• Linguistic aspects of international politics
• Legitimacy and (de)legitimation of international organizations
• EU-China relations

• Hai Yang. (2023). “We are at war”: Securitisation, legitimation and COVID-19 pandemic politics in France. Contemporary Politics 29(2): 207-227.
• Hai Yang. (2022). Politicizing global governance institutions in times of crisis: the case of the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic. Global Governance 28(3): 405-431.
• Hai Yang. (2022). Legitimating the Belt and Road Initiative: Evidence from Chinese official rhetoric. Third World Quarterly 48(4): 823-845.
• Hai Yang. (2021). Contesting legitimacy of global governance institutions: the case of the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic. International Studies Review 23(4): 1813-1834.
• Hai Yang & Baldwin Van Gorp. (2021). A frame analysis of political-media discourse on the Belt and Road Initiative: Evidence from China, Australia, India, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Cambridge Review of International Affairs. Online first.
• Hai Yang & Stephan Keukeleire. (2019). Discursive legitimation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Evidence from Chinese state media. Journal of Contemporary China 28(120): 932-947.
• Hai Yang* & Baldwin Van Gorp. (2018). Framing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A qualitative analysis of the political debate and media coverage on a China-led multilateral institution. The Pacific Review 32(4): 603-634.

Prof. Hai YANG is currently an Assistant Professor of Department of Government and Public Administration. Previously, he was an assistant professor at School of International Relations, Sun Yat-sen University.

Prof. YANG is particularly interested in the role of language in international politics, with a focus on (de)legitimation, politicization, securitization, and framing. Methodologically, he leans more towards qualitative methods, notably content analysis. His research output has appeared in International Studies Review, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Global Policy, Global Governance, Third World Quarterly, Journal of Contemporary China and The Pacific Review, among others.