Dr. ZHANG Jiayu
Biography
Dr Zhang Jiayu is a social policy researcher specialising in family issues, focusing on supporting vulnerable family members and caregivers. Her research aims to improve individual well-being within families from a life-course perspective. She is currently working on a project assessing the effectiveness of a bereavement support programme for parentally bereaved children and their primary family caregivers in Hong Kong.
Selected Publications
- Zhang, J.* (2025). Changing family’s role in long-term care provision in China from the defamilialisation perspective: empirical evidence from Guangzhou. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 1–14. DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2025.2577851.
- Zhang, J., Ho, W. S., Chen, M., & Cao, Y.* (2025). Risk and protective factors for bereavement adaptation: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 15(8), e104351. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104351
- Zhang, J., & Chan, W. K.* (2023). Public–Private Partnership in Care Provision for Ageing‐in‐Place: A Comparative Study in Guangdong, China. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 42(1), 90-97. DOI: 10.1111/ajag.13151
- Chan, W. K., & Zhang, J.* (2021). Can University Qualification Promote Social Mobility? A Review of Higher Education Expansion and Graduate Employment in China. International Journal of Educational Development, 84, 102423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102423