Welcome!

I’m Jing XU, a Shuimu Postdoctoral Fellow (水木学者) in the Department of Political Science at Tsinghua University. Currently, I am also a visiting scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University, beginning in Fall 2024.

I earned my PhD in Political Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2022. Prior to that, I earned my master degree from the Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy at University College London, and my B.A. in Journalism from Zhejiang University. 

My research interests encompass comparative political economy, political behavior, public opinion, and the role of historical institutions. Specifically, I focus on how the legacies of historical institutions shape contemporary economic, political, and societal outcomes.