Siyao Liu is a Lecturer in the School of Ethnology and Sociology at Minzu University of China. She is also an external dissertation supervisor at the Bartlett School of Planning (BSP), University College London (UCL), and a guest lecturer at the Central Conservatory of Music in China. She holds a PhD from the BSP, UCL. Her research concerns migrant integration and urban governance in China. She has recently led a research project on neighbourhood governance in Chinese and UK cities during the COVID-19 pandemic, funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) and the China Scholarship Council (CSC). She is also conducting research on the re-adaptation of Korean-Chinese migrants upon their return to China, funded by the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of China (NEAC).