In 2012 she received a joint PhD between Minzu University of China and University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France) in Anthropology and Transcultural Studies respectively. Her research interests include anthropology of art, Chinese contemporary art, socially engaged art, and practices of cross-disciplinary art. Her current research primarily deals with the practices of art-anthropology collaborations by working with Chinese contemporary artists. In recent and forthcoming publications (in Chinese), she looks at the themes on the cosmopolitan identity of Chinese artists in overseas countries such as France (resulting in a newly released monograph in Chinese), rural community-based arts, and trans-local art practices.