Cong Xu
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work history
Visiting Student Researcher
Stanford University
01.2026 - Current
- Hosted by the Rural Education Action Program, Institute for Economic Policy Research
- Co-design a digital parenting intervention for impoverished rural families in Shanxi Province, China
Research Assistant
London School of Economics and Political Science
09.2025 - 02.2026
- Project “Digital Future for Children”, led by Professor Sonia Livingstone and Professor Ellen Helsper
- Policy analysis on Chinese children's right in digital engagement
Research Assistant
Oxford University
05.2024 - 10.2025
- Project "Meta - analysis of the influence of social media on adolescents' well-being" led by Professor Andrew Przybylski
- Design, code and analyze the differentiated well-being outcomes in the global south
- Oxford Internet Institute
Research Assistant
London School of Economics and Political Science
09.2023 - 09.2025
- Project "From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes", led by Professor Ellen Helsper
- Use quantitative regression analysis to research the intersectional effects of gender, nationality and age on digital inequalities in Kuwait
- Contribute to conceptualizing global methodologies for cross-cultural digital inequalities research
Research Associate
Nanyang Technological University, Ministry of Education (Singapore)
10.2023 - 08.2025
- Developing and validating a multimodal digital literacies assessment framework
Research Assistant
Peking University
04.2024 - 04.2025
- Co-design an online learning platform for "sustainable and smart education" with the Department of Education and Alibaba Cloud
Assistant Investigator
Peking University
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Hosted by the Institute of Social Science Survey
- Interview over 50 migrant people in poverty in the Jiangsu Province for the project "Investigation Project of the Institute of Social Welfare and Social Progress of the Ministry of Civil Affairs"
Education
Mphil/ PhD - Media and Communications
London School of Economics and Political Science
09.2024 -
MSc - Education (Digital and Social Change)
Oxford University
09.2023 - 09.2024
MSc - Inequalities and Social Science
London School of Economics and Political Science
09.2022 - 09.2023
PUBLICATIONS
- Xu, G., Yu, A., Xu, C., Liu, X., & Trainin, G. (2024). Investigating pre-service TCSL teachers' technology integration competency through a content-based AI-inclusive framework. Education and Information Technologies, 1-32.
- Lim, F.V., Yee, J., Xu, C. (2026). Understanding the Digital Literacies Profiles of Students in Singapore and China: Implications for Teacher Education. In: Chi-Kin Lee, J. (eds) Handbook of Asian Educational Innovation towards the Futures of Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-3901-4_57-1
- Helsper, E., Fahed, Al, Xu, C. Intersectional dynamics and digital inequalities in Kuwait (accepted and under review)
- Conference Presentation, Digital Inequalities in Chinese Secondary Education: Technology Acceptance, Digital Literacy and Psychological Outcomes, at the British Educational Research Association Conference 2024
- Conference Presentation: How do we feel? Digital inequalities and Children's Beliefs about Educational Technology, at the American Educational Research Association Conference 2026
Timeline
Visiting Student Researcher
Stanford University
01.2026 - Current
Research Assistant
London School of Economics and Political Science
09.2025 - 02.2026
Mphil/ PhD - Media and Communications
London School of Economics and Political Science
09.2024 -
Research Assistant
Oxford University
05.2024 - 10.2025
Research Assistant
Peking University
04.2024 - 04.2025
Research Associate
Nanyang Technological University, Ministry of Education (Singapore)
10.2023 - 08.2025
Research Assistant
London School of Economics and Political Science
09.2023 - 09.2025
MSc - Education (Digital and Social Change)
Oxford University
09.2023 - 09.2024
MSc - Inequalities and Social Science
London School of Economics and Political Science
09.2022 - 09.2023
Assistant Investigator
Peking University
09.2021 - 09.2023