Dr Liming Li
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Research interests
- Ageing
- Child & Family
- Mental Health
- Policy
Contact details
Biography
Dr Liming Li is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine. Liming studied Sociology and obtained her PhD in 2020 from the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge.
Research
- Ageing
- Mental health
- Gender and family
- Child development
- Work and employment
- Public policy evaluations
Liming works on the British Academy funded project ‘Understanding the impact of higher education expansion policy on women’s empowerment’. This project examines the impact of policies that expanded women’s access to higher education on their sense of empowerment, using quantitative (quasi-experimental) and qualitative methods.
Previously, Liming worked on the ESRC-funded programme 'Work, welfare reform and mental health' at the ESRC Centre for Society & Mental Health where she remains an affiliated researcher. She also worked on the EU-funded project 'MINDMAP: promoting mental wellbeing in the ageing urban population: determinants, policies and interventions in European cities'.
Teaching
Liming has experience in convening quantitative research methods modules and supervising dissertations at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Further details
Research
Mindmap: Promoting mental wellbeing in the ageing urban population
Identifying the opportunities offered by the urban environment for the promotion of mental wellbeing and cognitive function of older individuals in Europe.
Project status: Ongoing
Reproduction Research Group
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
News
England's anti-loneliness programme has no impact on loneliness, isolation, or depression amongst older people
As we head towards Christmas, a recent study shows campaign to tackle loneliness in the over-65s hasn't worked
Children's mental health worsens after mothers forced to seek employment
A welfare-to-work reform has increased employment rates for lone mothers but at a cost to her and her children’s mental health, new research shows.
Research
Mindmap: Promoting mental wellbeing in the ageing urban population
Identifying the opportunities offered by the urban environment for the promotion of mental wellbeing and cognitive function of older individuals in Europe.
Project status: Ongoing
Reproduction Research Group
Our interdisciplinary group examines the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of reproduction.
News
England's anti-loneliness programme has no impact on loneliness, isolation, or depression amongst older people
As we head towards Christmas, a recent study shows campaign to tackle loneliness in the over-65s hasn't worked
Children's mental health worsens after mothers forced to seek employment
A welfare-to-work reform has increased employment rates for lone mothers but at a cost to her and her children’s mental health, new research shows.