Introduction
Dr Lu Zheng (郑路)serves as an Associate Professor of Sociology with tenure, holds the Volkswagen-sustainability Chair at Schwarzman College, and is the founding director of the Center for Society and Finance, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University. His research spans inequality and mobility, the sociology of finance, and social policy and governance in China. Zheng's prolific work includes over 50 academic papers featured in prestigious journals like the Strategic Management Journal, British Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Social Science Research, China Quarterly, 《社会学研究》 (Sociological Studies), and 《金融研究》 (Journal of Financial Research), among others. His contributions to the field have been recognized with multiple best paper awards, including two from 《社会学研究》 in 2004 and 2024, a 2012 award from the International Association of Chinese Management Research (IACMR) Biennial Conference, and a 2018 award from the Chinese Journalism and Communication Association.
