Dr Ting Luo
Senior Lecturer in Political Communication
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
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Chapters in books
Luo, T., Lv, A. (2021) '"Nine Dragons Run the Water": Fragmented Internet Governance in China.' In Haggart, B., Tusikov, N., Scholte, J.A. (ed.) Power and Authority in Internet Governance: Return of the State?. Routledge,
Stockmann, D., Luo, T. (2019) 'Authoritarian Deliberation 2.0: Lurking and Discussing Politics in Chinese Social Media.' Digital Media and Democratic Futures. University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Journal articles
Wang, Y., Luo, T. (2022) 'Politicizing for the idol: China’s idol fandom nationalism in pandemic.' Information, Communication and Society, 26(2) pp. 304-320.
Lv, A., Luo, T., Duckett, J. (2022) 'Centralization vs Decentralization in Covid-19 Responses: Lessons From China.' Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 47(3) pp. 411-427.
Stockmann, D., Hartman, K., Luo, T. (2020) 'The political position generator—A new instrument for measuring political ties in China.' Social Networks, 63pp. 70-79.
Stockmann, D., Garten, F., Luo, T. (2020) 'Who is a PRC user? Comparing Chinese social media user agreements.' First Monday, 25(8)
Stockmann, D., Luo, T., Shen, M. (2019) 'Designing authoritarian deliberation: how social media platforms influence political talk in China.' Democratization, 27(2) pp. 243-264.
Luo, T. (2018) 'Explaining incumbent re-election in authoritarian elections: evidence from a Chinese county.' Democratization, 25(7) pp. 1291-1309.
Lv, A., Luo, T. (2018) 'Asymmetrical Power Between Internet Giants and Users in China.' International Journal of Communication, 12pp. 3877-3895.
Luo, T. (2018) 'Democratization from above: the logic of local democracy in the developing world.' DEMOCRATIZATION, 25(3) pp. 574-576.
Stockmann, D., Luo, T. (2017) 'Which Social Media Facilitate Online Public Opinion in China?.' Problems of Post-Communism, 64(3-4) pp. 189-202.