Liming Liu

Liming Liu is a second-year doctoral student at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University (ASU), and serves as a Graduate Teaching Associate. His research focuses on the socio-cultural and ethical implications of emerging technologies, particularly digital religion, privacy/data practices, and human-machine communication in intercultural contexts. He holds a M.A. in Digital Media and Society from Uppsala University (Sweden) and a B.A. in Journalism from Linyi University (China).

Before academia, he worked at tech companies like ByteDance and Douyu Live Streaming. He is a 2024-25 Graduate Fellow at ASU’s Global Human Rights Hub, where he explores data rights in China. His work has been published in journals like Religions, Social Media + Society, and Computers in Human Behavior.

Research emphasizes AI ethics, digital privacy, and platform governance, with recent studies addressing AI’s role in religious institutions and data rights in China. His award-winning paper analyzed news engagement strategies on social media.

• Awards: Best Student Paper Award (ICA 2024), ASU Global Human Rights Hub Fellowship
• Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Global Human Rights Hub on data rights projects