ZHANG Yunran Serena
張韵然
Research Associate
(16/02/2021 - 15/08/2021)
(16/02/2021 - 15/08/2021)
Research Interests
Crime and Deviance, Health and Well-being, Substance Use and Treatment, Gender Studies, China Studies
Publications
| Forthcoming | Zhong, Hua and Serena Yunran Zhang. Social control of crime in Asia. In E. Erez & P. Ibarra (Eds.), Oxford Encyclopaedia of International Criminology. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.623
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| 2020 | Zhang, Serena Yunran and Sara Zhong. More efforts needed to fight drug abuse in the city. China Daily. (A brief report of Beat Drugs Fund Project “Monitoring Recent Changes of Cross-border Drug Use and Their Implications for Prevention / Control Strategies” SS13611). Link
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| 2020 | Zhang, Serena Yunran. The status quo of HK-Mainland cross-border criminal justice cooperation (in Chinese). In Hong Kong Basic Law Research 2020, edited by Chao Xi and Hua Zhong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Link
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| 2018 | Zhong, Hua and Serena Yunran Zhang. Establish anti sexual harassment mechanism in Chinese universities: Learning from Hong Kong experience (in Chinese). People & Rule of Law 2018(4):92-93. PDF
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| 2018 | Zhong, Hua and Serena Yunran Zhang. Preventing cybercrime and cyberbullying among youth in China (in Chinese). In Protecting Chinese Youth in Cyberspace, edited by National Survey and Big Data Research Center for Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Beijing: Social Science Academic Press. PDF |
| 2017 | Zhang, Serena Yunran and Hua Zhong. Drug use patterns in China: From past to present. Forensic Science and Addiction Research 1(5). FSAR.000524. (peer-reviewed) PDF
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| Under review | Zhang, Serena Yunran and Jakob Demant. Effects of self-control, deviant peers, and family attachments on illicit drug use among Chinese users: A gender-specific analysis. Drug and Alcohol Review. Minor Revision
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| Under review | Zhang, Serena Yunran. An integrated model explaining drug use in China: Control, drug-use peers, and permissiveness to drug use. Substance Use & Misuse. |
Media Coverage
| Zhang, Serena Yunran. 2020. Cross-border Criminal Justice: Learning from Taiwan’s Experience (in Chinese). Ming Pao, September 25, 2020. Link
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| Zhang, Serena Yunran. 2020. The status quo of HK-Mainland cross-border criminal justice cooperation (in Chinese). Sing Tao Daily, April 14, 2020. Link
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| Zhang, Serena Yunran and Hua Zhong. 2020. Time to fix Hong Kong’s broken windows (in Chinese). Sing Tao Daily, January 14, 2020. Link |
| Zhong, Hua and Serena Yunran Zhang. 2017. Female Drug Use Patterns in Contemporary China: The Case of Jiangxi Province (in Chinese). Link |
Conference Papers
| Zhang, Serena Yunran. “Normalization in attitudes towards recreational drug use in China: A gender-specific perspective.” Paper accepted for 14th International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) Conference, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 2-4 June 2021. |
| Stallwitz, Anke and Serena Yunran Zhang. “Trust and betrayal: A comparison of drug subcultures in Canada and China.” Paper presented for European Society of Criminology (ESC) 2020 Online Conference, 10-11 September 2020. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran. “Gender matters in drug treatment and rehabilitation: Implications from a gender-specific analysis on illicit drug use in China.” Paper presented at The 1st Asia Regional Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 14 October 2019. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran and Jakob Demant. “Self-control, social bonds, and differential association on substance use among Chinese drug users: A gender-specific analysis.” Paper presented at The Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, 10 June 2019. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran and Jakob Demant. “How do early alcohol use, self-control, and drug-using friends relate to later illicit drug use? Results from a survey of Chinese drug users in rehabilitation centres.” Paper accepted at 45th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 3-7 June 2019. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran, Hua Zhong, and Jin Wang. “‘I have chosen the best drug.’ Chinese drug users’ decision-making process in initiation and maintenance.” Paper presented at Annual Conference of Hong Kong Sociological Association, Hong Kong, China, 1 December 2019. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran, Hua Zhong, and Jianhong Liu. “That’s my own business: The Recreational Era of Female Drug Use in Contemporary China.” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, USA, 14-17 November 2018. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran, Hua Zhong, and Nicole Wai-ting Cheung. “Substance Use and School Bullying among Left-behind Children in China: Low Self-control or Influenced by Delinquent Peers?” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Hong Kong Sociological Association, Hong Kong, China, 9 December 2017. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran, Hua Zhong, and Jianhong Liu. “Drug Use Patterns in Contemporary China and Enlightenments for Treatment.” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Asian Association for Substance Abuse Research, Kunming, China, 27 November-2 December 2017. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran, Hua Zhong, and Junxiu Wang. “Collective Efficacy, Formal Social Control, Relative Deprivation, and Perceived Safety in Urban China: The Case of Guangzhou.” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Montréal, Canada, 12-15 August 2017. |
| Zhang, Serena Yunran, Hua Zhong, and Junxiu Wang. “Perceived Social Justice, Trust in Government, and Perceived Safety in China: The case of Guangzhou.” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Asian Criminological Society, Beijing, China, 18-19 June 2016. |
Scholarships and Awards
| 04/2020 | Co-Investigator. “Examining the impacts of genes and environmental interventions on drug addicts under rehabilitation (PI: Bin Jiang, University of Hong Kong).” Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong. HKD566,000/USD73,030. |
| 11/2020 | Jiang-Land-Wang Outstanding Student Paper Award 2020, awarded by The Association of Chinese Criminology and Criminal Justice in the United States (ACCCJUS). USD300. |
| 10/2019 | Scholarship for 1st Asia Regional Meeting of ISSDP 2019, awarded by International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP). GBP980/USD1,224. |
| 06/2019 | Travel Grant for 2019 The Stockholm Criminology Symposium, awarded by The Nordic Research Council for Criminology (NSfK). SEK4,000/USD406. |
| 05/2019 | Reaching Out Award. awarded by HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund. HKD10,000/USD1,290. |
| 07/2018 | Award of Global Scholarship Program for Research Excellence, awarded by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. HKD30,000/USD3,870. |
| 09/2017 | Seed Funding Support for Thesis Research, Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. HKD5,000/USD645. |
| 09/2015 | CUHK Research Postgraduate Student Grant for Overseas Academic Activities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. HKD20,000/USD2,580. |