Jack Linzhou Xing
Ph.D. Student
Overview
Jack Linzhou Xing is a PhD candidate at Georgia Institute of Technology. Drawing on the cases of digital automation, the platform economy represented by ride-hailing, large-scale digital infrastructures, and AI in China and beyond, his research agenda examines the interaction between policy and governance, digital technological innovation, and labor. His work appears in journals including Research Policy, Science and Public Policy, Engaging Science, Technology and Society, Mobilities, and Transfers.
Faculty Advisor:
Amit PrasadEducation:
- MA in History and Sociology of Technology and Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
- MPhil. in Science & Technology Studies (ST&S) and Innovation Policy, The University of Hong Kong
- MA in Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- BBA (Acc & Fin), The University of Hong Kong
Awards and
Distinctions:
Distinctions:
- Lesson Smith Fellowship
- Kranzberg Scholarship
Interests
Research Fields:
- History of Technology/Engineering and Society
- Information and Communications Technology Policy
- Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
Geographic
Focuses:
Focuses:
- Asia (East)
Issues:
- East-Asian Studies
- Emerging Technologies - Innovation
- Infrastructure
- Internet Studies
- Technology Management and Policy
- Transportation
Publications
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- A processual approach to skill changes in digital automation: The case of the platform economy in the service sector
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2025
- Translating STS in China. Disciplinary Struggles and Future Prospects
In: Engaging Science, Technology, and Society [Peer Reviewed]
Date: September 2023
- Driving as communities: Chinese taxi drivers’ technology, job, and mobility choices under the pressure of e-hailing
In: Mobilities [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2022
- The temporality of and competition between infrastructures: Taxis and e-Hailing in China
In: Transfers [Peer Reviewed]
Date: May 2022
- From creative destruction to creative appropriation: A comprehensive framework
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2020
- Restricted generalizability of city innovation policies: The case of e-hailing in China
In: Science and Public Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2019
Chapters
- Capitalism, Overwork, and Polanyi’s Dialectics of Freedom: Emerging Visions of Work-Life Balance in Contemporary Urban China
In: Work, Society, and the Ethical Self: Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era
Date: July 2021
All Publications
Journal Articles
- A processual approach to skill changes in digital automation: The case of the platform economy in the service sector
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2025
- Translating STS in China. Disciplinary Struggles and Future Prospects
In: Engaging Science, Technology, and Society [Peer Reviewed]
Date: September 2023
- Driving as communities: Chinese taxi drivers’ technology, job, and mobility choices under the pressure of e-hailing
In: Mobilities [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2022
- The temporality of and competition between infrastructures: Taxis and e-Hailing in China
In: Transfers [Peer Reviewed]
Date: May 2022
- From creative destruction to creative appropriation: A comprehensive framework
In: Research Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2020
- Restricted generalizability of city innovation policies: The case of e-hailing in China
In: Science and Public Policy [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2019
Chapters
- Capitalism, Overwork, and Polanyi’s Dialectics of Freedom: Emerging Visions of Work-Life Balance in Contemporary Urban China
In: Work, Society, and the Ethical Self: Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era
Date: July 2021