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Prof. Jack Linzhou XING
PhD, Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, Division of Public Policy

Research Areas

Research Interests

Science, technology, and innovation policy
Sociology of technology and work, science & technology studies (STS)
Platform economy, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure
Automation and digital workforce

Biography

Jack Linzhou XING is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Before that, he worked as an An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. He holds a Ph.D. in History and Sociology of Technology and Science and a graduate certificate in public policy from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jack’s research spans sociology of technology and work, science and technology studies (STS), and technology and innovation policy in China, focusing on the social implications and governance of the platform economy, digital infrastructure, and digital labor.

Based on longitudinal ethnographic research, Jack’s dissertation traces and analyzes how digital platforms, gig workers, and tech workers interact with each other and navigate the contingent regulatory environment amid the compressed socioeconomic transition, geopolitical tension, and pervasive techno-nationalism and techno-developmentalism in China.

HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Xing, J. L. (2026). Rethinking AI from the mobile end: An assemblage-centered Lens. Mobile Media & Communication, 20501579261458249.
  • Xing, J. L., & Zhang, J. (2026). Drive to grow: Spatial frictions and struggles in a Chinese ride-hailing platform's scale-making. Global Media and China, 20594364261456948.
  • Xing, J. L., & Zheng, E. L. (2026). Patchwork surveillance and accountability labor: China's Health Code Systems during COVID-19. Big Data & Society, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517261419359.
  • Xing, J. L., Zhang, J., & Santos, G. (2026). Mythology of wealth in the platform economy: The case of the ride-hailing platform Didi in China. Science, Technology, & Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1177/01622439251398910.
  • Xing, J. L., & Sharif, N. (2025). A processual approach to skill changes in digital automation: The case of the platform economy in the service sector. Research Policy, 54(4): 105190.
  • Zhang, J., Xing, J. L. (2025). Towards a processual approach to the infrastructuralization of digital platforms: The case of WeChat. Chinese Journal of Communication, 18(3), 332–349.
  • Santos, G., Sharif, N., & Xing, J. L. (2023). Translating STS in China: Disciplinary struggles and future prospects. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, 9(1): 23-49
  • Xing, J. L. (2022). Driving as communities: Chinese taxi drivers' technology, job, and mobility choices under the pressure of e-hailing. Mobilities, 17(5): 676-694.
  • Xing, J. L. (2021). The temporality of and competition between infrastructures: Taxis and e-hailing in China. Transfers, 11(3): 80-104.
  • Xing, J. L., & Sharif, N. (2020). From creative destruction to creative appropriation: A comprehensive framework. Research Policy, 49(7): 104060.
  • Sharif, N., & Xing, J. L. (2019). Restricted generalizability of city innovation policies: The case of e-hailing in China. Science and Public Policy, 46(6): 805-819.
Prof. Jack Linzhou XING
PhD, Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, Division of Public Policy
Room 4362
Google Scholar:
ORCID:
ResearcherID:
Scopus ID:
Science, technology, and innovation policy
Sociology of technology and work, science & technology studies (STS)
Platform economy, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure
Automation and digital workforce

Jack Linzhou XING is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Before that, he worked as an An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. He holds a Ph.D. in History and Sociology of Technology and Science and a graduate certificate in public policy from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jack’s research spans sociology of technology and work, science and technology studies (STS), and technology and innovation policy in China, focusing on the social implications and governance of the platform economy, digital infrastructure, and digital labor.

Based on longitudinal ethnographic research, Jack’s dissertation traces and analyzes how digital platforms, gig workers, and tech workers interact with each other and navigate the contingent regulatory environment amid the compressed socioeconomic transition, geopolitical tension, and pervasive techno-nationalism and techno-developmentalism in China.

HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Xing, J. L. (2026). Rethinking AI from the mobile end: An assemblage-centered Lens. Mobile Media & Communication, 20501579261458249.
  • Xing, J. L., & Zhang, J. (2026). Drive to grow: Spatial frictions and struggles in a Chinese ride-hailing platform's scale-making. Global Media and China, 20594364261456948.
  • Xing, J. L., & Zheng, E. L. (2026). Patchwork surveillance and accountability labor: China's Health Code Systems during COVID-19. Big Data & Society, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517261419359.
  • Xing, J. L., Zhang, J., & Santos, G. (2026). Mythology of wealth in the platform economy: The case of the ride-hailing platform Didi in China. Science, Technology, & Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1177/01622439251398910.
  • Xing, J. L., & Sharif, N. (2025). A processual approach to skill changes in digital automation: The case of the platform economy in the service sector. Research Policy, 54(4): 105190.
  • Zhang, J., Xing, J. L. (2025). Towards a processual approach to the infrastructuralization of digital platforms: The case of WeChat. Chinese Journal of Communication, 18(3), 332–349.
  • Santos, G., Sharif, N., & Xing, J. L. (2023). Translating STS in China: Disciplinary struggles and future prospects. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society, 9(1): 23-49
  • Xing, J. L. (2022). Driving as communities: Chinese taxi drivers' technology, job, and mobility choices under the pressure of e-hailing. Mobilities, 17(5): 676-694.
  • Xing, J. L. (2021). The temporality of and competition between infrastructures: Taxis and e-hailing in China. Transfers, 11(3): 80-104.
  • Xing, J. L., & Sharif, N. (2020). From creative destruction to creative appropriation: A comprehensive framework. Research Policy, 49(7): 104060.
  • Sharif, N., & Xing, J. L. (2019). Restricted generalizability of city innovation policies: The case of e-hailing in China. Science and Public Policy, 46(6): 805-819.