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Canhui Liu (2020)

Canhui Liu is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Sociology, where he is supervised by Professor Patrick Baert.

With the interdisciplinary training in Sociology and Public Policy, his research seeks to make a contribution to understanding the social roots and mechanisms of technicism in contemporary China, especially the role of cybernetics in a series of social-economic policy makings.

His research interests include Sociology of Intellectuals and Social Network Analysis. Prior to moving to Cambridge, he studied Sociology at Sun Yat-sen University and Public Policy at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Research Interests

Sociology of Intellectuals, Social Network Analysis

Teaching

1. Social Theory:

Academic Year 2021-2021:

SOC2: Social Theory

SOC7: Media, Culture and Society (Sociology of Intellectuals Section)

 

2. Methods:

Academic Year 2018-2019:

PPOL 5140: Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) PPOL 5170: Public Management and Leadership (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Academic Year 2017-2018:

Linear Regression(Shanghai University, Huazhong Agricultural University) Categorical Data Analysis(Shanghai University, Huazhong Agricultural University)

Key Publications - Journal Articles

LIU Canhui, YE Hua, 2017, “Determinants of the Registration and Voting Behavior of Macao Youths”, Journal of Canton, Hong Kong and Macao study

Key Publications - Other

Conference Paper: 2019 “Social Ties or Culture Capital: The Selection of Scientific Elites in China”. Paper is presented at Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network Conference, HKUST, Hong Kong, March 8-9, 2019

Conference Paper: 2018 “Academic Achievement or Social Ties: The Selection of Scientific Elites in China”. Paper is presented at the Asian Conference of the International Chinese Sociological Association, HKUST, Hong Kong, December 19-20, 2018

Conference Paper: 2018 “The Role of Local Government in Renewable Energy Development in China: A Case Study on Wind Curtailment”. Paper is presented at the Public Management Research Conference, NUS, Singapore, May 31-June 2, 2018.

Conference Paper: 2017 “Educational Assortative Marriage and Offspring’s Educational Achievement”. Paper is presented at the First National Graduates Conference of Sociology, Shanghai, China, July, 2017.

Conference Paper: 2017 “The Trend and Consequence of Educational Assortative Marriage”. Paper is presented at the 11th National Graduates Conference of Demography, Peking University, China, June, 2017.

Conference Paper: 2016 “Determinants of the Registration and Voting Behavior of Macao Youths”. Paper is presented at the sixth Social Development Seminar in Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta (held by CUHK), Shanghai, China, November 22-24, 2016.

PhD Supervisor

Professor Patrick Baert

Media Articles

Local/Translocal: The Reproduction of Technological Promise, Chisenhale Gallery in London, 2021
Statistics and State Governance in China, The Paper, 2021

Awards

Chinese Government Scholarship, Chinese Scholarship Council, 2021-2024 Postgraduate Fellowship, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2017-2019

National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China, 2016-2017

Job Title:
From Marxism to Technologism: Cybernetic Revolutionaries and Modernization in Contemporary China, Supervisor: Prof Patrick Baert
Canhui Liu
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