Bingchun Meng

Professor Bingchun Meng is a Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She co-directs the LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Research Centre and serves as Director of the LSE PhD Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). Her expertise spans political communication, communication governance, gender studies, and Chinese media. She holds a PhD in Mass Communication from Penn State University (2006), a Master’s in Comparative Literature from Nanjing University (2000), and a Bachelor’s in Chinese Language and Literature from Nanjing University (1997). Prior to LSE, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.

• Research Focus: Gender and media, political economy of media industries, comparative media studies, and AI industries in China.

Professor Meng’s recent work includes her monograph The Politics of Chinese Media: Consensus and Contestation (Palgrave, 2018) and an upcoming book on AI industries in China under contract with Columbia University Press. She has held roles such as Senior Fellow with the Global Governance Futures 2035 initiative (2020–2021).

Her teaching and supervision focus on advanced research training, particularly through her leadership in LSE’s PhD programs and ESRC DTP.