Dr. Ning Wang is an Associate Professor in Social Work and Social Policy at the School of Social and Public Administration, East China University of Science and Technology. With a PhD in Gerontology from the University of Southampton (UK), her research expertise lies in social policy in aging society, intergenerational care dynamics, and social policy evaluation for vulnerable populations. She has led multiple projects, including a National Social Science Foundation Youth Project on informal care for urban older adults and a Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program focusing on health trajectories of only-child parents.

Dr. Wang’s publications feature in journals such as BMC Geriatrics, British Journal of Social Work, Journal of Applied Gerontology, and Social Policy and Society, with notable works on loneliness among bereaved parents, intergenerational housing support, and caregiving’s economic impact. She has contributed chapters to Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging and collaborated on international projects with the University of Southampton and ESRC Centre for Population Change.