Staff profile

Jie Huang is a PhD student in Social Psychology at Durham University, with a diverse educational background that includes environmental/urban design and conflict resolution. For over seven years, she has been dedicated to promoting cohesive, equitable, and inclusive societies, gaining experience through working and interning in the philanthropy sector both in the UK and China. Her efforts primarily concentrate on refugee community engagement, health initiatives for rural migrants, poverty alleviation, and NGO support.

Jie is passionate about conducting studies on intergroup contact in the context of individuals' daily lives. Her current research aims to explore how psychological and human geographical processes influence the willingness of both advantaged and disadvantaged groups to engage in intergroup interactions. 

Supervisors

Professor Stefania Paolini

Associate Professor Thuy-Vy Nguyen

Research groups

Quantitative Social Psychology

Research interests

• Intergroup relations
• Contact seeking and avoidance
• Prejudice reduction
• Migration, refugees, and displacement
• Microecology of segregation
• Conflict resolution
• Social change

Journal Article

• Guo, Y., Zhai, S., Huang, J., & Guo, H. (in press). Characteristics of the Spatial Structure of Traditional Villages in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China and Their Influence Mechanisms. Buildings, 14(11), Article 3420. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14113420