Jieruo Zhang

Profile

Jieruo Zhang is a postgraduate researcher (PhD student) at the People, Work and Employment Department, Leeds University Business School (LUBS). She started on October 1, 2025, and was funded by LUBS.

Her current research mainly focuses on the socio-technical power dynamics in the Chinese agricultural live-streaming industry, as well as how these power relations impact agricultural business, rural societies, and farmers from a spatio-temporal perspective.

Research interests

• Platformisation and Platform
• Labour Relations
• Digital Geography
• Labour Geography
• Social Technology Science
• Spatio-temporality

Qualifications

• MSc in Public Policy and Administration, London School of Economics and Political Science
• BSc in Public Administration, Hainan Univeristy
• BSc in Public Service and Public Policy, Arizona State University

Research groups and institutes

• Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change