Academic Positions
Education
2008-2014
2005-2008
2001-2005
Northwestern University
Ph.D. in Political Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
M.A. in Economics
Peking University
B.A. in Chemistry and Economics
Journal Articles
Xin Sun. "Politicised Enforcement in China: Evidence from the Enforcement of Land Laws and Regulations," forthcoming at the Journal of Public Policy (2020)
Xin Sun. "Campaign-style Implementation and Affordable Housing Provision in China", forthcoming at China Journal (July 2020)
Xin Sun. “Patronage Politics, Power Sharing, and Land Institutions in China”, forthcoming at Problems of Post-Communism.
Meina Cai and Xin Sun. 2018. “Institutional Bindingness, Power Structure, and Land Expropriation in China”, World Development, 109, 172-186.
Xin Sun, "Selective Enforcement of Land Regulations: Why Large-scale Violators Succeeded", The China Journal, No.74, July 2015
Xin Sun, Jiangnan Zhu and Yiping Wu, "Organizational Clientelism: An Analysis of Private Entrepreneur Delegates in Chinese Local Legislatures", Journal of East Asian Studies, 14(1), January 2014
Xin Sun, "Autocrats' Dilemma: The Dual Impacts of Village Elections on Public Opinion in China", The China Journal, No.71, January 2014
Xin Sun, Travis Warner, Dali Yang and Mingxing Liu, "Patterns of Authority and Governance in Rural China: Who's in Charge? Why?", Journal of Contemporary China, 22(2), September 2013
Fubing Su, Ran Tao, Xin Sun and Mingxing Liu, "Electoral Procedures, Mobilization, and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Villagers' Committee Elections in Transitional China", Political Studies, 59(2), June 2011
Ran Tao, Fubing Su, Xin Sun and Xi Lu, "Political Trust as Rational Belief: Evidence from Chinese Village Elections", Journal of Comparative Economics, 39(1), March 2011
Book Chapters
Xin Sun and Yifan Cheng. "Land Institution Reform Under Xi: Policy Changes and Implications,"in Kerry Brown ed. China’s 19th Party Congress Start of a New Era. World Scientific Press, 2018.
Other Publications
Book Review of Unmaking China’s Development: The Function and Credibility of Institutions, by Peter Ho. China Quarterly (Oct, 2019)
Book Review of Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism, by Meg E. Rithmire. China Quarterly (Oct, 2016)
"A Mid-Term Assessment of Economic Reform in Xi’s China" Trinity Economic Forum Magazine (Feb 5, 2016)
Teaching
Chinese Business and Corporate Governance in a Global Context (Lau China Institute at King’s, lecturer, master), 2018–19
Political Economy of China (King’s Business School, lecturer, undergraduate), 2018–19
Political Economy of China (Oxford, tutor, undergraduate), 2017
Chinese Politics (Trinity, lecturer, undergraduate), 2014–16
Public Policy and Governance in China (Trinity, lecturer, master), 2016
Political Economy in Authoritarian Regimes (Trinity, lecturer, master), 2015
Selected Conference and Workshop Presentation
American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference, 2012-13, 2015-18
European Political Science Association (EPSA) Annual Conference, 2016-17
Midwest Political Science Associate (MPSA) Annual Conference, 2011-14
Annual Conference of Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 2012-13, 2015
Annual Conference of American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS), 2012, 2013
YCW-Lau China Institute King’s College China Conference, 2017
Invited Talks
China at 70: Looking Back; Looking Ahead, Society For Anglo-Chinese Understanding (SACU), 2019
Narzabayev China Forum, Narzabayev University, 2018
Institute of Governance, Shandong University, 2018
University of London, Royal Holloway, 2017
University of Oxford China Centre, 2016
Taking Economics Forward Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 2016
Scottish Centre for China Research, University of Glasgow, 2016
School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, 2015
East Asia Politics, Economy, and Society Workshop, University of Chicago, 2011, 2012
Grants and Awards
Faculty Research Fund, King’s College London, 2017
Benefactions Fund, Trinity College Dublin, 2015
Dispute Resolution Research Center Research Grant, Northwestern University, 2014
Equality Development and Globalization Studies Research Grant, Northwestern University, 2014
China Times Cultural Foundation Young Scholar Award, 2013
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2013
Dissertation Fellowship, The Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development
and Land Policy, 2012
Graduate Research Grants, Northwestern University, 2012
Graduate Fellowship, Institution for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 2011, 2014
Asia Graduate Cluster Research Grant, Northwestern University, 2012
Graduate Student Grants, The Roberta Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies,
Northwestern University, 2011, 2012