BA, 2003, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University
MA, 2006,  Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University
Phd, 2009, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University
Co-educated visiting Phd student, 2007-2008, Department of Government, Cornell University (host professor: Peter Katzenstein)

Professor, Department of International Relations, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University.

2016-2017 Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego. (host professor: David Lake)

Globalization and global governance (digital governance), Asia-Pacific affairs, diplomacy, digital security, international norms, regionalism

Undergraduate Courses:
Diplomacy (Tianjin First-Class Undergraduate Construction Course)
Asia-Pacific Politics and Economy

Graduate Courses:
Introduction to Diplomacy
International Relations of Asia-Pacific (Nankai University - University of Glasgow Joint Graduate School English program course)

More than 50 articles appear on Chinese Journal of International Politics (SSCI), World Economics and Politics, Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, Contemporary International Relations, Foreign Affairs Review, Nankai Journal, Tianjin Social Sciences, Journal of International Security Studies,  Social Sciences Abroad, South Asian Studies, Southeas Asian Studies, Pacific Journal,  and also on  People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Chinese Social Science Daily, Tianjin Daily, Social Science Daily, and Chinese Social Sciences Website. More than 30 political consultation reports have been adopted and have contributed to state policy-making.

Books:

International Norms and Domestic Institutional Reform, Tianjin: Nankai University Press (in Chinese), 2012.

Globalization Studies (2024), Central Compilation & Translation Press, 2024, eds.(with Xiaoyuan Xue, et al.).

Selected Articles (recent five years):

Xinghua Liu, “Coalition Building and Sino–US Competition in the Digital Era,”  Chinese Journal of International Politics (SSCI), Vol. 17, Issue 4, 2024, pp. 425–448. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poae022

Xinghua Liu and Shuyu Niu, “Hegemony, Leadership, and the U.S. Policy on Tiktok: A Comparative Study,” Globalization Studies, 2024.

Xinghua Liu, “Digital Globalization and the Reshaping of Globalization Resilience,” Exploration and Free Views (CSSCI) No. 4, 2024.

Xinghua Liu, “U.S. Digital Firms in the Process of Digital Globalization,”  Globalization Studies, 2023.

Xinghua Liu, “Digital Globalization and China’s Solution for Global Digital Governance,” World Social Sciences (CSSCI), No. 2, 2023.

Xinghua Liu, “China’s Soft Power in the Era of Digital Globalization,” Globalization Studies, 2022.

Xinghua Liu and Yating Gao, “Capital, Technology, Capital and the International Discourse Power of Digital Firms,” Foreign Affairs Review (CSSCI), No. 6, 2022.

Xinghua Liu, “Technology Neutrality in the Era of Digital Globalization: Illusion and Reality,” Exp...

Project Host, National Social Science Fund General Project - “The Security Impact of Digital Firms’ Politicalization and its Implications for China's Global Digital Governance Strategy” (Approval No. 21BGJ024), 2021, in progress.

Project Host, National Social Science Fund Youth Project -  “Cyber Culture and China’s National Soft Power Construction from the Perspective of International Security” (Approval No. 11CGJ001), 2011, completed.

Aslo host 11 provincial and ministerial research projects, 10 of which have been acomplished.

2025, First Prize Award, The Fifth Tianjin Universities Excellent Decision-making Consulting Research Results

2021, Third Prize Award (2nd in ranking), The 15th Tianjin Excellent Survey Results

2020, The course Diplomacy has been selected as Tianjin First-Class Undergraduate Construction Course 

2010, Outstanding Staff Member in Tianjin Social Science Popularization Activity 

2009, Outstanding Staff Member in Tianjin Social Science Popularization Activity