Ji Liu 

I earned my Ph.D. in Comparative International Education and Economics from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Columbia University; and hold academic appointment as adjunct assistant professor at Teachers College of Columbia University where I teach graduate-level research methodology courses. Broadly, my research focuses on topics in labor and development economics, and sits at the intersection of teachers, learners, skills, and the economy.

 

Formerly, I worked for the World Bank as consultant on the World Development Report 2018 team (Link), the first of the Bank's flagship publication to spotlight on education in nearly 40 years. Check out my co-authored piece about this work (Link).

 

In my academic role, I co-edited a recent book Kuo Ping Wen: Scholar, Statesman, Reformer (Shanghai: Shanghai Far East Publishers, 2015; San Francisco: Long River Press, 2016). My research has been published in academic journals such as Oxford Review of Education, COMPARE: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, China Economics of Education Review, FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education on Education, Xinhua Wenzhai, Comparative Education Review (Beijing), Global Education (Shanghai). I am also  a contributing author to The Global Testing Culture: Shaping Education Policy, Perceptions, and Practice, part of the Oxford Studies in Comparative Education series (United Kingdom: Symposium Books, 2015), as well as Education Finance, Equality, and Equity, part of the Education, Equity, Economy series (Springer-Nature, 2018).

 

I write for media outlets such as China Education Daily, The Observer, Caixin News. In the past, I worked as consultant on education development projects through UNICEF, Asian Development Bank, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Education Development Trust (UK), etc.

 

I received my B.S. (2013) degree  from the University of Kansas and my M.A. (2014) and M.Phil (2018) degrees from Columbia University.