Senior Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies
School of Language, Literature & International Studies
Contemporary Chinese Politics and Society, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics
Yu Tao jointed UCLan in September 2014 shortly before submitting his doctoral thesis to the University of Oxford, where he eventually received DPhil in Politics after passing his viva with no correction required. Trained as a political sociologist, Yu is mostly interested in making sense of the relations between social groups and contentious politics in authoritarian settings.
DPhil, Politics, University of Oxford, 2015 //
MPhil (with Distinction), Sociology, University of Cambridge, 2009 //
Dual BAs, Government & Sociology, Peking University, 2008