I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in the Sociology Department at Princeton University and affiliated with the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China and the M. S. Chadha Center for Global India.

My research focuses on industrial policy, state capacity, and infrastructure development in China and India. My work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals, including Asian Survey and the Chinese Journal of Sociology.

My Ph.D. dissertation, based on two years of fieldwork in China and India, compares railway development and the role of the state in these two countries. My research also examines the structure of Chinese state-owned enterprises in strategic sectors, such as infrastructure. You can hear me talk about my work on the Belt and Road podcast.

I am a two-time recipient of the Marvin Bressler Graduate Student Teaching Award from Princeton Sociology. I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton.

I also write articles on industrial policy, clean technology, and development for a general audience: www.high-capacity.com

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Email: kylechan [at] princeton [dot] edu