Welcome

I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University, where my research explores the intersection of political sociology, international migration, global sociology, and digital technologies. My work examines how transnational connections and technological mediation reshape contemporary politics and social life across borders.

My 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.

My 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. I hold a PhD from the University of California San Diego, a JD from the University of Arizona, and a Master of International Affairs degree from Sciences Po.

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Email: jiaqiliu [at] smu [dot] edu [dot] sg.