School of Social and Political Science

Research interests

Research Competencies

• Quantitative Research Methods: R (RStudio/VS Code), Python (PyCharm), SPSS, MAXQDA 
• Qualitative Research Methods: Nvivo, RQDA, ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA 
• Database: MySQL, Redis
• Version control: Git
• Data visualisation: Gephi, R, QGIS
• Cloud computing: Microsoft Azure, ORACLE, AWS
• Writing, editing and visualisation: Notion, Obsidian+Excalidraw, Scrivener, LaTeX, Quarto

Ongoing Projects 

• I am currently working on a project concerning the experiences of Chinese students at UoE.
• I am also serving as a researcher for a project titled 'Rhizomatic Networks, Circulation of Meanings and Contents, and Offline Contexts of Online Drug Trade', funded by the Polish Ministry of Science.

Research Experience

• Research project on The Impacts of Economic, Institutional Uncertainties and Structural Violence on the Lives of Illegal Chinese Immigrants in London
• Research project on Value Reconstruction of Legal System Education
• Nanchang Prison Survey Programme
• Organised the research project named ‘Factors Affecting the Effects of Ideological and Political Education’

Publications and Conferences

• Shi, H. (2023). The Impacts of Guanxi: Drug Policing Under Police Professionalisation in China. Sociological Research Online, 0(0). https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/10.1177/13607804231177501
• Policing & Policing Culture in China (Scottish Institute for Policing Research Postgraduate Symposium 2022)
• The Generational Cultural Conflicts and Integration of Police Culture Under the Professionalisation of Anti-Drug Policing in China (European Society of Criminology Annual Conference 2021)  
• The Numbers Game: Quota-Driven Drug Policing in China (European Society of Criminology Annual Conference 2019)  
• Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Under the ‘People’s War on Drugs’ in China (Fifth International Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference, Dec 2019)  
• Shi, H. (2018). Book review: Measuring Police Subcultural Perceptions: A Study of Frontline Police Officers in China. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 18, 132–134.   
• Challenges in Researching Anti-Drug Police in China (New Directions Conference 2017)