Fengming Lu

Fengming Lu is a Lecturer at the Australian National University within the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs and Department of Political and Social Change. Previously, they were a postdoctoral fellow (2018-2020) in the Peking-Princeton Postdoctoral Program (PPPP).

• Education:
  • PhD in Political Science, Duke University (2018)
  • MA in Political Science, Duke University (2015)
  • BA in Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012)

Research Interests: Dr. Lu specializes in authoritarian politics, behavioral politics, and the role of information in governance, particularly within Chinese political contexts. Their work examines political selection mechanisms in the Chinese Communist Party and how elites and the public engage with propaganda in non-democratic systems.

Research Trends: Their recent publications focus on education finance reform in China (2020) and media dynamics in authoritarian power-sharing (2019), reflecting interdisciplinary approaches combining political science, behavioral analysis, and policy evaluation.

Grants: Research funding has been secured from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (CCKF), National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).