Q. (Qinfeng) Zhu, PhD

Dr. Qinfeng Zhu is an Assistant Professor at the Research Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen. Previously, she was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Michigan (United States), a visiting researcher at the Centre for E-Governance at Danube University Krems (Austria), and a Research Associate at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of media and politics, focusing on social media, political participation, polarization, and extremism. Methodologically, she specializes in mixed-method approaches and cross-country comparative designs.

Her work has appeared in leading journals such as New Media & Society, Political Communication, International Journal of Press/Politics, and International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Her research has received funding from NWO (Netherlands), the Fulbright Scholar Program (United States), the Ernst Mach Grant (Austria), and the General Research Fund (Hong Kong).