Dr Yuwei XuAssociate Professor in Early Childhood Education, University of Nottingham, United KingdomEmail: yuwei.xu@nottingham.ac.ukProfilePublicationsExpertiseProfileDr Yuwei Xu is an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Nottingham, UK, where he founded the Global Childhoods Research Group (GCRG). Dr Xu is co-editor-in-chief for internationally prestigious journals including Children & Society, British Educational Research Journal, and Pedagogy, Culture and Society.ResearchPublications Bhana, D., Xu, Y., & Adriany, V., Eds. (2024). Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts. Routledge. Zhu, Y., Wang, Y., Xu, Y., & Tan, R. (2023). (Re)Constructing equality, diversity, and inclusion in Chinese childhoods: Intersectional perspectives and transdisciplinary approaches. Global Studies of Childhood, 13(2), 95-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/20436106231178008 Hoskins, K., Xu, Y., Gao, J., & Zhai, J. (2023). Children and young people’s perspectives on and experiences of COVID-19 in global contexts. Children & Society, 37(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/CHSO.12664 Hoskins, K., Thu, T., Xu, Y., Gao, J., & Zhai, J. (2023). Me, my child and Covid-19: Parents’ reflections on their child’s experiences of lockdown in the UK and China. British Educational Research Journal, 49(3), 455-475. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3850 Liu, C., & Xu, Y. (2023). When the UNCRC meets Confucianism: Chinese parents' understanding of children's right to play. Childhood: A journal of global child research, 30(2), 177-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682231151848 Sullivan, V., Coles, L., Xu, Y., & Thorpe, K. (2023). Men Times Ten: Does the presence of more men support inclusion of male educators in early childhood education and care?. Gender and Education, 35(1), 18-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2022.2137106 Xu, Y., Schweisfurth, M., & Read, B. (2022). Men’s participation in early childhood education and care (ECEC): Comparative perspectives from Edinburgh, Scotland and Tianjin, China. Comparative Education, 58(3), 345-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2022.2062950 Bhana, D., Moosa, S., Xu, Y., & Emilsen, K. (2022). Men in Early Childhood Education and Care: On navigating a gendered terrain. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 30(4), 543-556. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2022.2074070 Xu, Y. & Gao, J. (2021). A Systematic Review of Parent-child Reading in Early Childhood (0-6): Effects, Factors, and Interventions. Centre for Teacher and Early Years Education, UCL Institute of Education: London, UK. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10133303 Tesar, M., Guerrero, M. R., Anttila, E., … Xu, Y., … Malone, K., & Arndt, S. (2021). Infantographies. Educational Philosophy and Theory. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2021.2009341 Berriman, L., Bhana, D., Crafter, S., Robb, M., & Xu, Y. (2021). Engaging diversities in a changing world: a statement from the new editors of Children & Society. Children & Society, 35(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12427 Toran, M., Sak, R., Xu, Y., Şahin-Sak, İ.T., & Yu, Y. (2021). Parents and children during the COVID-19 quarantine process: Experiences from Turkey and China. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 19(1), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476718X20977583 Xu, Y. (2020). Does the gender of a practitioner matter in early childhood education and care (ECEC)? Perspectives from Scottish and Chinese young children. Children & Society, 34(5), 354-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12371 Xu, Y. (2020). Gender-diverse practitioners in early years education and care (EYEC): a cross-cultural study of Scotland, Hong Kong, and Mainland China. Early Years: An International Research Journal, 40(1), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2019.1683816 Xu, Y., Warin, J., & Robb, M. (2020). Beyond gender binaries: pedagogies and practices in early childhood education and care (ECEC). Early Years: An International Research Journal, 40(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2020.1728077 Sullivan, V., Coles, L., Xu, Y., Perales, F., & Thorpe, K. (2020). Beliefs and attributions: insider accounts of men’s place in early childhood education and care. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 21(2), 126-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/1463949120929462 Xu, Y. and Waniganayake, M. (2018). An exploratory study of gender and male teachers in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) centres in China. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 48(4), 518-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2017.1318355 ExpertiseDr Yuwei Xu is a sociologist of (early) childhood, education, and gender; with a PhD awarded by the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He has researched topics such as gender and men in early childhood education, LGBT teachers, child agency, child-centred diversity and quality education, parenting, and women in STEM. His research is cross-cultural and comparative, he has conducted projects in contexts such as the UK, China, Europe, Australia, and South Africa in collaboration with international researchers.