Tao Liu / 刘涛

The Person

• Birthplace
  Guangan, China
  
  
• Nationality
  Chinese
  
  
• Position
  Junior Professor
  
  
• Address
  Institute of Sociology and Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Forsthausweg 2, 47057 Duisburg
  
  
• Telephone
  0049-203-3793747
  
  
• Email
  tao.liu@uni-due.de
  
  
• Homepage
  www.uni-due.de/in-east/people/liu_tao.php
  
  

Education

• 1993 - 1997
  Bachelor in German Studies, Nanjing University, China
  
  
• 1998 - 2005
  Diploma in Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany
  
  
• 2006 - 2010
  PhD, Bielefeld University, Germany
  
  

Working experiences

• 2011 - 2013
  Development and Research Centre of the State Council, China
  
  
• 2009 - 2015
  Lecturer, Post-Doc, Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany
  
  
• 2015 - 2016
  Lecturer, Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM), Bremen University, Germany
  
  
• Since 2016
  Junior Professor, Institute of Sociology and Institute of East Asian Studies, The Faculty of Social Sciences at Duisburg-Essen University, Germany
  
  

Research interests

• Studies on Chinese society
• Labour and social protection in China
• Social welfare system in China
• Social policy and welfare state
• Strategies for China's rise
• Chinese model of development and modernization