Fieldwork

A community-based group implementing a neighborhood-contracted elderly care program, Shanghai (December 16, 2016)

Beijing (Fall 2015)

• Conducted in-depth interviews with civilian-established NGOs across various domains regarding government contracting & registration (environment, women’s rights, LGBT, HIV prevention, etc.)

Beijing, Shanghai (Fall 2016)

• Visited & interviewed social worker’s associations, academics, headquarters of neighborhood-service NGOs and their service sites

Shanghai, Wuhan (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)

• Conducted interviews with neighborhood-based NGO incubators & mass organizations
• Carried out an original survey across 42 communities across 7 neighborhoods in 4 districts in Shanghai
• Compiled secondary literature written in Mandarin