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Published record of Inchwise’s two directors — press coverage, bylined articles, books and academic invitations.

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Press coverage

Dr Zhihao Yan (颜志豪)

• Sanlian Life Weekly (三联生活周刊), issue 18 of 2020 (no. 1085), 4 May 2020, by Xue Peng — 《教孩子哲学，还是跟孩子一起进入哲学？》. From the cover story 《高中生需要哲学吗》.
• Wenhui Bao (文汇报), 9 April 2020, by Zhang Peng — 《80后哲学博士在小学课堂的一次教育实验：原来，儿童天生就是哲学家》.
• The Educator (《教育家》杂志), 3 September 2018 — 《颜志豪：教小学生「形而上学」》.
• Bund Education (外滩教育), 16 April 2018 — 《给一年级上哲学课的大博士：为何从小就要培养孩子的哲学思维》. Interview.
• Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报), 28 April 2016, by Liang Yanyan — 《小学开设哲学课　博士生和小孩一起「哲谈怪论」》. He appears under his English name, Tim, described as a philosophy doctoral candidate at Sun Yat-sen University and a trainee teacher at BNU Nan’ao Experimental School, Guangzhou.

Dr Xiaoyun Peng (彭晓芸)

• Fudan Development Institute / China.org.cn Education, 20 December 2024 — 《「16岁前不碰社交媒体」可行吗？》. Interviewed.
• Tencent News (腾讯新闻), 28 July 2023 — 《被音乐天才学校录取，和吕思清做校友……这位15岁「神童」背后的教育观》.
• Shanghai Observer (上观新闻), 15 June 2023 — 《牛娃录｜上音附中15岁学生斩获小提琴国际大奖》.
• CNR (央广网) / Guangming Daily (光明日报), 12 December 2016 — 《校园欺凌触动公众神经：成长的噩梦如何避免》. Quoted.
• Zhongfang (中访网), 4 June 2015 — 《彭晓芸：女性也应当参与公共言说》. Profile.

Bylined articles

Dr Zhihao Yan

• Wenhui Bao, 17 October 2025, page 11 — on school trips in British education.
• Liuxue (留学), issue 268 — 《教师荒下的英国小学，哲学教育怎么做？》
• Wenhui Bao, 17 February 2023 — 《给孩子讲讲哲学：学会跟不同观点相处，是人生的必修课》. Credited as “philosophy teacher at Shanghai Pinghe School; PhD in philosophy”.

Dr Xiaoyun Peng

• NetEase (网易), 17 June 2025 — 《看了泡泡玛特创始人王宁的故事，还为考不上985、211焦虑吗？》.
• Tencent News, 12 June 2025 — 《中国妈妈亲历孩子英国「中考」，校长来信劝家长不要「鸡娃」》.
• Green China (绿色中国), 23 February 2024 — 《「以哲学为方法」的自然教育》. Co-written with Zhihao Yan.
• China.com Education (中华网教育), 29 December 2023 — 《认识你的孩子：「木桶定律」还是「长板理论」？》.
• Caixin (财新博客) — a column of 21 pieces on education, 2014–2017. Among them: 《学区房泡沫终将破，该还随迁儿童一个公道了》 (March 2017); 《你的孩子，本不必活得那么累》 (13 December 2016); 《应试教育宠儿缺乏创业基因吗？》 (18 April 2016); 《拼错了方向，小心未来一代成「人工智能」弱人类》 (16 March 2016); 《应试教育对底层公平？错了，底层能拼的是道德》 (3 February 2016); 《虎妈猫爸，育儿焦虑为何女性「专享」？》 (14 May 2015); 《「学位房」迷思与教育焦虑症》 (5 June 2014).
• The Paper (澎湃新闻), 22 August 2015 — 《BBC纪录片：教育与阶层流动之困》.
• The Educator (《教育家》杂志), 2014, three commissioned pieces — 《「户外教育」在中国为何不受重视？》 (April); 《因材施教不要回避智力差异》 (June); 《让好社区帮你带孩子》 (July).
• People’s Daily Online (人民网), 13 June 2014 — 《「踢碑少年」的破坏力从何而来》, first published in Global Times.
• People’s Daily Online, 25 October 2013 — 《把英语拉下神坛　高考改革只是开始》, first published in Southern Daily.
• Time Weekly (时代周报), 29 December 2011 — 《[时代辩论会] 韩寒是商业明星，还是文化先锋？》, writing the opposing case; 22 April 2010 — 特别策划《我们时代的性别观到底怎么了》, as commissioning editor.
• Southern Metropolis Weekly (南都周刊), as staff reporter — 《幼儿园收费乱象调查》 (8 September 2008); 《徐友渔谈「我一代」：他们恰恰是丧失自我的一代》 (28 April 2008); 《袁伟时专访：谈〈读书〉换主编及近十年思潮》 (12 August 2007).

Books and academic papers

• Zhihao Yan, 和孩子们一起做哲学 (Doing Philosophy with Children), SDX Joint Publishing (生活·读书·新知三联书店), February 2025.
• Zhenming Zhai and Xiaoyun Peng, 《「强人工智能」将如何改变世界——人工智能的技术飞跃与应用伦理前瞻》, Frontiers (人民论坛·学术前沿), issue 7, 2016.

Academic invitations and forums

• Green China, 6 March 2024 — the first Children’s Philosophy and Nature Education forum. Dr Peng convened and chaired it and gave the closing remarks.
• Xiamen University, Department of Philosophy, July 2021 — Global Chinese Children’s Philosophy summer school, third session. Dr Yan’s lecture: 《儿童哲学的入口：交谈的发生及其条件》.
• East China Normal University, Department of Philosophy, 2 December 2020 — Dr Yan appointed practice mentor, Philosophy + Education programme.

Podcasts

• 《英伦内外》 — co-hosted by Dr Peng and Dr Yan since October 2023.
• 《教育进化「论」》 — Dr Peng as guest, November 2025 and January 2026.

Qualifications

• Dr Zhihao Yan — PhD in Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, 2016. PGCE and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), England.
• Dr Xiaoyun Peng — PhD in Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University; MA in Literature and Art Studies, Jinan University. Taught philosophy, sociology and media theory at Xianda College of Economics and Humanities, Shanghai International Studies University, 2021–2024.

Last updated: September 2026.