Guo Wei is a professor, doctoral supervisor, and Associate Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Nanjing University. He is a recipient of the National Young Talent Program of the Ministry of Education and serves as the leading expert of a Major Project in Philosophy and Social Sciences Research funded by the Ministry of Education.
He has long been engaged in interdisciplinary research on arts and health, migration and mobility, aging society governance, and the intersections of population, environment, technology, and society. He has led multiple research projects, including a Major Project in Philosophy and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education, general projects of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC), special projects of the NSSFC, and youth projects of the NSSFC. He has published over 80 papers in SSCI journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Social Science & Medicine, Population Studies, and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, as well as in CSSCI journals. He has received the Second Prize (twice) and Third Prize of the Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, as well as the Charm Mentor Award for Undergraduate Education and Teaching at Nanjing University. He also serves as a member of the Special Committee on Social Construction of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society, Vice President of the Jiangsu Provincial Volunteer Service Federation, and Deputy Director of the Population Economy Professional Committee of the Labor Economics Society.
1) Guo Wei.“Healing-Constructing”: Innovation in Doctoral Education of Social Work and Co-construction of Health Society. Social Construction, 2026(1): 149-173.
2) Guo Wei. The Physical Predicament and Spiritual Reflection of the Elderly: Chronic Diseases, Physical Activity, and Health Perception – An Empirical Analysis Based on Two Waves of Data from the China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey. Social Science Journal, 2026(2): 65-74.
3) Guo Wei. Cultural Awakening and Health Generation: A Study on the Population Health Promotion Mechanism Activated by Artistic Resources in Ethnic County Regions. Journal of Jiangsu Administration Institute, 2025(6): 83-91.
4) Guo Wei., Ma Jing. County Development in Ethnic Minority Regions from the Perspective of Mobility: A Study on the Health Effects of Employment and Income. Thinking, 2025(3): 74-89.
5) Guo Wei., Wang Ruolin. The Presentation and Understanding of Population Aging from the Perspective of Systems Thinking: Economic Development and Social Security. Journal of Northwest University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2025(5): 74-82.
6) Guo Wei., Cai Zhengguang. Perceived Time Cost of Childbearing and Fertility Intentions among Migrant Women of Childbearing Age. Journal of Zhejiang Gongshang University, 2024(5): 129-142.
7) Guo Wei., Ma Jushen. Internet Use and the Health of the Young Generation: A “Technology-Relationship-Health” Perspective. China Youth Study, 2023(11): 55-66. (Reprinted in full in Youth Guide (Renmin University of China Copy Center), Issue 5, 2024; Awarded Excellent Paper of China Youth Study, 2023)
8) Guo Wei., Ma Jushen. China in the Era of Mobility: Interethnic Marriage and Health Outcomes. Population Journal, 2023, 45(3): 29-48. (Reprinted in full (over 3,000 characters) in China Social Sciences Digest, Issue 11, 2023)
9) Guo Wei., Lu Jiaying, Liu Linping. Healthy China in the Era of Mobility: Socioeconomic Status, Health Literacy, and Health Outcomes. Population Journal, 2022, 44(2): 1-18. (Reprinted in full (over 3,000 characters) in China Social Sciences Digest, Issue 10, 2022; Reprinted in full (over 5,000 characters) in Social Sciences Digest, Issue 5, 2022; Excerpted (2,000 characters) in China Population News; Reprinted in full in Xinhua Digest (Online Edition), Issue 20, 2022)
10) Guo Wei., Shen Hui. From Tradition to Non-Tradition: A New Orientation of Social Work Professional Education. Journal of Nanjing University (Philosophy, Humanities and Social Sciences), 2018(5): 119-128. (Reprinted in full in Xinhua Digest (Online Edition), Issue 10, 2021)
11) Guo Wei. A Single String Cannot Make a Melody: The “Self” and the “Other” in the Post-Universal-Two-Child Fertility Policy Era. Journal of Southwest Minzu University (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), 2017(6): 13-18. (Reprinted in full in Demography (Renmin University of China Copy Center), Issue 5, 2017; Reprinted in full in Journal of Sociology, Issue 4, 2017; Reprinted (over 4,000 characters) in Sociology Digest (Renmin University of China Copy Center), Issue 4, 2017; Reprinted (over 4,000 characters) in Social Sciences Digest, Issue 9, 2017; Second Prize of the 17th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences)
12) Zhang, D., Yu, Y., & Guo, W. When do individuals take action to protect the environment? —— Exploring the mediating effects of negative impacts of environmental risk. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2024, 100: 102472. (Corresponding author)
13) Yu, H. & Guo, W. Assessing the impact of Population Aging on Carbon emissions: Regional disparities in China. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024. (Corresponding author)
14) Zhou, M.; Guo, W. Sooner, Later, or Never: Changing Fertility Intentions Due to COVID-19 in China. Population Studies: A Journal of Demography, 2023, 77: 123-140. (Corresponding author)
15) Zhou, M.; Guo, W. Local, Trans-Local, and Fellow Townspeople Ties: Differential Effects of Social Relations on Physical Health among China’s Rural-to-Urban Migrants. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2023, 49: 272-293.(Corresponding author).
16) Zhou, M.; Guo, W. Housing Characteristics and Health in Urban China: A Comparative Study of Rural Migrants and Urban Locals. Population, Space and Place, 2023, 29: e2600.(Corresponding author).
17) Cheng, Z.M.; Guo, W.; Hayward, M.; Smyth, R.; Wang, H.N. Childhood adversity and the propensity for entrepreneurship: A quasi-experimental study of the Great Chinese Famine. Journal of Business Venturing, 2021, 36: 106063.(Corresponding author).
18) Zhou, M.; Guo, W. Social factors and worry associated with COVID-19: Evidence from a large survey in China. Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 277: 113934.(Corresponding author).
19) Zhou, M.; Guo, W. Comparison of second-child fertility intentions between local and migrant women in urban China: A Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2021, 47: 2417-2438. (Corresponding author).
20) Zhou, M.; Guo, W. Fertility intentions of having a second child among the floating population in China: Effects of socioeconomic factors and home ownership. Population, Space and Place, 2020, 26: e2289. (Corresponding author).
1. Leading Expert of a Major Project in Philosophy and Social Sciences Research funded by the Ministry of Education
2. Member, Special Committee on Social Construction of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society
3. Communications Review Expert for Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC)
4. Vice President, Jiangsu Provincial Volunteer Service Federation
5. Member, Special Committee on Social and Legal Affairs of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Jiusan Society
6. Deputy Director, Population Economy Professional Committee of the Labor Economics Society
7. Deputy Director, Social Work Experimental Teaching Professional Committee of the China Association of Social Work Education
1. Third Prize of the 18th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences (2025)
2. Second Prize of the 17th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences (2023)
3. Second Prize of the 16th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences (2020)
4. Charm Mentor Award for Undergraduate Education and Teaching, Nanjing University (2021)
5. "My Favorite Graduate Career Mentor" Award, Nanjing University (2019)
Mailing Address: No. 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210023, China
Postal Code: 210023
Affiliation: Nanjing University
Email: weiguo@nju.edu.cn
