Jane Hayward

Dr. Jane Hayward is a Lecturer in China and Global Affairs at King's College London's Lau China Institute, part of the School of Global Affairs. She holds a PhD in East Asian Studies from New York University and has held post-doctoral positions at Oxford University China Centre and Tsinghua University's School of Public Policy and Management in Beijing. Her current research focuses on China's agrarian question, urban transformations, and the intersections of state policy with global capitalism.

• Education: PhD in East Asian Studies, New York University
• Postdoctoral: Oxford University China Centre, Tsinghua University (Beijing)

Her research explores rural-urban dynamics, including land reorganization, peasant labor systems, and how urbanization interacts with China's integration into global markets. She critiques state policies through frameworks of political economy and intellectual history, emphasizing historical context and transnational influences.

Recent publications analyze Beijing's 'upside-down villages,' the household responsibility system, and the urban question's dualities. Her work frequently engages with contested spaces of ideology and power, such as urban villages and think tanks' roles in state internationalization.

• Affiliations: Urbanisation, Rural Development and Social Transformations group; Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective

She teaches modules like 'China and the Age of Globalisation' and actively participates in public debates through lectures and media engagements.