{"id":49,"date":"2023-09-18T20:12:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2025-12-15T08:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T08:47:16","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/?page_id=49","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Current Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 58%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eur.nl\/en\/research\/research-services\/societal-impact-evaluation\" title=\"Navigating the Road to Societal Impact \">Navigating the Road to Societal Impact <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">(2022-2026)<\/h2>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EUR-scaled.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EUR-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EUR-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EUR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EUR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EUR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EUR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EUR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 58%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eur.nl\/en\/research\/research-groups-initiatives\/erasmus-initiatives\/smarter-choices-better-health\" title=\"Research for Everyone: new ways to reach a broader audience for healthcare survey research\">Research for Everyone: new ways to reach a broader audience for healthcare survey research<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">(2024-2025)<\/h2>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rotterdam-south-protest-1024x768.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rotterdam-south-protest-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rotterdam-south-protest-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rotterdam-south-protest-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rotterdam-south-protest-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rotterdam-south-protest-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rotterdam-south-protest-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Past Projects<\/strong> (selected)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 58%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntu.edu.sg\/cphcri\" title=\"Understanding Singapore\u2019s Experiences of Access to Health Care \">Understanding Singapore\u2019s Experiences of Access to Health Care <\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">(2022-2024)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Produced new insights to how Singaporeans use public, private, and telemedicine-based primary care providers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reported patients&#8217; perspectives on assessing primary care quality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provided policy recommendations to foster open science in the Singapore context<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/journey-to-recover-1024x768.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/journey-to-recover-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/journey-to-recover-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/journey-to-recover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/journey-to-recover-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/journey-to-recover-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/journey-to-recover-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 58%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntu.edu.sg\/mersu\" title=\"Transitions to Practice \">Transitions to Practice <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">(2018-2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Reported that junior doctors used social comparison when self-evaluating their own abilities, which helped them to better transition from medical students to doctors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduced the first formal evaluation of medical student assistantships in Singapore <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improved &#8220;preparedness for practice&#8221; from an infrastructural perspective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ttsh-scaled.jpg);background-position:50% 45%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ttsh-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ttsh-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ttsh-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ttsh-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ttsh-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ttsh-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 58%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntu.edu.sg\/medicine\/research\/lkcmedicine-early-researcher-network\/learn-news-and-events\" title=\"The social basis of COVID-19 vaccines: a qualitative study of the vaccination decision-making process in Singapore \">The social basis of COVID-19 vaccines: a qualitative study of the vaccination decision-making process in Singapore <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">(2021-2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Contributed to high visibility anthropological research on  using alienation as a social diagnostics for our time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reconceptualized the relationship between crisis and alienation to better understand future public health crises<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributed to on-going effort of conceptualizing vaccine hesitancy as social construction of safety and danger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lhl-speech-vaccine-1-891x1024.png);background-position:52% 39%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"891\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lhl-speech-vaccine-1-891x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lhl-speech-vaccine-1-891x1024.png 891w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lhl-speech-vaccine-1-261x300.png 261w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lhl-speech-vaccine-1-768x882.png 768w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lhl-speech-vaccine-1.png 995w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 58%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntu.edu.sg\/pcfm\" title=\"General Practioner Recruitment and Retention in China \">General Practitioner Recruitment and Retention in China <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">(2020-2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Published a first review on both Chinese and English literature on the most recent primary care reform in China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identified multiple policies, pathways and programmes focused on expanding GP recruitment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provided suggestions for improving the benefits and rewards for GPs and how to promote recruitment to the more rural or less attractive areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Shenzhen-GP-clinic-1024x768.jpg);background-position:54% 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Shenzhen-GP-clinic-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Shenzhen-GP-clinic-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Shenzhen-GP-clinic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Shenzhen-GP-clinic-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Shenzhen-GP-clinic-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Shenzhen-GP-clinic-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 58%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntu.edu.sg\/sss\/sociology\" title=\"Good Death and End-of-life Care Preferences: Perspectives from older Singaporeans \">Good Death and End-of-life Care Preferences: Perspectives from older Singaporeans <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">(2021-2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>This qualitative study examined older Singaporeans\u2019 perspectives on good death and their plans and preferences for end-of-life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributed to policy recommendations to encourage earlier end-of-life care planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/statues-1024x768.jpg);background-position:54% 27%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/statues-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/statues-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/statues-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/statues-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/statues-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/statues-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 58%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr.ntu.edu.sg\/handle\/10356\/90268\" title=\"\">Nation-in-Action: Making Chinese in the Rural Borderland between China and North Korea<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">(2014-2019)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Introduced the concepts of ethnicity-mediated migration infrastructure and mobility-sustained ethnicity <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reconceptualized borderland ethnic minority citizenship with a state-in-society approach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/shiwei-chen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/yanbian-market-768x1024.jpg);background-position:53% 56%\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" 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