• Ph.D. in Political Science, Harvard University (2009)
• M.A. in Political Science, Havard University (2004)
• Master of Law, Peking University (2001)
• Bachelor of Law, Peking University (1998)

• Public Administration
• Chinese politics
• Comparative political development
• Institutional innovation
• Local governance

Books in English

• Engineering Stability: Rebuilding the State in Twenty-First Century Chinese Universities (by Yan Xiaojun), University of Michigan Press, 2024
• Ruling by Other Means: State-Mobilized Movements (ISBN: 9781108478069, co-edited by Grzegorz Ekiert, Elizabeth J. Perry & Yan Xiaojun), Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Books in Chinese

• 《中國何以穩定：來自田野的觀察與思考》（ISBN: 9789620441189），三聯書店（香港），2017年。
  • （簡體中文版）《中国何以稳定：来自田野的观察与思考》（ISBN: 9787520312356），中国社会科学出版社，2017年。
• 《當代政治學十講》（ISBN:9789629966201），香港中文大學出版社，2016年。
  • （簡體中文版）《当代政治学十讲》（ISBN: 9787516193815），中国社会科学出版社（北京），2016年。
• 《香港治與亂：2047的政治想像》(ISBN:9789620438226)，三聯書店（香港），2015年。
  • （簡體中文版）《香港治与乱：2047的政治想象》（ISBN: 9787010161976），人民出版社，2016年。

Selected Refereed Journal Articles

• “Greasing the Wheels of Policy Reversal: Discursive Engineering and Public Opinion Management During the Relaxation of China’s Family Planning Policy” (with Li La), Governance, Vol.37, No.1, 2024, pp.179-199.
• “Politicization as a Policy Instrument: China’s Politicized Policy Narrative in Environmental Protection and the Control of Its Social Resonance” (with Li La and Zhang Zhenyu), Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 33, No. 149, 2024, pp.755–773.
• “Is the Chinese Entrepreneurial Welfare State an Industrial Policy in Disguise?” (with Chen Hanyu and Li La), Third World Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2020, pp.603-622.
• “To Get Rich Is Not Only Glorious: Economic Reform and the New Entrepreneurial Party Secretaries”, The China Quarterly, No. 210, 2012, pp. 335–354.
  • Awarded the 2012 Gordon White Prize for “the most original article or research report published in The China Quarterly in the relevant year”.

Prof. YAN Xiaojun is currently Professor of Department of Government and Pubic Administrationn. He received his Bachelor and Master of Law degrees from Peking University and an A.M. and Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. His research focuses on public administration, comparative political development, local governance, and state theory. Professor Yan is the author of four books and the co-editor of one edited volume. His most recent monograph, Engineering Stability: Rebuilding the State in Twenty-First Century Chinese Universities, was published by the University of Michigan Press. His work has appeared in leading peer‑reviewed journals, including Comparative Political Studies, Perspectives on Politics, Governance, Political Studies, The Pacific Review, Journal of Contemporary China, The China Journal, and The China Quarterly. He received the 2012 Gordon White Prize from The China Quarterly for the most original research published that year. His Chinese-language publications have won multiple Best Book Awards and have been selected for inclusion in prestigious national publishing programs.