Dr. Cheng Xu specializes in technology, health, sustainable development, and AI-driven social change. He is a core member of the Big Data Analytics and Modelling Research Centre at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and serves as a guest lecturer at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he engages students on AI’s transformative impact on business and society. His research has been published in leading business and natural science journals, including Social Science and Medicine (ABS 4), Journal of Business Ethics (FT 50), International Review of Financial Analysis (ABS 3), Journal of Business Research (ABS 3), International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (CCF B), Business Strategy and the Environment (ABS 3), Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (ABDC-A), Journal of Innovation and Knowledge (ABDC-A), Global Finance Journal (ABDC-A), and Journal of Economic Psychology (ABDC-A), among others. Dr. Xu is actively involved in academic editorial roles across both social and natural science disciplines. He serves as an Associate Editor for Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (CAS Humanities Q1 & JCR Q1) and the Annals of Precision Medicine. Additionally, he is a committee member of the Neuroeconomic Management Committee under the China Society of Technology Economics, a top-tier academic society in China. Before earning his Ph.D., Dr. Xu held roles as a strategy manager and special assistant to the CEO at Beijing Science Park Development Group, which operates the Zhongguancun Science Parks. He also served as a senior investment manager for multinational real estate funds, leading and participating in various multimillion-dollar mergers, acquisitions, and investment projects. As a strategy and management consultant, he has worked with prominent clients including Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Beijing Tourism Development Committee, China Communications Construction Group, and Beijing Airport Economic Development Co., Ltd. During his studies, Dr. Xu gained experience in retail by working part-time as a sales assistant at luxury fashion boutiques such as Paul Smith and Comme des Garçons in New York, Tokyo, London, and Shanghai. The link to Dr.Xus Google Scholar Profile:https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?hl=zh-CNuser=AP7sdYUAAAAJview_op=list_worksgmla=AJsN-F6Cuo-7kj2lVhuZoXNCkf9cT4AJ_NuJ12XKUEDQccNDV3x3NfGCBBLD4iE3hwftbFqpCo3iHzgc53NOTF2abNfH7I6hZclA2mzXZ2ptEyDFgpk8ML0.

 AI-driven Business and Social Innovations

Assistant Professor, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 2021.07 - present.

Senior Investment Manager, PALM Fund,Hong Kong SAR, 2015- 2017.

Strategy Manager Special Assistant to the CEO, Beijing Science Park Development (Group) Co., Ltd., Beijing, 2011- 2014.

Event Planning and Execution Manager, Fashion Division, Publicis Groupe, Beijing, 2010-2011

IOM421 Dissertation / Capstone consultancy project

SMO102 Introduction to Human Resource Management

MAN413 Dissertation (MSc MAN)

MAN303 Final Year Project

IOM425 Strategic Business Analysis

2022 Mao Lixiang Family Business Research Best Paper Award, Zhejiang University Mao Lixiang Foundation, 2022.

Emerging Scholar Award, Peking University Economics Forum, 2020.

2020 Mao Lixiang Family Business Research Best Paper Award, Zhejiang Univeristy Mao Lixiang Foundation, 2020.