This section includes selected presentations of ongoing and published research at international conferences.

“Still Pay-to-Love”: The Ludonarrative Tension of Free-to-Play Gacha in Otome Games
International Communication Association (ICA), Denver — Interdivision Best Paper Award

Baipiao (“freeriding”) as an Everyday Feminist Resistance: Chinese Women’s Transgressions in Mr Love: Dream Date
ICA Games Preconference, Brisbane

Living the Fantasy: Real-Life Dates with Virtual Boyfriends through “Cosplay Commissions”
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Christchurch

Solo No More: Collective Gaming and Community Rule-Building in China’s Otome Realm
Chinese Digital Games Research Association (CDiGRA) Conference 2023

“Exquisite Poverty” and Identity Shifts from Rural to Urban: Lifestyle and Everyday Consumption of Young People in Cosmopolitan China
Latin American Studies Association and East Asian Network of Latin American Studies (LASA/Asia)
with  Dr Tingting Liu (Jinan University) & Yinghua Yu (Western Sydney University)

 “It is a love-hate relationship” : Discussing the tension and cooperation among the state, video game companies, and female gamers in China. 
Graduate Research Symposium on Gender and Sexuality, National University of Singapore 

From Foils to Active Participants: A Qualitative Study of Chinese Women’s Gaming Experience  《从陪衬的角色到主动的参与者: 对中国女性游戏玩家的质性研究》
Chinese Association for History of Journalism and Communication 中国新闻史学会2019学术年会, Beijing北京 — Outstanding Paper Award
with Dr Tingting Liu (Jinan University)