Several new members joined the Sociocultural Lab in September 2025. Their projects span a range of topics central to the group\u2019s interests in meaning-making, culture, and social experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zhang, Wen<\/strong> has joined as a PhD Researcher examining the social and cultural demands experienced by Chinese international students. Her qualitative, longitudinal project compares students\u2019 expectations before arrival with their lived experiences after arrival, with a particular focus on the role of social capital in shaping adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also welcomed a new cohort of undergraduate researchers. Hogan, Amelie<\/strong> and Jiang, Yijia<\/strong> are collaborating on a cross-cultural replication of the cultural patterning of sympathy<\/em> findings reported in Chauhan et al. (2023), extending this work beyond the UK context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inamdar, Faiza<\/strong> is exploring the sociocultural influences on how dating is experienced by young adults in the UK and India, investigating how social norms and cultural expectations shape intimate life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kong, Xiangyi (Kevin)<\/strong> and Zhu, Jessica<\/strong> are working together to understand Chinese international students\u2019 social and pedagogical transitions in British higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A very warm welcome all our new members!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Several new members joined the Sociocultural Lab in September 2025. Their projects span a range of topics central to the group\u2019s interests in meaning-making, culture, and social experience. Zhang, Wen has joined as a PhD Researcher examining the social and cultural demands experienced by Chinese international students. Her qualitative, longitudinal project compares students\u2019 expectations before arrival […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":133,"template":"","class_list":["post-336","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioculturallab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioculturallab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioculturallab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socioculturallab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socioculturallab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}