoys contrast therapy for deep relaxation, and turns to snowboarding and windsurfing for moments of awe and moving meditation in nature.
- Family and Gender
| Type | Year | Details | URL to the publication |
| Journal | 2026 | Hu, Y., & Qian, Y. (2026). Empowerment and individualization: online banking and household financial organization. European Sociological Review, jcag002. (Online First) | https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag002 |
| Journal | 2026 | Qian, Y., & Fan, W. (2026). Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Make It Worse? Working from Home and Affective Well-Being at the Intersections of Parental Status and Occupation. ILR Review, 79(2), 310-332. | https://doi.org/10.1177/00197939251390748 |
| Journal | 2025 | Fan, W., & Qian, Y. (2025). Whose Parents Matter? Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings Arrangements in Different-Sex Couples: A Research Note. Demography, 62(4), 1203-1216. | https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-12159081 |
| Journal | 2025 | Qian, Y., & Hu, Y. (2025). How couples meet and assortative mating in Canada. Journal of Marriage and Family, 87(1), 392-407. | https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12967 |
| Journal | 2024 | Qian, Y., & Hu, Y. (2024). The digitalization of family life: A multilevel conceptual framework. Journal of Marriage and Family, 86(5), 1160-1183. | https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12983 |
| Journal | 2024 | Xie, Y., Yang, F., Huang, J., He, Y., Zhou, Y., Qian, Y., Cai, W., & Zhou, J. (2024). Declining Chinese attitudes toward the United States amid COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(21), e2322920121. | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2322920121 |
| Journal | 2023 | Qian, Y., Glauber, R., & Yavorsky, J. E. (2023). COVID‐19 job loss and re‐employment among partnered parents: Gender and educational variations. Journal of Marriage and Family, 85(5), 1138-1152. | https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12927 |
| Journal | 2023 | Hu, Y., & Qian, Y. (2023). Gender, education expansion and intergenerational educational mobility around the world. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(4), 583-595. | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01545-5 |
| Journal | 2021 | Qian, Y., & Yavorsky, J. E. (2021). The under-utilization of women’s talent: academic achievement and future leadership positions. Social Forces, 100(2), 564-598. | https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaa126 |
| Journal | 2021 | Fan, W., Qian, Y., & Jin, Y. (2021). Stigma, perceived discrimination, and mental health during China’s COVID-19 outbreak: a mixed-methods investigation. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 62(4), 562-581. | https://doi.org/10.1177/00221465211040550 |
| Journal | 2019 | Yavorsky, J. E., Keister, L. A., Qian, Y., & Nau, M. (2019). Women in the one percent: Gender dynamics in top income positions. American Sociological Review, 84(1), 54-81. | https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122418820702 |
| Journal | 2018 | Qian, Y. (2018). Educational assortative mating and income dynamics in couples: A longitudinal dyadic perspective. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80(3), 607-621. | https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12470 |
| Journal | 2017 | Qian, Y. (2017). Gender asymmetry in educational and income assortative marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family, 79(2), 318-336. | https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12372 |
| Journal | 2016 | Qian, Y., & Sayer, L. C. (2016). Division of labor, gender ideology, and marital satisfaction in East Asia. Journal of Marriage and Family, 78(2), 383-400. | https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12274 |
| Book | 2025 | 錢岳. 進入學術圈. 華東師範大學出版社. | https://book.douban.com/subject/37821623/ |
| Magazine / Newspaper Article | 2025 | Qian, Y. (2025). Canada halts new parent immigration sponsorships, keeping families apart. The Conversation. | https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.6pufusjmp
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| Magazine / Newspaper Article | 2020 | Qian, Y. (2020). Asian guys stereotyped and excluded in online dating. The Conversation. | https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.k54ep4xfu |
| Magazine / Newspaper Article | 2019 | Qian, Y. (2019). Why young people in South Korea are staying single despite efforts to spark dating. The Conversation. | https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.cxj9dcus6 |
| Magazine / Newspaper Article | 2018 | Qian, Y. (2018). Women feel better when they work with other women. The Conversation. | https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.ufx67cpuu |
| Magazine / Newspaper Article | 2018 | Qian, Y. (2018). China’s two‑child policy needs to come with child‑care help. The Conversation. | https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.95kec7qvx |
| Magazine / Newspaper Article | 2018 | Qian, Y. (2018). Does being smart and successful lower your chances of getting married? The Conversation. | https://doi.org/10.64628/AAM.ejgmwfvrq |
Department
- Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee
- Member, Research Committee
Faculty
- Member, Survey and Behavioural Research Ethics (SBRE) Sub-Committee of Social Science
- Council Member, American Sociological Association Asia and Asian America Section
- Board Member, International Chinese Sociological Association
- Councilor, Canadian Population Society
- Associate Editor, Demographic Research
- Editorial Board Member, Chinese Sociological Review
- Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of Sociology
- Editorial Board Member, Canadian Review of Sociology
- Editorial Board Member, Canadian Studies in Population
- Editorial Board Member, Social Science Research
- Editorial Board Member, Socius
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Marriage and Family
last updated on 7 August 2026