Guoer Liu

Guoer Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at UC San Diego. Her research focuses on Chinese political institutions, the politics of data, and automated administrative systems. She explores how political influences shape technological infrastructure in areas like air quality monitoring, revealing biases in objective data. Her methodological work emphasizes causal inference and survey experiments.

Education: Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science & Scientific Computing (University of Michigan, 2024), M.Res. in International Development (LSE, 2016), B.Soc.Sci. (University of Hong Kong, 2013).
Also completed visiting studies at Wellesley College and taught at the LSE-PKU Summer School.

Research Interests:

• Automated Data Systems & Political Bias
• Chinese Bureaucracy & Metrics Management
• Causal Inference Methodology
• Surveys & Field Experiments

Key Publications: Her work on air quality data bias is under review at top journals, while her methodological paper on conjoint analysis has been published in Political Analysis. Recent contributions include a chapter in Poverty and Development.

Awards: Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship (2023), NSF/APSA Dissertation Grant ($15K), multiple international research awards.

Teaching & Service: Taught graduate-level game theory and statistical methods at University of Michigan. Served as Student Coordinator for the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics.