YI WAN
Last Updated :2026/03/03
- Affiliations, Positions
- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor
- E-mail
- wanyi
hiroshima-u.ac.jp
- Self-introduction
- ORCiD: 0000-0001-6691-2246
Basic Information
Major Professional Backgrounds
- 2017/07, 2017/08, Japan International Cooperation Agency Hokuriku, Internship
- 2022/07/01, UNESCO INRULED, consultant
- 2024/11/01, 2025/01/31, Cardiff University, Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre, Research Associate
- 2022/04/01, 2023/03/31, Faculty of Human-environment studies, Kyushu University, Research Associate
- 2023/04, 2025/07, Beijing Normal University, Faculty of Education, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- 2025/08/01, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor
Educational Backgrounds
- Kumamoto University, Exchange student, 2013/10, 2014/09
- Kyushu University, Japan, 2016/04, 2018/03
- Kyushu University, Japan, 2018/04, 2022/03
Academic Degrees
- PhD(Education), Kyushu University
- International Education and Development, Kyushu University
Research Fields
- Social sciences;Education;Education
Research Keywords
- Comparative and international education, area studies, International education and development
Research Activities
Academic Papers
- Caring and empowerment:Thirty years of experience and development in girls'education in China-A case study of the"Spring Bud Project", 39(2), 18-23, 202507
- Life on the Watershed: An Ethnographic Study of Tracking Migrant Children's Choices After Junior High, Comparative Study of Education and Culture, 20, 20211005
- Necessity for school improvement and family support on dropout issues: field notes of a case study in rural northeastern China, Comparative Study of Education and Culture, 21, 20211001
- Note on Methodology for Rural Children's Education Research:Monograph to describe a process of data collection, Tobiume, 20210325
- Capacity or money? Why students choose to drop out of junior high school in rural northeast China, Educational Review, 20210302
- Points Systems and Migrant Access to China's Urban Public Schools, The China Quarterly, 249, 20211117
- Migrant children's post-primary educational trajectories:A three-year study in urban Beijing, Chinese Education & Society, 20250728
- ★, Regulating Low-Cost Private Schools for Poor Migrant Children in China: Standardisation or Stratification?, Educational Review, 20220526
- ★, Surviving the Margins: Resilience Strategies of Low-Cost Private Schools., Educational Review, 20250923
- ★, Discipline and moralise: gratitude education for China's migrant families, Comparative Education, 20240103
Publications such as books
- 2025/10, The Chinese path to gender equality: A commemorative collection for the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women., Caring and empowerment:Thirty years of experience and development in girls'education in China-A case study of the"Spring Bud Project", 2025, 10, Scholarly Book, Contributor, 中国語
- Educational Empowerment in China's Underserved Regions:The BNU Qiangshi Project for Quality Teachers, UNESCO International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education, 2025, Report, Single work
- 2022/12, Evaluation of the Spring Bud Project (1989-2022)Final Report, UNESCO International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education, 2022, 12, Report, Joint work, English
Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation
- The future of AI in Education: Policy, Practice, and Research, From Insights to Action: Shaping the Future of AI in Education and Lifelong Learning, 2025/11, With Invitation, English, Beijing Normal University, National Open University, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Beijing
- Urban Citizenship of Rural Migrants in Reform-era China, International Symposium of Identity Politics and the Challenges of Cultural Diversity Across Contemporary Asia: Education, international relations and popular culture, 2021/02/04, With Invitation, English
- The implications of China's new urbanization policies for the education of migrant children, the World Social Science Forum (WSSF) 2018, 2018/09/28, Without Invitation, English, preprint
- To Study in Urban Public Schools: A points-based system for migrant children, the World Education Research Association (WERA) 2019 Focal Meeting, 2019/08/08, Without Invitation, English, preprint
- Points systems and migrant access to China's urban public schools, Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA), 2021/09/25, Without Invitation, English, preprint
- Empowering disadvantaged populations: insights from the transformation of rural education, UNESCO INRULED Development Consultation Meeting, 2023/07/08, Without Invitation, English, UNESCO INRULED, Beijing, preprint
- Empowering Rural Girls' Education:Evidence from the Spring Bud Project, Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA), 2023/11/24, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima, preprint
- Comparison of the Relationship between Original Knowledge and Values and Experiences in Service-Learning: A Case Study of the Namibian Children's Garden, Third Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau Service-Learning Symposium, 2023/12/02, With Invitation, Chinese, Shanghai, preprint
- AI and lifelong leaning, Global Lifelong Learning Week, 2024/05/27, Without Invitation, English, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, preprint
- Navigating After-School Service Challenges for Marginalized Migrant Populations in Urban Villages, the 15th Asian Adult Education (AAE) Annual Conference in conjunction with American Adult Education Research Conference, 2024/06/12, Without Invitation, English, published
- Providing Health and Welling-being Programs for children in rural China, 2024/11/15, With Invitation, English, Cardiff University, Cardiff, published
- Social Emotional Learning practice in rural schools of China, Comparative education seminar, 2024/01/20, With Invitation, English, UCL Institute of Education, London, published
External Funds
Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds
- Beijing Normal University-Cardiff University Joint Academic Exchange Fund, Integrating Education and Social Support: Constructing Social Support Networks for Vulnerable Children, 2024/.1, 2025/.2
Social Activities
History as Peer Reviews of Academic Papers
- 2024, Routledge, Others, book proposal reviewer, 1
- 2025, the WERA 2025 Focal Meeting, Others, reviewer, 7
- 2025, Education Sciences, Others, reviewer, 1