Education

PhD  1998 （Sociology), Peking University;

MA 1995 (Sociology), Nankai University;

BA 1992 (Sociology), Nankai University.

Work Experience

Peking University:

    Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Sociology

ENS De Lyon:

    Senior Visiting Scholar 2015

UC Berkeley:

    Visiting Scholar 2004-2005

Research Interests

Social movements and collective Action

Urban studies

Sociology of deviance and crime/ social control

Adolescent research/ consumption and lifestyle

Social change and social problems

Public policy and performance evaluation

Sociology quantitative research

Courses Taught

Undergraduate courses:

    Urban Sociology

    Sociology of Crime

    Sociology of Consumption

    Specialty English

    Introduction to Sociology

    Introduction to Sociology

Graduate courses:

    Theory of Social Movements

    Key Terms in Sociology

    Urban Problems

    Empirical Cycle Study

    Research Tool Design

Selected Publications (since 2017)

Liu, Neng. 2021. "On the Social Ecology of the Great Chinese Rural-to-Urban Migration." in Laurence Roulleau-Berger, and Yuzhao Liu eds. Sociology of Migration and Post-Western Theory. Lyon: ENS ÉDITIONS

Zhang, Ruichen, and Neng Liu, 2020. "Structural Encounters, Meaning Making, and Self-construction: The Reproduction of Chinese Petitioners from a 'Normalization' Perspective." Journal of Asian Sociology. 4:

Wu, Su, and Neng Liu. 2021. "Political Struggle, Institutionalization, and the Construction of Worker’s Rights: An Analysis of Textile Workers in Tianjin China, 1927-1936." Journal of Asian Sociology.

Neng,Liu. 2017. "On Chinese Temporalities." Temporalites, 26 : 1-7.

Neng Liu. 2020. "From Village Livelihood to Cultural Self-Consciousness: Fei Hsiao-Tung and the Sociology of 'National Rejuvenation'" The Journal of Jiangsu Administration Institute, 04 : 49-55.(in Chinese)

Neng Liu. 2019. "Toward Evidence-Based Social Policy Research" Academia Bimestrie, 03 : 19-26.(in Chinese)

Neng Liu. 2019. "Data Production and Data Fraud: An Analysis Based on Sociological Perspective" The Journal of Jiangsu Administration Institute. 03 : 62-69.(in Chinese)

Neng Liu. 2019. "More Discussion on Indigenization of Sociology as Academic Activity" Journal of University of Jinan(Social Science Edition). 29(01) : 5-16+157.(in Chinese)

Neng Liu. 2018. "The Rapid Transformation of Chinese Society and Changing Attitudes toward Youth Employment" People's Tribune. 35 : 118-120.(in Chinese)

Neng Liu. 2018. "Disaster, Modernity and Social Change" The Journal of Jiangsu Administration Institute. 04 : 66-70.(in Chinese)

Neng Liu. 2017. "Insitutional and Cultural Explanations to The Social Production of Vagabondage" Academia Bimestrie. 02 : 102-114.(in Chinese)

Books

Liu, Neng. 2008. Dengjizhi He Shehuiwangluo Shiyexia De Xiangzhen Xingzheng: Beizhen de Gean Yanjiu. Social Sciences Academic Press(CHINA).(in Chinese)

Liu, Neng. 2004. Gongyi Xiangmu Pinggu: Xiwanggongcheng Jiaoshi Peixun Xiangmu Ji Langxunban Zongti Jixiao Pinggu. Wenhui Publishing House.(in Chinese)