About
Professor Lixian Qian is a Professor in Marketing and Innovation at International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) of Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). He is currently serving as the Associate Dean for Research at IBSS and the Deputy Chair of University Research Committee. He was the founding director of Smart Mobility Analytics Center of IBSS. He joined XJTLU in 2012 after obtaining his PhD degree at Lancaster University, UK. He obtained his Bachelor and Master degrees from Fudan University, China. He also had rich industry working experience in Furtune Global 500 companies (Intel and Emerson Electric).
Professor Qian’s research focuses on innovation/technology adoption and diffusion, data-driven marketing strategy, smart mobility, and sustainability. His research has been published widely on leading international journals, such as Production and Operations Management, Risk Analysis, Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Transportation Research Part A, Psychology & Marketing, Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting Social Change, among others. Three of his research articles were designated as ESI Highly Cited Papers by Web of Science. His research has been funded three times by the General Programme of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Professor Qian teaches a range of modules on marketing and research methods at undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education levels. He is the Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in the UK and the council member of China Marketing Association of Universities (CMAU). He serves as the Section Editor of Sustainable Futures (JCR Q2, CAS Q2), Associate Editor of Management & Marketing (JCR Q3), guest editor of Journal of Consumer Behaviour (JCR Q2, CAS Q3, ABDC-A) and ad-hoc reviewer for over 20 SCI/SSCI academic journals and international conferences. He received the 2016/2017 Outstanding Teacher Award of XJTLU, the 2018/2019 IBSS Research Excellence Award, the Outstanding Advisor of the Sixth China National College Students Competition on Energy Economics in 2020, the 2022 Honored Staff of XJTLU, and the Best Paper Proceeding of 2024 Academy of Management Annual Meeting and the Best Paper Award of 2024 Chinese Academy of Management Annual Conference. He was selected into the Jiangsu 333 High-level Talent Programme in 2022.
**Prospective Research Assistants, PhD students and Postdoc researchers who have strong mathematics/statistics/computing background and are interested in Smart Mobility Analytics are welcome to contact Professor Qian.
Prizes or Honours
- Best Paper Award (19th Chinese Academy of Management Annual Conference, 2024)
- Best Paper Proceeding (2024 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2024)
- The 2022 Honoured Staff of XJTLU (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2022)
- Jiangsu 333 High-level Talent Programme (Jiangsu Provincial Government, 2022)
- Outstanding Advisor (The Sixth China National College Students Competition on Energy Economics, 2020)
- Research Excellence Award (IBSS at XJTLU, 2019)
- Outstanding Teacher Award (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2017)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (The Higher Education Academy , 2015)
Funded Fellowships
- Doctoral Consortium Fellow (INFORMS Society for Marketing Science, 2010)