Yang Yu

Dr. Yang Yu joined ODID in July 2025 as a Postdoctoral Quantitative Researcher at the Choosing Islamic Conservatism project. He also holds a researcher position at Nuffield College, where he is affiliated with the Centre for Social Investigation (CSI). 

Yang's research focuses on social mobility and inequality, sociology of education, and geographic mobility in the UK. His work combines advanced quantitative methods, including geo-mapping techniques and spatial analysis, with large-scale survey and administrative data to investigate how socio-economic inequalities emerge and persist across generations. 

His recent publications appear in sociology journals such as The British Journal of Sociology, Socio-Economic Review, and Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. His work has also contributed to policy-focused outputs for the UK Government Social Mobility Commission.