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.

  • [15] 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang, and Tianji Cai*, “Measuring Event Diffusion Momentum (EDM): Applications in Social Movement Research.” Forthcoming at Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Vol. 47.
  • [14] 2022 Aria Yue Liu*#, Huiqun Wang#, Jinjin Liu#, and Tony Huiquan Zhang, “Racial Diversity, Majority-Minority Gap and Confidence in Criminal Justice Systems.” Forthcoming at Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
  • [13] 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “Fifty Years of Post-Materialism: Theoretical Developments and Empirical Trends.” In She Hui Xue Ping Lun. (张汇泉《后物质主义五十年: 理论变迁及经验趋势》)  Forthcoming at 社会学评论(Sociological Review of China). [in Chinese, CSSCI Core Journal]
  • [12] 2022 Tony Huiquan Zhang*. “Cross-Context Comparability of the Measures of Postmaterialism.” In Guo Wai She Hui Ke Xue (张汇泉《论后物质主义价值指标的跨情境可比性》) at 国外社会科学(Social Sciences Abroad),2022年第1期,第44-55页. [in Chinese, CSSCI Core Journal]
  • [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.
  • [10] 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.
  • [09] 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.
  • [08] 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.
  • [07] 2020 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.
  • [06] 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.
  • [05] 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. Note: this paper won the Best Student Paper Award from the Canadian Sociological Association, Comparative and Historical Sociology Research Cluster.
  • [04] 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.
  • [03] 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.
  • [02] 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.
  • [01] 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. Note: this paper won the 2014-2015 BJS Prize (the Biannual Best Paper Award by the British Journal of Sociology).