Kuoshi Hu

Kuoshi Hu is a Research Fellow at the School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, UK. Their work focuses on fertility variation in China, integrating spatial and life course perspectives to analyze macro-level county-level fertility trends and socio-economic influences on individual fertility behavior.

Thesis Focus:

• Examines fertility determinants at macro and micro levels
• Includes spatial spillover effects and life course analysis
• Supervised by H. Kulu, J. Mikolai, and C. Liu

Research Interests:

• Demographic studies of fertility
• Population health and spatial epidemiology
• Socioeconomic drivers of fertility behavior
• Life course approaches to reproductive decision-making