
Dr. Hu Yue
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Professional Positions
2025.01-Present. Tsinghua University Associate Professor (tenured), Political Science
2024 .12-Present. Tsinghua University Deputy Director, Political Science
2024.07- Present. Deputy Director, Tsinghua University Think Tank Center
Capstone Advisor, Schwarzman College
Deputy Director, Institute of Computational Social
Science, Laboratory of Computational Social
Science and State Government
Campus Advisor
Associate Professor, Political Science
Standing Committee
Deputy Director, Center on Data and Governance
Director of Graduate Studies, School of Social Science
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Statistical Consultant, Iowa Social Science Research Center
Education
Ph.D. (Political Science) 2013 - 2018 University of Iowa US
M.A. (Political Science) 2011 - 2013 University of South Carolina US
M.A. (Political Science) 2009 - 2011 University of Regina CA
B.L.L. (Zhou Enlai School of Governance) 2005 - 2009 Nankai University CN
Professional Training
Certificate in Informatics 2016 - 12 University of Iowa US
Experimental Methods 2014 - 06 National University of Singapore SG
Publications
Tai, Y. ‘Cassandra’., Hu, Y., & Solt, F. (2024). Democracy, public support, and measurement uncertainty.
American Political Science Review, 118(1), 512–518. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055422000429
Hu, Y., Jin, S., & Meng, T. (2024). Why economic inequality undermines political trust: An analysis of
mechanisms. Public Opinion Quarterly, Forthcoming.
Hu, Y., Tai, Y. ’Cassandra’., & Solt, F. (2024). Revisiting the evidence on thermostatic response to democratic change: Degrees of democratic support or researcher degrees of freedom? Political Science
Research and Methods, Forthcoming.
Hu, Y. (2022). Book review: Amy liu’s the language of political incorporation: Chinese migrants in
europe. Philadelphia: Temple university press, 2021. Journal of Chinese Overseas, 18(2), 385–387.
https://doi.org/10.1163/17932548-12341472
Pizzi, E., & Hu, Y. (2022). Does governmental policy shape migration decisions? The case of china’s
hukou system. Modern China, 48(5), 1050–1079. https://doi.org/10.1177/00977004221087426
Tang, W., & Hu, Y. (2022). Detecting grassroots bribery and its sources in china: A survey experimental approach. Journal of Contemporary China, 32(140), 207–224. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.
2022.2071883
Hu, Y., & Shao, Z. (2022). What drives chinese internet users to watch state-media broadcasts? An
audience analysis. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 27(1), 19–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s11366-021-09756-1
Hu, Y., & Pizzi, E. (2022). Breaking through the language barrier: The role of language policy in migration decisions. China: An International Journal,20(3), 23–51. https://doi.org/10.1353/chn.2022.0022
Hu, Y., Sun, Y., & Lien, D. (2022). The resistance and resilience of national image building: An empirical
analysis of confucius institute closures in the u.s. Chinese Journal of International Politics, 15(3), 209–
226. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poac010
Jiang, Q., Liu, S., Hu, Y., & Xu, J. (2022). Social media for health campaign and solidarity among chinses
fandom publics during the covid-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology: Health Psychology, 12, 824377.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.824377
Kong, L., Zhang, T., Zhou, C., Gomez, M.-A., Hu, Y., & Zhang, S. (2022). The evaluation of playing
styles integrating with contextual variables in professional soccer. Frontiers in Psychology, 13.
Hu, Y. (2020). Culture marker versus authority marker: How do language attitudes affect political trust?
Political Psychology, 41(4), 699–716. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12646
Hu, Y. (2020). Refocusing democracy: The chinese government’s framing strategy in political language.
Democratization, 72(2), 302–320. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2019.1690461
Hu, Y., & Liu, A. H. (2020). The effects of foreign language proficiency on public attitudes: Evidence
from the chinese-speaking world. Journal of East Asian Studies, 20(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1017/
jea.2019.41
Hu, Y. (2019). Are informal education facilities effective means for generating political support? A spatial
analysis. Social Science Quarterly, 100(3), 701–724. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12589
Claypool, V. H., Reisinger, W., Zaloznaya, M., Hu, Y., & Juehring, J. (2018). Tsar putin and the ”corruption” thorn in his side: The demobilization of votes in a competitive authoritarian regime. Electoral
Studies, 54, 182–204.
Solt, F., Hu, Y., Hudson, K., Song, J., & Yu, D. ”Erico”. (2017). Economic inequality and class consciousness. The Journal of Politics, 79(3), 1079–1083. https://doi.org/10.1086/690971
Solt, F., Hu, Y., Hudson, K., Song, J., & Yu, D. ”Erico”. (2016). Economic inequality and belief in meritocracy in the united states. Research & Politics, 3(4), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168016672101
Tang, W., Hu, Y., & Jin, S. (2016). Affirmative inaction: Language education and labor mobility among
china’s muslim minorities. Chinese Sociological Review, 48(4), 346–366. https://doi.org/10.1080/
21620555.2016.1202753
Hu, Y. (2013). Institutional difference and cultural difference: A comparative study of canadian and chinese cultural diplomacy. Journal of American-East Asian Relations, 20(2-3), 256–268.
Chinese
胡悦,孙宇飞,&陈子怡.(2025).扣动公心之弦:公共服务动机激发机制适用性与稳定性研究.公共管理与政策评论,14(01),54-71.
胡悦. (2023, September 5). 如何理解新时代政治学研究方法的开创性. 光明网: 学术频道.
房宁, 徐湘林, 杨光斌, 王续添, 李炜, 雷旭川, 吕杰, 任锋, 程亚文, 孙龙, 胡悦, & 黄晨. (2023). 迈向理论自觉和方法自觉——朱云汉与中国政治学自主知识体系建构. 中国政治学, 3, 19–43.
胡悦, & 李睿哲. (2023). 城市治理的时间悖论与动态治理. 南京大学学报 (哲学⋅ 人文科学⋅ 社会科学), 60(6), 96-111+159-160.
胡悦, & 欧阳睿. (2023). 软实力与硬实力关系研究——基于网络分析的实证研究. 世界经济与政治, 7, 27-
50+156-157.
季程远, & 胡悦. (2022). 经济发展与纵向获得感. 公共行政评论, 86(2), 4–21.
胡悦, & 朱萌. (2022). 以语塑心与国民治理:外语习得对政治认知能力的塑造机制研究. 治理研究, 38(04), 51–65+125.
胡悦. (2021). 实 验 室 实 验: 政 治 科 学 研 究 的 一 种 有 效 方 法? 国 外 理 论 动 态, 06, 160–171.
胡悦, & 朱 毓 朝. (2011). “问 题 与 主 义” 导 向 之 争——西 方 比 较 政 治 学 沿 革 及 其 借 鉴 意 义. 天 津 社 会 科学,
程同顺, & 胡悦. (2010). 对外政策的文化道具——浅析文明冲突论的工具性. 学习论坛, 26(02), 33–37.
胡悦. (2009). 从政治科学角度分析人民政协的政治定位. 天津市社会主义学院学报, 01, 19–23.
Software
Hu,Y.,&Deng,W.(2024).Drhutools:Political science academic research gears(Version 1.0.0).
Solt,F.,Hu,Y.,Bolker,B.,Keyes,O.,Müller,S.,Leeper,T.,Wallace,C.,&Warshaw,C.(2024).
Dotwhisker:Dot-and-whisker plots of regression results(Version 0.8.3).
Hu,Y.,Ye,X.,Sun,Y.,&Wu,W.(2024).Regioncode:Convert region names and division codes of china over years(Version 0.1.2).
Hu,Y.,Ye,X.,&Sun,Y.(2023).Drhur:Learning r with dr.hu(Version 1.1.0).
Guest Lecture
Hu,Y.(2025,January 17).Personality and civic quality in an online society:A psychological analysis of political discussion in chinese social media[Invited talk].Computational political science talks 1+1,University of Hong Kong.
Hu,Y.(2024,April 19).How Official language shapes political minds? [Invited talk].FSS-DGPA Seminar,University of Macau.
2022.10.21 Active audience of memory: How past collective wins change present political judgements [特邀讲座]. Political science speaker series, Online.
胡悦. (2023, November 30). 道德之外:协同生产同侪激励效应的实验研究 [专题讲座]. 政治学新锐讲座, 山东大学.
Hu, Y. (2023, June 12). Quantitative text analysis: Unveiling the power of words [Workshop]. CLASS
advanced method school, City University of Hong Kong.
胡悦. (2023, May 24). Why economic inequality unidermines political trust [专题讲座]. 光华管理学院社会研
究中心系列讲座, 北京大学.
胡悦. (2023, April 27). Efficacy and response to response: How experience shapes preferences and expectations
in low-level political involvements [专题讲座]. 周恩来政府管理学院政治学系 建系一百周年系列讲座之 “翔宇青年学者论坛, 南开大学.
胡悦. (2023, April 8). 枫桥经验时代创新 [主题演讲]. 全国新时代 “枫桥经验” 案例征集北京发布会, 北京.
胡悦. (2022, December 15). 探索人心 [专题讲座]. 日新学院学术浪漫⋅ 惊 鸿系列, 清华大学.
胡悦. (2022, November 23). 记忆激活与公众认知 [专题讲座]. 国是青年学者沙龙, 上海交通大学.
胡悦. (2022, November 2). 以科学方法探知民心 [专题讲座]. 语言应用专题讲座, 教育部语用所.
Hu, Y. (2022, October 21). Active audience of memory: How past collective wins change present political
judgements [Speech]. Political science speaker series, Online. http://polisciworkshopchina.cn/
胡悦. (2022, August 7). 项目反应理论与政治态度跨时空比较 [专题讲座]. 政治科学与方法前沿系列讲座, 南京大学.
胡悦. (2022, May 26). The resistance and resilience of national image building [专题讲座]. “政青年” 双周工
作坊, 中国传媒大学.
胡悦. (2022, May 26). 以数知文:计算机辅助内容分析原理与路经 [专题讲座]. 邮苑人文大讲堂(数字人文论坛), 北京邮电大学.
胡悦. (2021, June 10). Cross-survey analysis and dynamic comparative public opinion [专题讲座]. 中国人民大学数据科学研究中心系列讲座, 中国人民大学.
Grants
清华大学教学成果奖(二等奖) 2021 Tsinghua University
清华大学学术新人奖 2021 Tsinghua University
北京市第十六届哲学社会科学优秀成果奖 2021 Beijing Municipal Government
Ballard and Seashore Fellowship 2017 The University of Iowa
Post-Comprehensive Research Award 2016 University of Iowa
T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship 2016 University of Iowa
Teaching
All-Year Workshop: Learning R with Dr. Hu and His Friends Tsinghua University
Fall 70700173: Analysis of Political Data Tsinghua University
Fall 80700673: Governmental Big Data Tsinghua University
Spring 10700193: Understanding Public Policies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Practical Cases
Tsinghua University
Spring 60700033: Big Data Analysis (A) Tsinghua University
Spring 30700953: Analysis of Public Policy: Perspectives and Methods Tsinghua University
Fall 2018 POLI301: Analysis of Political Data University of Iowa
Professional Affiliation
Member of
American Political Science Association
American Psychology Association
International Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Association of Chinese Political Studies
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