Hello! I am Kaiping Zhang (张开平), a tenured Associate Professor of Political Science at Tsinghua University. I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Communication at Stanford University, and currently serve as Director of the Center for Data Governance in Tsinghua. Before joining Tsinghua University, I worked as a Research Associate at the Center for Deliberative Democracy at Stanford University and participated in multiple Deliberative Pollings led by Professor James Fishkin across the world. During the 2024-2025 academic year, I was a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute.

My research focuses on Chinese politics, political communication, and deliberative democracy. Using media discourse as an analytical lens, I study state–society relations in contemporary China, citizen participation, and China’s engagement with the world. Methodologically, I integrate quantitative analysis with experimental designs and computational approaches. Beyond my social scientific work, I maintain a deep interest in literature and history, which continually inform and enrich my scholarly perspective.

My scholarly work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, including Political Psychology, Social Science & Medicine, and Journal of Contemporary China, among others. My work has also been featured in top-tier Chinese journals. I have received several awards, notably the Tang Zhongying Outstanding Junior Scholar and Top Paper Award from the Division of Political Communication at the 73rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association.

This is my CV .