General Social Sciences Conferences 社会科学会议

• Tao, Yu. "Social Capital as Depressants or Stimulants? Trust, Embeddedness, and the Relationship between Intermediate Associations and Collective Petitioning in Contemporary Chinese Villages." Paper presented at The 6th Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) Congress 2012: Policy and Politics in Changing Asia, Hong Kong, November 30-December 1, 2012.
• Tao, Yu. "Recognizing Allies of the 'Harmonious Society': Intermediate associations and collective petitions in contemporary Chinese villages." Paper presented at The 61st Political Studies Association Annual Conference, London, April 19-21, 2011.

• Tao, Yu. "A Solo, a Duet or an Ensemble? Analysing the Resent Development of Religious Communities in Contemporary Rural China." Paper presented at The 4th International Forum on Contemporary Chinese Studies, Nottingham, September 11-13, 2011 and at The 24th Annual Meeting of the Association of Chinese Political Studies, London, June 17-19, 2011.
• Liu, Mingxing and Yu Tao. "Intermediate Associations, Grassroots Elites and Collective Petitions in Contemporary Chinese Villages." Paper presented at the International Conference on Elites and Governance in China, Taipei, November 6-7, 2010.

• Tao, Yu. "Decoding the Enigmatic Relationship Religious Groups and Collective Protests in Contemporary Rural China." Paper presented at The Graduate Conference of Rethinking State-Society Relations in Contemporary China. Oxford, May 10-11, 2013.
• Tao, Yu. "Mainstrem Religious Theories and the Resent Development of Religious Community in Contemporary Rural China." Paper presented at The 2nd Political Studies Association Graduate Network Conference, Oxford, November 26, 2011.
• Tao, Yu. "Mind the Gap: Globalisation, Reform and Intranational Income Inequality in Mainland China." Paper presented at The 1st Political Studies Association Graduate Network Conference in 2011, London, April 18, 2011 and at The 3rd China Postgraduate Network (UK) Annual Conference, Oxford, April 8-9, 2010.
• Tao Yu. Recognizing Allies of the 'Harmonious Society': Intermediate associations and collective petitions in contemporary Chinese villages." Paper presented at The 14th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student Conference, Cambridge MA, February 25-27, 2011.

• The New Generation China Scholars Program , the University of Chicago Center in Beijing, December 2012-May 2013 (as an official observer).
• Asia-Pacific Week 2011, Australian National University, Canberra, July 10-14, 2011 (as one of the ten IARU [International Alliance of Research Universities] scholars). [One of the panals was broadcasted by the ABC, click here to watch the entire talk -- I asked questions at 37'13".]

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