Dr. Ceren Ergenc is a Visiting Fellow at NIICE. Her research interests include state-society relations in contemporary China and East Asia, urban politics, public participation, political efficacy as well as comparative methodologies in area studies and debates on global history. Her research includes both qualitative and quantitative fieldwork methodologies. Dr. Ergenc is an Associate Professor at the Department of China Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. She previously held positions as Assistant Professor at Middle East Technical University and Visiting Researcher at Peking University, Renmin University and Fudan University of China. She holds a PhD from Boston University in Political Science with a particular focus on Area Studies. She has several publications and have participated at numerous international and national conferences around the world.