ywchen@tsinghua.edu.cn

Assistant Professor, School of Marxism, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, School of Marxism, Tsinghua University (since August 2023)

Education Background

Peking University, School of Marxism (2019-2023).

PhD in Marxist Theory.

Dissertation: "Research on Construction Approaches of Marxist Ecology".

Peking University, School of Marxism (2017-2019).

Master in Marxist Theory.

Inner Mongolia University, School of Philosophy (2013-2017).

Bachelor in Philosophy.

Research Interests

Marxist Ecology, ecological socialism, ecological civilization theory

Languages

Chinese (native) and English.

Courses Taught

At the THU:

1) Introduction to Western Marxism (Bachelor)

2) Situation and Policy (Bachelor)

3) Introduction to the Dialectics of Nature (Master)

4) Chinese Marxism and Contemporary World (Doctor)

Funded Research Projects

1) China National Social Science Fund (24CKS010): The Dialectics of Ecology in the Perspective of Marxist Ecology

2) Beijing Social Science Fund (25LLMLC043): The Marxist Theoretical Sources of the Contemporary Chinese Marxist Ecology

Representative Articles

1) "The Dialectics of Ecology and Ecological Civilization", Monthly Review, 2025, 76(11).

2) "Marxist Ecology in China: From Marx's Ecology to Socialist Eco-civilization Theory", Monthly Review, 2024, 76(5).

3) "The Intrinsic Value of Nature and Ecological Marxism: An Investigation Centered on Kovel's Theory of Intrinsic Value", Marxism & Reality, 2024(1).

4) "Kohei Saito’s Ecological Interpretation and Reconstruction of Marx's Political Economy", Marxism & Reality, 2022(2).

5) "A Review of Kohei Saito's Interpretation of Marx's View of the Future Society", Contemporary World and Socialism, 2024(2).

6) "Reading Karl Marx in the Anthropocene: Kohei Saito's Interpretation of Marx’s Ecology", Journal of Fujian Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2024(4).

7) "A Frugal Eco-Innovation Policy? Ecological Poverty Alleviation in Contemporary China from a Perspective of Eco-Civilization Progress", Sustainability 2022, 14(8), 4570.

8) "Three Approaches to Construct Marxist Ecology: From a Perspective of History of Academic Literature", Contemporary Marxism Review, 2020, 23(4).

9) “A Marxist Philosophical Interpretation of the Life Community of Human and Nature”, Marxist Philosophy Series, 2020(2).

10) "Engels' Urban Ecological Thought and Its Enlightment: An Interpretation of Engels' The Condition of the Working Class in England", Journal of Poyang Lake, 2020(6).

11) "The Ecological Dimension of Historical Materialism", Journal of Poyang Lake, 2018(4).