About
Xin Xu is a Departmental Lecturer in Higher/Tertiary Education at the University of Oxford's Department of Education, and an Ordinary Fellow of Kellogg College. She serves as Deputy Director of the Centre on Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance (SKOPE). Her research focuses on the cultural political economy of tertiary education, research policy, and internationalization dynamics, with particular attention to China's role in global academic systems. Xin holds a DPhil from Oxford, an MA from Peking University, and a BA from Tsinghua University, and has received prestigious awards including the Emerald/HETL Outstanding Doctoral Research Award.
Her research explores three core areas: tertiary education policy design, meta-research governance, and global higher education internationalization. Key projects include analyses of research assessment systems, academic mobility patterns, and the impact of policy incentives on scholarly output. Xin has contributed to major publications like the Handbook of Meta-Research (2024) and Changing Higher Education in East Asia (2022), and serves on editorial boards for journals including International Journal of Educational Research.
- Education: DPhil (Oxford), MA (Peking University), BA (Tsinghua University)
- Affiliations: Kellogg College Fellow, SKOPE Deputy Director
- Funded Projects: Includes studies on tertiary education policy frameworks, neurodivergent education support, and SSH contributions to innovation ecosystems
Awards highlight her doctoral research excellence, while her teaching spans MSc and DPhil supervision across global higher education and research methodology topics. Current doctoral advisees include Cristie Hanyun Cui, Javiera Gonzalez Arias, and Wanlin Cai.
