LIU Jiaqi
Jiaqi Liu is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University, where his research explores the intersection of political sociology, international migration, global sociology, and digital technologies. His work examines how transnational connections and technological mediation reshape contemporary politics and social life across borders.
His current book project, The Diasporic State: How Migrants and Local Bureaucrats Reshape Global China, investigates how Chinese migrants navigate escalating geopolitical tensions between their homeland and host countries in the context of China’s global rise. This research contributes to broader theoretical conversations about diaspora politics, state–society relations, and the micropolitics of international relations in an era of great power competition.
Liu’s scholarship has been recognized with seven awards from sections of the American Sociological Association, including Political Sociology, Global & Transnational Sociology, International Migration, Political Economy of the World-System, and Communication, Information, Technologies, and Media Sociology. He holds a PhD from University of California San Diego, JD from University of Arizona, and Master of International Affairs from Sciences Po.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of California San Diego, 2023
- M.A, Sciences Po Paris, 2017
- Juris Doctor, University of Arizona, 2015
Research Interests
- International Migration
- Political Sociology
- Global & Transnational Sociology
- Law and Society
- Digital Sociology
- Comparative-Historical Methods
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Intro to Sociological Theory
