Xinyuan Dai

Prof. Xinyuan Dai is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Center for Global Studies. She served as a Visiting Researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center's Global Governance unit in mid-2014, focusing on research about international institutions' effects on compliance and commitment. Her work intersects global governance, human rights, and EU policy dynamics.

Her research explores how international institutions shape national policies, with a focus on human rights efficacy, climate governance, and transnational influence mechanisms. Notable projects include analyzing compliance gaps in human rights regimes and evaluating the EU's responsiveness to global institutional pressures.

During her WZB visit, she contributed to the Contested World Orders project, examining evolving global power dynamics. No academic awards or grants are listed in the provided text, though her publications reflect sustained engagement with critical themes in international relations.

Labs/teams: Affiliated with the Center for Global Studies at UIUC and collaborated with WZB's Global Governance unit during her fellowship.