Ziang Liu

Dr Ziang Liu is a Lecturer in Modern Economic History at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, King's College London. His research focuses on Chinese and global socioeconomic history from the 15th to the 20th centuries, with expertise in state-building, labour markets, and long-run living standards.

He received his PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics. Prior to his current role, Dr Liu was an ESRC Early Career Fellow at the London School of Economics, a visiting fellow at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Hong Kong.

Dr Liu's research interests include:

• Global economic history, particularly comparative state-building between China and Europe
• Labour markets, wages, and living standards in pre-industrial and industrial economies
• Institutional development, public finance, and state governance in historical contexts
• Calculative practices and the social studies of quantification

His scholarly work has been published in leading journals such as Explorations in Economic History and Qing History Research. He is also the co-editor of an upcoming volume on measuring the Chinese economy.

Dr Liu has been recognized as an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Additionally, he actively engages with the public through media commentaries in outlets including the South China Morning Post and Singapore Lianhe Zaobao, where he writes on contemporary economic and political issues with historical perspectives.

At King's College London, Dr Liu teaches undergraduate courses in economic history, drawing on his expertise in Chinese and global history.