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Stefania Travagnin is reader in Chinese Buddhism at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, University of London). Travagnin has conducted extensive fieldwork research among Buddhist communities in China and Taiwan, focusing especially on female communities and Sangha education. She has edited or co-edited several volumes, including Religion and Media in China (2016), and the three-volume publication Concepts and Methods for the Study of Chinese Religions (2019-2020). She is also co-directing the multiyear project “Mapping Religious Diversity in Modern Sichuan” and serves as editor-in-chief of Review of Religion and Chinese Society.