Curriculum Vitae
Executive Summary Curriculum Vitae – September 2023
Dr. Meixi Zhuang
Assistant Professor of Political Science
CONTACTS
Fudan University
Department of Political Science
School of International Relations and Public Affairs
Wenke Building
Shanghai, 200433
China
zhuangmeixi@fudan.edu.cn
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2019 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University.
EDUCATION
2018 PhD in International, Political and Strategic Studies, Australian National University (thesis passed without correction).
2013 MA in Intercultural Studies (highest distinction equivalent), The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2012 BA, School of International Communication (highest distinction equivalent) Communication University of China.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
comparative studies of domination and resistance, grassroots politics and local governance, political and social change in China.
TEACHING INTERESTS
comparative politics, political sociology, political anthropology, Chinese politics and society, social science research methods.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
· ‘Supervising Local Cadres in China: The Quest for Authoritarian Accountability,” Politics and Society (2023, online first).
· ‘Social Embeddedness and Protest Avoidance: Evidence from China,’ Journal of Conflict Resolution, co-authored with Wang Zhengxu and Li Xiaoyuan, first author (2023, online first).
· ‘Comparative Evidence on Cultural Variability in Authoritarianism: An Ethical and Relational Perspective,’ Politics (2022, online first).
· ‘Identity Premium on Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Communist Party Membership in China,’ Social Science Journal 59 (4), pp. 616-629, co-authored with Lu Yuanping and Bao Kun, corresponding author (2022).
· ‘Postmaterialism: Imposed Etic and Western Centrism,” Social Sciences Abroad (国外社会科学) 1, 33-43 (2022).
· ‘Rules Consciousness or Rights Consciousness? A Structural Equation Model of the Relationship between Sociopolitical Values and the Protest Potential among Chinese Citizens,’ Journal of Chinese Political Science 25, pp.457–476 (2020).
· ‘Social Accountability under Authoritarianism: Public Supervision of Local Governments in China,’ China Information 34(1), pp.3-23 (2020).
· ‘Social Accountability in Contemporary China,’ in Wang Zhengxu and Dragan Pavlićević (eds.). Social Relations and Political Development in China (London: Routledge, 2020).
· ‘Citizen–Media Interaction in China’s Local Participatory Reform: A Contingent Participation Model,’’ Journal of Contemporary China 27(109), pp.120-136, co-authored with Zhang Xiaoling and Stephen Morgan, first author (2018).
· ‘Understanding Civil Society Research in China Studies: Paradigms Revisited,” China Studies (中国研究) 22(1), pp.160-179 (2017).
· ‘Dialect TV Programs and Local Media Politics in Contemporary China: The Case of Baixiao Talk Show," Communication and Society (傳播與社會學刊) 37, pp.161-189, (2016).
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
· The Quest for Authoritarian Accountability: Citizen Supervision of Government in China, monograph under review at a university press.
· ‘Pathway to Power: How Socialization Reinforces Authoritarianism,’ with Liu Dan, ANU.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ACADEMIC TALKS
· Shipai Workshop at Fudan University: Misuse of Western Political Culture Concepts in China Studies (05/2022).
· China Crossroads at Shanghai: Social Accountability and the Public Supervision of Local Government (11/2021).
· Department of Chinese Studies Seminar Series at Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University: The Quest for Authoritarian Accountability in Contemporary China (11/2019).
· Political Implications of Authoritarian Personality, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics International Conference (03/2019).
HONORS AND AWARDS
· Shanghai Pujiang Scholar Award.
· ANU University Research Scholarship.
· ANU HDR Fee Remission Merit Scholarship.
· Exemplary Students on Dean’s List, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
· Intercultural Studies Scholarship, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
· First Prize University Award, Communication University of China.
RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS, ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC SERVICE
Referee for Academic Journals: International Journal of Comparative Sociology; Policy Studies Journal; Journal of Chinese Political Science; Journal of Contemporary China; Social Science Research; Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member for Chinese Political Science Review.
Member of Center for the Study of Political Ideology, University of Nottingham, UK.
Member of International Political Science Association.
Member of the Asian Studies Association of Australia.
Master Supervisor for MPA students at Fudan.
Mentor for first-year undergraduate students at Fudan.
SOFTWARES
STATA (advanced), SPSS (advanced).