Dr Ting Luo

My profile

Biography

Academic and professional qualifications

PhD in Government, LSE (2014)

MSc in Public Policy and Administration, LSE (2007)

BA in Politics, Nankai University (China) (2006)

PGCert in Higher Education, LSE (2012)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Grants

Principal Investigator, “Fandom Culture and Rhetoric Online: The Self-motivated Nationalism in Authoritarian Regimes”, BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants, With Yan Wang (LSE), £9,886, 2021-2023.

Co-investigator, “COVID-19: Understanding Chinese Government Containment Measures and Their Societal Impacts”, UKRI & NIHR, With Jane Duckett (PI, University of Glasgow), Ana Langer, Holly Snape, Yingru Li, and Yajun Bao, £334,000, 2020-2021.

Post-doctoral Fellow and Project Manager, “Authoritarianism2.0: The Internet, Political Discussion, and Authoritarian Rule in China,” European Research Council Starting Grant, With Daniela Stockmann (PI, Leiden University and the Hertie School), €1,500,000, 2014-2019.

Languages

English (fluent and professional level)

Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese: mother tongue)

External reviewer for journals and books

Journal reviewer for Comparative Political Studies, Social Networks, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Chinese Journal of Communication, Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, Europe-Asia Studies, Journal of Politics, Acta Politica, Democratization, Problems of Post-Communism, The China Quarterly, The East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, The Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.

Book proposal reviewer for Oxford University Press.

Membership of professional associations

American Political Science Association 

Teaching

Undergraduate teaching

Introduction to Methods in Politics and International Relations

Advanced Methods in Politics and International Relations

Postgraduate teaching

Current Issues in Digital Media and Politics

Putting Communication into Practice

Masterclass

Becoming a Digital Researcher

Research outputs

  • Comparative Politics
  • Political Communication
  • Authoritarian Politics
  • Chinese Politics
  • Research Methodology