Bu Wei is the author or editor of eight books and over 200 papers and research reports. She mainly does research on Communication/ICT for Development, children/youth’s use of media/ICTs and their sub-culture, feminist media studies, media literacy education, NGOs and communication activism, and communication research methodology. She has worked for UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNIFEM as a consultant on communication, child protection, gender and HIV/AIDS, human trafficking, violence against women and children, and girl’s Development. In 2007, she initiated the research project “Migrant workers, Communication, and Empowerment”. Bu Wei is also active as consultant or volunteer in several NGOs such as The Migrant Workers Home, the Network against Domestic Violence and the Media Watch.