Li Liu is Professor of Social Psychology and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Psychology at Beijing Normal University, China. He holds a doctorate in social psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE). 

Inspired by Kurt Lewin’s insight, social psychology as a science of bridging the gap between theory and social reality, he currently conducting research in the areas of corruption, intergroup relations, social identity and social representations. He has published a series of articles in internationally renowned journals, including Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Social Psychological and Personality Science, Social Indicators Research, Political Psychology, and International Journal of Psychology, etc. 

He currently severs as Vice President of Chinese Association of Social Psychology, Director of Social Psychology Division of Chinese Psychological Society, Associate Editor of Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, and Co-Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, etc.