Assistant Professor

Tony Huiquan Zhang (張滙泉) is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Macau. His research concerns public opinion, Chinese politics, quantitative research method, and social movements. His research has been funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (CCKF) Research Grant for 2018-2019. He has received the 2017 Best Graduate Student Paper at the Canadian Sociological Association – Comparative and Historical Cluster; the 2014-2015 British Journal of Sociology biennial best paper prize; and the 2012 Muriel D. Bissell Award, long with many others.

  • Ph.D., 2018, University of Toronto
  • B.A., 2010, Renmin University of China
  • Public Opinion
  • Chinese Politics
  • Social Movements
  • Quantitative Research Methods

* Corresponding author; # Student co-authors.

  • [21] 2024 Tony Huiquan Zhang, Jianhua Xu*, and Jinjin Liu†, “How Do Toothless Tigers Bite? Extra-Institutional Governance and Internet Censorship by Local Governments in China.” Forthcoming at the China Quarterly.
  • [20] 2024 Jinjin Liu†, Yue Liu†, Yingzhu Pu†*, and Tony Huiquan Zhang, “Income, Ageing, and Gendered Patterns of Wellness: Health and Happiness in China.” Forthcoming at the Journal of Women & Aging.
  • [19] 2024 Jing Hu, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “The National Unemployment Rate and the Meaning of Work: A Cross-level Examination.” Online early view available, at the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.
  • [18] 2024 Tony Huiquan Zhang, and Anli Jiang*. “Urbanization, Education and Religion: Rationalization and Erosion of Political Trust in Asia.” Sociology Compass.
  • [17] 2023 Guyu Sun†, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Peer Influence on Youth Delinquency: How Does School-Level Teacher Quality Matter?” Crime & Delinquency.
  • [16] 2023 Jing Hu, Christopher Jackson, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “The Effects of Leadership Levels and Gender on Leader Well-being.” Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 28(5), 325-342.
  • [15] 2023 Tony Huiquan Zhang, and Tianji Cai*, “Measuring Event Diffusion Momentum (EDM): Applications in Social Movement Research.” Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Vol. 47(10), 215-238.
  • [14] 2022 Yue Liu*†, Huiqun Wang†, Jinjin Liu†, and Tony Huiquan Zhang, “Racial Diversity, Majority-Minority Gap and Confidence in Criminal Justice Systems.” Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 64(3), 26-48.
  • [13] 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “Fifty Years of Postmaterialism: the Theoretical Development and Empirical Trends.” In Shehuixue Pinglun (Sociological Review of China), Vol. 10(5), 163-183. 张汇泉,”后物质主义五十年:理论变迁及经验趋势”,《社 会学评论》, 2022年, 第10卷, 第5期, 第163-183页.
  • [12] 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “Cross-Context Comparability of the Measures of Postmaterialism.” In Guowai Shehui Kexue (Social Sciences Abroad), Vol. 2022(1), 44-55. 张汇泉,”论后物质主义价值指标的跨情境可比性”,《国外社会科学》,2022年, 第1期, 第44-55页.
  • [11] 2022 Anli Jiang†, Zhengxu Wang, and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Radicalizing and Conservatizing: Ageing Effects on Political Trust in Asia, 2001-2016.” Social Indicators Research, 162(2), 665-681.
  • [10] 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Political Freedom, Education, and Value Liberalization and Deliberalization: A Cross-national Analysis of the World Values Survey, 1981-2014.” Social Science Journal, 59(3), 1-21.
  • [9] 2021 Anli Jiang† and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Political Freedom, News Consumption, and Patterns of Political Trust: Evidence from East and Southeast Asia, 2001-2016.” Political Science, 73(3), 250-269.
  • [8] 2021 Tony Huiquan Zhang, Jinlu Sun*† and Liqun Cao, “Education, Internet Use and Confidence in the Police: Testing the ’Informed Citizen’ Thesis in the Philippines.” Asian Journal of Criminology, 16(2), 165-182.
  • [7] 2021 Anli Jiang† and Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “Political Trust in East and Southeast Asia: The Joint Effects of Education, Corruption Perception, and Urbanization.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 33(4), 911-926.
  • [6] 2020 Tony Huiquan Zhang, Jing Hu, and Xichao Zhang*, “Disparities in Subjective Well-being: Political Status, Urban-Rural Divide and Cohort Dynamics in China.” Chinese Sociological Review, 52(1), 56-83.
  • [5] 2019 Tony Huiquan Zhang*, “The Rise of the Princelings in China: Career Advantages and Collective Elite Reproduction.” Journal of East Asian Studies, 19(2), 169-196.
  • [4] 2019 Tony Huiquan Zhang* and Robert Brym, “Political Freedom, Education and Tolerance of Homosexuality: A Comparative Study of 88 Societies based on the World Values Survey.” Sociological Forum, 34(2), 501-521.
  • [3] 2017 Tony Huiquan Zhang†, Robert Brym*, and Robert Andersen,”Liberalism and Postmaterialism in China: The Role of Social Class and Inequality.” Chinese Sociological Review, 49(1), 65-87.
  • [2] 2016 Tony Huiquan Zhang*†, “Weather Effects on Social Movements: Evidence from New York City and Washington D.C., 1960-95.” Weather, Climate, and Society, 8(3): 299-311.
  • [1] 2014 Robert Brym*, Melissa Godbout†, Andreas Hoffbauer†, Gabe Menard†, and Tony Huiquan Zhang†, “Social Media in the 2011 Egyptian Uprising.” British Journal of Sociology, 65(2): 266-92.