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Dr. Shuangshuang Xu is the lecturer in the Department of the Educational Studies, Academy of Future Education. Dr. Xu holds a Ph.D in Cultural Psychology Program at Aalborg University, Denmark. She obtained her master’s and bachelor’s degree from the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University.Her research interest centers on the general area of cultural developmental psychology, that is, to understand and investigate how child development is socially and culturally guided as a dynamic process. Particularly, she is interested in using cultural resources, e.g. drama-in-education, to study and intervene child development. Her research topics cover educational and developmental intervention, art-based qualitative methods, imagination and affective semiosis.
Research interests
Art-based research and intervention methods
Educational and developmental interventions
Cultural developmental psychology
Drama-in-Education studies
Childrens social, cultural and aesthetic development
Experience
Lecturer, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2023-present
Teaching
EDS420: Advanced Educational Research Method
Courses taught at East China Normal University (2014-2017): Personality Psychology (人格心理学)； Drama-in-Education (教育戏剧)
Awards and honours
Excellent Graduates of Shanghai, China (2014)
First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Students of East China Normal University (2010-2013)
Education/Academic qualification
B.S., Applied Psychology, East China Normal University, 2014
M.A., Developmental and Educational Psychology, East China Normal University, 2018
PhD, Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University, 2022
Research areas
- cultural psychology
- developmental and educational psychology
- dramatization
- art-based research
Person Types
- Staff
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Implementing Computational Thinking Education in K-12 and Higher Education
Zhang, Q. (PI), Purwanto, E. (CoPI), Selig, T. (CoPI), Li, N. (CoPI), Sun, D. (CoPI), Paracha, S. (CoPI), Xu, S. (CoPI) & Luo, Y. (CoPI)
14/11/23 → 28/08/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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A theoretical and empirical study of using drama-in-education to promote young children's social and emotional development
Xu, S. (PI), Lu, J. (Team member), Ren, L. (Team member), Jin, L. (Team member), Wu, A. (Team member) & Tateo, L. (Team member)
1/07/23 → 1/07/26
Project: Governmental Research Project
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Understanding and supporting teachers’ implementation of play-based preschool education curriculum in Jiangsu Province
Xu, S. (PI), Tay, T. T. (CoPI), Ren, L. (CoPI) & Yu, J. J. (CoPI)
1/09/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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Merged-home Marriage
Xu, S. (PI), Ren, L. (CoPI), Tay, T. T. (CoPI), Zhang, C. (Team member), Mi, Y. (Team member), Wang, Y. (Team member) & Liu, L. (Team member)
1/06/24 → 30/04/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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International comparative study of home-school-community collaborative education mechanism and its database construction
Lu, J. (PI), Xu, S. (Team member), Qin, J. (Team member), Huang, Y. (Team member), Jiang, H. (Team member), Sun, J. (Team member), Lin, X. (Team member) & Wei, J. (Team member)
30/09/23 → 30/09/24
Project: Collaborative Research Project
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Online compassion on the border: The case of Chinese undergraduates on social media in the first weave of COVID-19 pandemic
Xu, S., Lin, Y. & Wu, A., Mar 2025, In: Culture and Psychology. 31, 1, p. 299-320 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Dynamics Between Leaders and Jiti: Using Leadership Education for Developmental Intervention in a Chinese Charitable Vocational Training Program
Xu, S. & Wang, J., 2025, Culture and leadership: from approximation towards symbiosis.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Wu Wei in Mindfulness: A Systematic Perspective
Xu, S., Dec 2024, In: Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 58, 4, p. 1085-1090 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dramatization: Cultural and psychological foundations of performative methodologies.
Xu, S. & Tateo, L., 2023, The Routledge International Handbook of Innovative Qualitative Psychological Research. p. 52-63Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Compreendendo o sujeito em desenvolvimento na Psicologia Cultural da educação
Translated title of the contribution :Understanding the developing subject in the Cultural Psychology of education Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
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Self-Directed Professional Development of University Teachers: A Case Study of XJTLU Teachers
Ting Ting Tay (Supervisor), Shuangshuang Xu (Co-supervisor) & Adrian Gough (Co-supervisor)
1 Dec 2023 → 31 Dec 2027Activity: Supervision › PhD Supervision
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Investigating preschool children’s cultural development in drama-in-education interventional activities
Shuangshuang Xu (Speaker)
2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Culture, social dramatization and theatricalisation in teaching and learning
Shuangshuang Xu (Speaker)
2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Transforming by following forces: introducing Chinese philosophy of SHI and SHUN SHI into developmental and educational psychology
Shuangshuang Xu (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar