University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
BA in Public Administration
About Me
I study comparative politics, with a focus on authoritarian regimes. My research interests can be broadly categorized into three areas: (1) political survival in authoritarian regimes, (2) information politics, and (3) computational methods for policy texts.
In my thesis project, I draw empirical insights from the legal system in both modern and ancient China and model how authoritarian leaders manage bureaucratic discretion. I also collaborate on developing new methods to analyze the structure and content of policy texts.
I write random stuff on Notion.
Educational Background
The Ohio State University
MPA
The University of Hong Kong
Ph.D in Politics and Public Administration
Publications
Social and programmatic interactions in a therapeutic community for women: an exponential random graph model analysis
With Qiuchang Cao and Keith Warren
Experimentation and Demonstration: Central-Local Discourse Coalitions in the Construction of National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone (In Chinese)
With Luhao Wang and Wanfei Pang
Multi-level Textual Learning in the Local Environmental Policies
With Hongtao Yi and Wenna Chen
Dynamic Evolution of Networks: Evidence from China’s Collaborative Environmental Governance
With Weixing Liu and Hongtao Yi
Working Projects
The Autocratic Intervention in Juridical Rulings
With Kwan Nok Chan and Trevor Wan
The “Trap of Metaphor”: Applications and Boundaries of Topic Models in the Social Sciences
With Hongtao Yi and Naikang Feng
Fun Projects
CPED Leadership Network Visualization
An interactive tool for exploring Chinese political elite trajectories using Jiang Junyan’s CPED dataset, with search-driven reports and geographic visualizations.
Programming Proficiency
- Python
- R
- JavaScript
- Stata
- MongoDB