Li Zhen

Position

Associate Research Professor

Educational Background

l Ph.D in Political Science from The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

l Master Degree in Public Administration from Nanjing University, PRC;

l Bachelor Degree in Thermal Engineering from Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Contact

Email: lizhen@sdu.edu.cn

Office Location

Rm. 519, Huagang South Building

Address

Shandong University Qingdao Campus, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao, Shandong, China 266237

Profile

I began my academic and teaching career in universities from September 2011, after I received my PhD from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Political Science. Firstly, I worked at The School of International and Public Affairs of Shanghai Jiaotong University, PRC, as an assistant professor until October, 2013. Then, I went to Chongqing, one southwest metropolis, worked at The Advanced Institution for Humanities and Social Science, as an assistant professor until August 2014. After then, I was promoted as an associate professor in September 2014. Now, I am an Associate Research Professor at The School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University from March 2017.

Research Area

l Government and Politics of China;

l State Theory;

l Political Economy

Courses

l Methods of Social Survey

l Theory of Modern State

l The Government and Politics of China

Projects

l One project on policy making by experiments in PRC, granted by National Social Science Foundation (2015.12 -);

l The Young Scholars Program of Shandong University, granted by Shandong University (2017.06-)

Selected Publication(s)

l Zhen Li, Yangxue Feng. 2018. “Regular Mobilization and Technical Empowerment for Anti-bureaucratization”, Comparative Economic & Social Systems, No. 1, pp. 90-97. (in Chinese)

l Junqiang Liu, Yu Lu, and Zhen Li, 2018. “Active Inertia: A Study on the Mechanism of Local Government’s Restructuring Agriculture”, Sociological Studies, No. 5, pp. 140-165. (in Chinese)

l Zhen Li, and Yu Lu, 2016. “Woodrow Wilson Paradox in Public Administration: Rethinking the Orthodox View of the Origin of the Discipline”. Chinese Public Administration, No.4, pp. 79-85. (in Chinese)

l Zhen Li, 2015. “The Continuity of Traditional Mechanisms of Political System: From Revolutionary to Reform Era”, Marxism & Reality, No.3, pp. 185-190. (in Chinese)

l Zhen Li and Yu Lu, 2015. “China’s Selective Decentralization/Re-centralization: Two Cases on the Centralized Management and the Reform of Administrative Approval Programs”, Journal of Public Management, No.3, pp.13-22. (in Chinese)

l Zhen Li, 2014. “Promoting the Policy Implementation: The Origin and Dynamics of the Work Team Mode in Contemporary China”, Journal of Political Science, No.2, pp. 116-125. (in Chinese)

l Zhen Li, 2014. “Motivating Cadres by Tournaments: The Pingbi Mode in Contemporary China”, Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), No. 5, pp.54-62. (in Chinese)