Yihan Xiong is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He received his Ph.D. (2009) in Political Science from Fudan University. His main research interests include political sociology and comparative politics, with recent focus on class politics, social governance, and digital governance. He has published over 70 papers in academic journals such as China Quarterly, Security Studies, Citizenship Studies, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Japanese Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Chinese Governance.