Dr. LU, Yulin 呂雨林博士

Assistant Professor


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Academic and Professional Qualification

Postdoctoral Researcher     Lund University, Sweden
Ph.D.                                        University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
M.Phil.                                     University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
M.B.S                                       University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
M.A.                                         University of Nottingham, China


Specialism and Research Interests

  • Sociology of Religion
  • Sociological Theories
  • Computational Sociology
  • Chinese Buddhism
  • Religious Education
  • Asian Studies
 

Courses

SOC434   Mining Data for Social Research
SOC432   Body and Self in the Digital World
SOC100   Introduction to Sociology
SOC107   Understanding Sociology


Selected Publications

Lu, Yulin and Paul Joosse. 2024. “Collaborative or Independent: Buddhist Monks’ Perceptions of Non-Conflict between Science and Religion.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 63(3): 617-637. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jssr.12915.

Lu, Yulin and Paul Joosse. 2025. “Underneath the Peace: Buddhist Epistemology and Practice at the Science Religion Interface.” Religion 55(1): 222-242. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0048721X.2024.2418540?src=#abstract

Joosse, Paul and Yulin Lu (equal authorship). 2025. “The Concept that went Viral: Using Machine Learning to Discover Charisma in the Wild.” British Journal of Sociology 76(1): 65-82. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13146

Lu, Yulin, Esther-Maria Guggenmos, and Paul Joosse. 2026. “A Flexible Value Carrier: Reframing Buddhist Education in Superdiverse Hong Kong.” British Journal of Religious Education (forthcoming).

Joosse, Paul and Yulin Lu. 2023. “Charisma and Heroism.” In Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies, edited by Scott T. Allison, James K. Beggan, and George R. Goethals, pp. 1-3. Berlin: Springer.

Guggenmos, Esther-Maria and Yulin Lu. 2025. “How to teach young adults life orientation today?” In Asiens religioner i rörelse – mellan tradition, samtid och lärande, edited by Emma Hall and Bodil Liljefors-Persson, pp. 139-152. Göteborg: FÖRENINGEN LÄRARE I RELIGIONSKUNSKAP.

Co-editor: Asian and European Approaches to Religion and Values Education (forthcoming book)


Research Projects

Postdoctoral Researcher: “Life Education in Secondary Buddhist Schools of Hong Kong – Contextualizing Buddhist engagement in public education in Greater China through field research.” Lund University (2024-2026)

Principal Investigator: “Buddha & Science: Chinese Monks’ Views on Science in Contemporary Society”, International Research Network for the Study of Science & Belief in Society (INSBS) Seed Funding Grants (£8,475) (2022)

Co-Investigator: “Bridging the Gap between Scholarly and Popular-discursive Definitions of “Charisma” through Machine Learning.” University Research Committee (URC) Internal Research Support Programmes ($145,816 HKD) (2022)