Guanqin He is a PhD candidate at the Institue of Cultural Inquiry ICON, Department of Media and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Utrecht University.
Guanqin He has a background in literature, media, gender and cultural studies. She recevied her BA degree in Literature at Beijing Normal University in 2019 and her MSc degree in Gender, Media and Culture at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2020. She is currently a PhD candidate, within her CSC-funded project 'Digital Crossroads in China: Chinese Women Negotiating Migration, Urbanization, and Digitization', focusing on the intersection of gig workers, gender, migration, and digital media. Her research interests focus on gender, media, migration and cultural studies.
Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
He, G., & Leurs, K. (2024). Platformed identities of female migrant domestic Ayi's in the Chinese gig-economy. First Monday, 29(8). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v29i8.13739
Shao. S., & He, G*. (2024). After account bombing: Chinese digital feminists haunt platform censorship as cyber living ghosts. Feminist Media Studies, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2024.2311362
He, G., & Zhang, Y. (2023). (Im)mobility and performance of emotions: Chinese international students’ difficult journeys to home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mobile Media & Communication, 11(2), 248-270. https://doi.org/10.1177/20501579221119585
He, G., Leurs, K. & Li, Y. (2022). Research motherhood in the age of short videos: Stay-at-home mothers in China performing labor on Douyin. Media and Communication 10(3), 273-289. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v10i3.5510
Book Review
He, G. (2024). Book Review: Left to our own devices: Coping with insecure work in a digital age by Ticona Julia. Mobile Media & Communication, 12(1), 218-219. https://doi-org/10.1177/20501579231215250
He, G. (2023). Digital Working Lives: Worker Autonomy and the Gig Economy. Information, Communication & Society, 0(0), 1-3. https://doi-org /10.1080/1369118X.2023.2227687
He, G. (2022) Prototype nation: China and the contested promise of innovation. Information, Communication & Society, 25(3), 472-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1912140
Selected Conference Presentations
He, G. (2023). Gender, Migration, and the Gig Economy: Domestic Ayis in the Platform Economy. Paper presented at the Conference Global Perspectives on Platforms, Labor & Social Reproduction, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 27-28 June.
He, G. (2023). Hide and Seek: Migrant domestic workers in the platform-based gig economy. Paper presented at the 20th IMISCOE (International Migration Research Network) Annual Conference, Warsaw, Poland; 3-6 July.
He, G. (2023). Gender, Migration, and the Gig Economy: Migrant Domestic Workers in the Platform-Based Gig Economy. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Lyon, France; 9-13 July.
Shao, S., & He, G. (2023) After being bombed out: Chinese digital feminists survive as cyber living ghosts on Weibo. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Lyon, France; 9-13 July.
He, G. (2023). Hide and Seek: Migrant domestic workers in the platform-based gig economy. Paper presented at the Migration and Societal Change Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands; 22-23 June.
Zhang, Y., & He, G. (2022). The Motherland's Burden: Chinese International Students’ Difficult Journeys to Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Paper presented at The Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Dubilin, Ireland; 2-5 November.
He, G., & Zhang, Y. (2022).(Im)mobility and Performance of Emotions: Chinese International Students’ Difficult Journeys to Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Paper presented at the SJTU-ICA 2022 Conference, 22 October; Virtual.
He, G., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Loss of Mobility: Multi-Platform Tactics of Chinese International Students in Their Transnational Journey Home during Covid-19 Pandemic. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Social Media & Society; 18-20 July 2022; Virtual.
He, G., Leurs, K. & Li, Y. (2022). Performing Gender and Making a New Living: Emotional Digital Labor of Housewives on Douyin. Paper presented for the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Beijing, China; 11-15 July 2022; Virtual.
He, G., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Beyond Informdemic: Chinese International Students Use Social Media to Cope With the Uncertainties Amid COVID-19. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Paris, France; 26-30 May 2022.
He, G. (2021). Performing Gender and Making a New Living: Housewives Negotiate Motherhood, Subjugation and Gender Relations on Tiktok. Paper presented at Tiktok and Social Movement Symposium; 20 September 2021.
He, G. (2021). The Predicament of ‘Sisters’: Neoliberal Feminism, Power Relations, and Ageism: A Qualitative Analysis of China’s Reality Show Sister Who Makes Waves. Paper presented at Gender and Media Matters International Conference (GEMMA), Roma, Italy; 15-16 October 2021.