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Meng Tianguang
Tenured Professor, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University
  • Education Background

      • PhD in Politics (Chinese and foreign political systems), Peking University School of Government, September 2007-July 2013

      • Joint PhD Program, Department of Government, Harvard University, January 2011-September 2012

      • Bachelor in Politics, Peking University School of Government, September 2003-July 2007

    Professional Experience

      • Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, December 2019-present

      • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, October 2016-December 2019

      • Part-time Lecturer, Schwarzman Scholars, Tsinghua University, June 2016-present

      • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, December 2015-September 2016

      • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, July 2013-October 2015

    Research Interest

      • Chinese government and politics: Government responsiveness, national social relations, welfare and distribution politics, local politics and economy

      • Big data politics: Network and information politics, big data and national governance

      • Methodology of political science: Computational social science, experimental politics

    Selected Publications

      1. Meng. Tianguang., & Yang. Zesen. Variety of Responsive Institutions and Quality of Responsiveness in Cyber China. China Review.2020.(Forthcoming)

      2. Zheng, Siyao & Meng, Tianguang*. The Paradox of Responsiveness and Social Protest in China. Journal of Contemporary China.2020.(online first)

      3. Li, Hui & Meng, Tianguang*. Corruption Experience and Public Perceptions of Anti-corruption Crackdowns: Experimental Evidence from China. Journal of Chinese Political Science.(online first)

      4. Li, Feng., Liu, Yang., & Meng, Tianguang*. Discursive Strategy of Opinion Expression and Government Response in China: Text Analysis Based on Online Petitions. Telematics and Informatics, 2019, 42.

      5. Jiang, Junyan., Meng, Tianguang., & Zhang, Qing. From Internet to social safety net: The policy consequences of online participation in China. Governance, 2019 32(3):531-546.

      6. Zhu, Xufeng., & Meng, Tianguang. Geographical Leadership Mobility and Policy Isomorphism Narrowing the Regional Inequality of Social Spending in China. Policy Study Journal, 2018.(online first)

      7. Zhang, Kaiping., & Meng, Tianguang.Political Elites in Deliberative Democracy: Beliefs and Behaviors of Chinese Officials. Japanese Journal of Political Science. 2018, 19:643-662.

      8. Meng, Tianguang., Pan, Jennifer., & Yang, Ping. Conditional Receptivity to Citizen Participation: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in China. Comparative Political Studies, 2017, 50(4).

      9. Su, Zheng., & Meng, Tianguang*. Selective responsiveness: Online public demands and government responsiveness in China. Social Science Research. 2016(59):52-67.

      10. Im, Dong-Kyun., & Meng, Tianguang*.The Policy-Opinion Nexus in China: Social Protection Programs and Popular Preferences for Redistribution. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 2016(28):241-268.

      11. の, Qiang., & Meng, Tianguang. Funding allocation, inequality, and scientific research output: an empirical study based on the life science sector of Natural Science Foundation of China. Scientometrics. 2016. 106(2): 603-628.

      12. Thomas Bernauer*, Robert Gampfer, Tianguang Meng, Yu-Sung Su.Could more civil society involvement increase public support for climate policy-making? Evidence from a survey experiment in China. Global Environmental Change 2016 (40): 1-12.

      13. Meng. Tianguang., & Chen. He*. Multilevel analysis of social capital and self-rated health: Evidence from China. Health & Place. 2014 (27): 38-44.

      14. Meng Tianguang. Re-visiting Responsive Government: Diversity and Institutional Performance of Internet Inquiry System [J]. Social Sciences in China, 2019, 40 (4): 148-172.

      15. Meng Tianguang & Zhao Juan. Internet Search Behaviors and Public Attention in the Era of Big Data: Dynamic Analysis based on Baidu Index from 2011 to 2017 (大数据时代网络搜索行为与公共关注度:基于2011-2017年百度指数的动态分析) [J]. Xuehai, 2019 (03): 41-48.

      16. Meng Tianguang. Big Data Methods and Causal Inference from the Perspective of Political Science (政治科学视角下的大数据方法与因果推论) [J]. Political Science Research, 2018 (03): 29-38.

      17. Meng Tianguang & Ning Jing. Political Consequences of Internet "Depoliticization"-An Empirical Study Based on Generalized Tendency Value Matching (互联网“去政治化”的政治后果——基于广义倾向值匹配的实证研究) [J]. Exploration, 2018 (03): 63-76.

      18. Meng Tianguang & Zhao Juan. Network-driven Responsive Government: System Diffusion and Operation Model of Network Politics (网络驱动的回应性政府:网络问政的制度扩散及运行模式) [J]. Journal of Shanghai Institute of Administration, 2018, 19 (03): 36-44.

      19. Meng Tianguang & Zhang Xiaojin. Big Data Drive and Improvement of Government Governance Ability:Theoretical Framework and Model Innovation (大数据驱动与政府治理能力提升——理论框架与模式创新) [J]. Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Social Science Edition), 2018, 31 (01): 18-25.

      20. Li Hui & Meng Tianguang. Corruption Experience and Perception: Double Test Based on Investigation Experiment and Direct Questioning (腐败经历与腐败感知:基于调查实验与直接提问的双重检验) [J]. Society, 2017, 37 (06): 194-215.

      21. Meng Tianguang & Li Feng.Government Quality and Political Trust: Hypothesis of Performance Legitimacy and Institutional Legitimacy (政府质量与政治信任:绩效合法性与制度合法性的假说) [J]. Journal of Jiangsu Institute of Administration, 2017 (6): 99-108.

      22. Zhang Xiaojin & Meng Tianguang. On the Origin, Development and Innovation Paradigm of Computational Social Science (论计算社会科学的缘起、发展与创新范式) [J]. Theoretical Exploration, 2017, (06): 33-38.

      23. Meng Tianguang. From Causal Effect to Causal Mechanism: China's Path to Experimental Politics (从因果效应到因果机制:实验政治学的中国路径) [J]. Exploration, 2017, (05): 30-38.

      24. Meng Tianguang & Zheng Siyao. Information, Communication and Influence: New Government Media in Network Governance – Exploration Combining Big Data and Small Data Analysis (信息、传播与影响:网络治理中的政府新媒体——结合大数据与小数据分析的探索) [J]. Public Administration Review, 2017, 10 (01): 29-52.

      25. Meng Tianguang & Ji Chengyuan. Re-visiting Digital Democracy: Internet Intervention and Internet Political Participation – Discoveries Based on Enumerative Experiments (重访数字民主:互联网介入与网络政治参与——基于列举实验的发现) [J]. Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2016, 31 (04): 43-54.

      26. Meng Tianguang & Tian Dong. Mass Line and Modernization of National Governance – Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Discovery (群众路线与国家治理现代化——理论分析与经验发现) [J]. Political Science Research, 2016, (03): 25-35.

      27. Meng Tianguang, Su Zheng & Yang Ping.Citizen Opinions and Local Financial Decision-making in Transition China – Based on a Survey of Local Governments (转型中国的公民意见与地方财政决策——基于对地方政府的调查实验) [J]. Journal of Public Administration, 2015, 12 (03): 57-68.

      28. Meng Tianguang & Li Feng. Political Interaction in Cyberspace: Citizens' Appeals and Government Responsiveness – Big Data Analysis Based on National Cyberpolitics Platform (网络空间的政治互动:公民诉求与政府回应性——基于全国性网络问政平台的大数据分析) [J]. Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2015, 30 (03): 17-29.

      29. Meng Tianguang & Su Zheng. "Peer Effect" and "Neighbor Effect": Political Logic of Non-tax Revenue Expansion in Prefecture-level Cities (“同侪效应”与“邻居效应”:地级市非税收入规模膨胀的政治逻辑) [J]. Comparison of Economic and Social Systems, 2015, (02): 165-176.

      30. Meng Tianguang & Guo Fenglin. Big Data Politics: Political Phenomena in the New Information Age and Its Analysis Path (大数据政治学:新信息时代的政治现象及其探析路径) [J]. Foreign Theoretical Trends, 2015, (01): 46-56.

      31. Meng Tianguang & Chen Hao.Inequality, Poverty and Grassroots Democracy in Rural Areas: An Empirical Study Based on 400 Villages in China (不平等、贫困与农村基层民主——基于全国400个村庄的实证研究) [J]. Journal of Public Administration, 2014, 11 (02): 129-138.

      32. Meng Tianguang. Political Trust in China in Transition: Empirical Measurement and Overall Survey (转型期的中国政治信任:实证测量与全貌概览) [J]. Journal of Central China Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), 2014, 53 (02): 1-10.

      33. Meng Tianguang. Public's Sense of Distributive Fairness in China in Transition: Outcome Fairness and Opportunity Fairness (转型期中国公众的分配公平感:结果公平与机会公平) [J]. Society, 2012, 32 (06): 108-134.

      34. Meng Tianguang & Yang Ming. Objective Governance Performance and Political Trust of County-level Governments in China in Transition: From “Legitimacy of Economic Growth" to "Legitimacy of Public Goods” (转型期中国县级政府的客观治理绩效与政治信任——从“经济增长合法性”到“公共产品合法性”) [J]. Comparison of Economic and Social Systems, 2012, (04): 122-135.

      35. Meng Tianguang & Ma Junjun. Research on the Relationship between Social Capital and Citizen Participation Consciousness: An Empirical Analysis Based on National Representative Samples (社会资本与公民参与意识的关系研究——基于全国代表性样本的实证分析) [J]. China Administration, 2011, (03): 107-111

    Research Projects

      • Chief Scientist, Research on Intelligent Social Governance System Based on Big Data (Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation), 2018

      • Lead Participant, Research on Improving Government Governance Capability Driven by Big Data (Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation), 2016

      • Research on Government Quality Evaluation System and Promotion Path from the Perspective of Governance Capability (National Social Science Foundation Project), 2015

      • Research on Digital Government Transformation and Modernization of Governance Capability (commissioned by the Central Network Information Office), 2019

      • Research on Evaluation of Public Opinion Governance on Big Data Network (commissioned by the Central Network Information Office), 2015

      • Research on the Application System of Intelligent Social Governance in Megacities (in partnership with Beijing Municipal Government Service Administration), 2020

      • Research on Application of Big Data in Social Governance (Beijing Science and Technology Plan), 2018

      • Research on the Application System of Intelligent Social Governance in Megacities (in partnership with Beijing Municipal Government Service Administration), 2019

      • Research on Social Health Index (commissioned by Beijing Petition Office), 2018

      • Research on Urban Decision Support System Based on Big Data (National Development and Reform Commission & Institute for China Sustainable Urbanization, Tsinghua University), 2017

      • Research on Intelligent Social Governance System Based on Big Data (Tsinghua University), 2016

      • Research on Governance Mechanism of Government Network Public Opinion Based on Big Data (Youth Project of Beijing Natural Science Foundation), 2014

      • Research on Network Public Opinion Guidance Mechanism and Effect in Big Data Era (General Project of Beijing Social Science Foundation), 2015

      • Research on the Construction of Capital Service-oriented Government in the Era of Big Data (Talents Funding Project of Beijing Association of Social Sciences Social Science), 2015

      • Research on Urban Governance Model in New Urbanization Period (Think Tank Research Project of Data Center of Management Science, NSFC-PKU), 2016

      • Theoretical Review and Empirical Evaluation of Government Quality in Governance Transition (China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project), 2014

    Honors & Awards

      1. 1st Prize of Young Teachers for Outstanding Achievements in Social Research in Beijing Universities, 2016

      2. Outstanding Young Talents by Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 2017

      3. 2nd Prize for Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences in Shanghai, 2018

      4. The 4th Parkson-Tsinghua Journal Outstanding Papers Award, 2017

      5. Author of Important Reprints of Journal Materials by Renmin University of China, 2019

      6. Outstanding Party Building and Ideological and Political Worker at Tsinghua University (Party Branch Secretary), 2019

      7. Advanced Worker at Tsinghua University, 2018

      8. Double Leaders Teacher of Party Branch Secretary Studio at Tsinghua University, 2018

      9. 3rd Prize of the 8th Young Teachers' Teaching Contest at Tsinghua University (Liberal Arts Ideological and Political Group), 2018

      10. Academic Newcomer Award at Tsinghua University, 2017

      11. Zhongying Young Scholar at Tsinghua University, 2016

      12. Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow at Tsinghua University, 2015

      13. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award at Tsinghua University, 2013

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