Xun Pang is Boya Young Professor in School of International Studies at Peking University (Beijing, China), Director of PKU Analytics Lab for Global Risk Politics, Associate Editor of Political Analysis.  Before joining the faculty of PKU,  she was Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton University from 2010 to 2012, Associate Professor and  Full Professor of International  Relations at Tsinghua University from 2012 to 2022, an associate research scholar at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University in 2019. She served as the vice dean of the Institute for International Relations at Tsinghua University, the founding director of the Tsinghua International Relations Data and Computing  Lab, and the co-director of Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.  

Xun Pang's research primarily encompasses International Political Economy and Political Methodology. Her work involves the development of Bayesian methods for analyzing Time Series Cross-Sectional (TSCS) data, with a particular emphasis on modeling interdependence and dynamics within TSCS data to draw causal inferences and explore network interactions. Additionally, her research explores the impact of contemporary aspects of globalization, such as global value chains and the ascent of emerging economies, on the behavior of nation-states and non-state actors. Currently, her research focus centers on the politics of globalized risk.

Professor Pang  authored the monograph, The Impact of the BRICS on Global Governance: Aid and Development Cooperation (2016, in Chinese),  Furthermore, her work includes numerous peer-reviewed articles published in prestigious journals such as Political Analysis, International Organization, Political Science Research & Methods, and Social Sciences in China. Prof. Pang was  awarded the John T. Williams Prize and SPM Poster Award by the Society for Political Methodology and received the Changjiang Young Scholar Award from the Ministry of Education in China. She has been the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on several competitive external research grants, including those from organizations like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the China National Science Foundation (CNSF).

Xun Pang holds a Ph.D. degree  in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis, M.A. and B.A. in International Relations and Economics (B.A., double-degree) from Peking University.  

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