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Yixuan Li

Yixuan Li

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5162-2374

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Overview

I am a historian of science and technology with a research focus on the transformation of animal agriculture in modern China. I am doing my PhD at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester.

My PhD project is a historical study on the development of the broiler industry in China since the 1980s, which looks at the transformation from farmers' household domestication to intensive large-scale production after the domestic rural and economic reforms and opening up to the global market in the last four decades.

My work sits at the intersection of Science and Technology Studies (STS), agrarian history, food security, and biopolitics. I examine how state-led agricultural modernisation, global food regimes, rural infrastructures and the public understanding of food culture have shaped modern animal husbandry and the food industry. Through historical and ethnographic methods, I analyse how industrial livestock farming becomes a key site of biopolitical governance, rural transformation, and techno-economic power.

I have research interests in China's agricultural history, biopolitics in animal farming, food security, environmental humanities and multispecies studies.

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Research, Science and Technology Studies, University of Edinburgh

Sept 2019 → Sept 2020

Award Date: 5 Jul 2021

Master of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Beijing Normal University

1 Sept 2016 → 30 Jun 2019

Award Date: 24 Jun 2019

Bachelor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Beijing Normal University

1 Sept 2012 → 30 Jun 2016

Award Date: 1 Jul 2016

Areas of expertise

  • H Social Sciences (General)
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Science and Society
  • Science Communication
  • D880 Developing Countries
  • History of Science, Technology and Medicine
  • History of Science and Technology
  • History of science
  • SF Animal culture
  • Animal studies
  • Animal Ethics
  • DS Asia
  • Chinese Studies
  • B Philosophy (General)
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Environmental ethics
  • Science and Technology Studies

Keywords

  • Science and Technology Studies
  • History of Science
  • Animal Studies
  • Food Security
  • environmental humanities

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  5. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • Reclaiming vulnerability in scientific practice

    Li, Y., 6 Aug 2025, In: Metascience.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

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  • 旧金山探索馆展教模式探析

    Translated title of the contribution: An Analysis for the “Exploration-Education” Mechanism of the Exploratorium in San FranciscoLi, Y., 2019, In: Journal of Natural Science Museum Research. 2

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • 非同一性哲学视域下人的存在: 对阿多诺否定的辩证法中非同一性哲学的理解

    Translated title of the contribution: The Existence of Human Beings in the View of Non-identity Philosophy: Understanding of the Non-identity Philosophy in Dialectics of Adorno’sLi, Y., Dec 2016, In: Shandong Trade Unions’ Tribune. 22, 6, p. 122-124 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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