Guoer Liu

Assistant Professor

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. I study the politics of data, exploring the dynamics between power, political institutions, and technology in official statistics and government records, with a regional focus on China. My book project investigates why and how political institutions distort the technological infrastructure of automated air quality monitoring systems in China, thereby introducing hidden biases into seemingly objective data generated without human intervention. I also conduct research in political methodology, focusing on causal inference and survey experiments.