I am an inquisitive mind passionate about uncovering the social forces behind migration, borders, and transnational connections. As an Associate Professor of Sociology at Yunnan University, I bridge disciplines through research and fieldwork, from global trade hubs to policy debates. With a background in law and justice studies, I explore immigration, Chinese overseas communities, and border studies—always bringing curiosity, intellect, and a touch of humor to my work.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4740 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6294-0474 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/tianlong-you-6a771431b/ | |
| Research Gate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tianlong-You/research |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Either/Mixed
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Comparative Migration Studies
Research Institute, Netherlands
Associate Editor -
Arizona State University
University, Tempe, United States
Affiliated Faculty -
Office for China Rural Social Survey
Research Institute, Beijing, China
Director -
Kuige Sociological Review
Other, Kunming, China
Executive Editor-in-Chief -
Yunnan University
University, Kunming City, China
Associate Professor -
Yunnan University
University, Kunming, China
Chair
Research
Reframing China Studies: Insights from the Margins and Global Intersections of China’s Borderlands
| Authors | Tianlong You |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | China Perspectives |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Making of Border Infrastructures: Evolution and Interaction with Cross-border Migration on the China–Myanmar Border
| Authors | Tianlong You, Haijing Zhang |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | China Perspectives |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Global China’s Borderlands: Contemporary Characteristics in a Historical Trajectory
| Authors | Tianlong You, Ding Yuan |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | China Perspectives |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Skill the low-skilled: the knowledge-driven stepwise migration of Vietnamese workers in South China
| Authors | Kejie Huang, Tianlong You |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Embeddedness at varying depths: interactions between rural e‑commerce entrepreneurs and China’s local politico‑economic contexts
| Authors | Tianlong You |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Chinese Sociology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
China’s Borderlands in the Post-Globalization Era
| Authors | Tianlong You |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | China Information |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational labor contractor regime in the China-Myanmar borderland: Mitigating hyper-precarity in the sugar cane cutting industry
| Authors | Yueping Wang, Tianlong You, Yang Tian |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | China Information |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational Dynamics in Immigrant Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Chinese-Owned Nail Salons in New York City
| Authors | Tianlong You, Min Zhou |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Chinese Overseas |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Global Dynamics of Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Trends, Patterns, and Transnationalism
| Authors | Jennifer Nazareno, Min Zhou, Tianlong You |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Simultaneous Embeddedness of Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Global Forces Behind the Chinese-Owned Nail Salon Industry in New York City
| Authors | Tianlong You, Min Zhou |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | American Behavioral Scientist |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Simultaneous Embeddedness in Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Global Forces Behind Chinese-Owned Nail Salons in New York City
| Authors | Tianlong You, Min Zhou |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | American Behavioral Scientist |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Creating the governable population: authoritarian cultural citizenship and the ethnic minorities in a Sino-Tibetan intercultural area in contemporary China
| Authors | Taihui Guo, Tianlong You |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Citizenship Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |