Name: Feng Xiao
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Han
Place of origin: Chongqing, China
Education: Ph.D. (Graduate)
Title/Position: Professor / Doctoral Supervisor
Research fields: Philosophy of science and technology, Marxist philosophy, Basic principles of Marxism
Department: Graduate Ideological and Political Theory Teaching and Research Section
E-mail: xiaofeng@scut.edu.cn
Education
Domestic
1975.09 – 1978.07 B.A. in Philosophy, Sichuan University
1984.09 – 1987.06 M.A. in Philosophy, Renmin University of China
1998.09 – 2001.06 Ph.D. in Marxist Studies, Renmin University of China
Overseas
1994.09 – 1995.09 Visiting Scholar, Program in Science, Technology & Society, MIT, USA
1999.10 – 2000.04 Visiting Scholar, Technology Study Unit, University of Edinburgh, UK
2011.06 – 2011.07 Training in Information Management for Librarians, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
2013.09 – 2014.01 Visiting Scholar, Biology & Society Research Group, University of San Francisco, USA
Professional Experience
1973.08 – 1975.08 Sent-down youth, production-team farmer, Yongxing Brigade, Pingshan Commune, Zhongxian County (former Sichuan Province)
1978.09 – 2019.05 China Youth University of Political Studies
– Assistant (1978-1987)
– Lecturer (1987-1991)
– Associate Professor (1991-1996)
– Professor (1996-2019)
2006.04 – present Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, South China University of Technology
Teaching
Courses taught include “Contemporary Western Marxism” and “Seminar on Marxist Philosophy of Science and Technology.”
Research
1. Has published more than 300 academic papers in journals such as Social Sciences in China, Philosophical Research, and Marxist Studies.
2. Principal investigator of 5 National Social Science Fund projects (one Major, one Key, and three General).
3. Completed over ten provincial or ministerial philosophy and social science projects.
4. Received six provincial/ministerial Social Science Achievement Awards from the Ministry of Education, Beijing Municipality, and Guangdong Province.
5. Author of more than 20 monographs, including The Social Shaping of Technological Development, Informationalism: From Social Outlook to Worldview, and Philosophy of Information Technology.
Academic Service (selected)
1. Executive Council Member, Chinese Association of Scientific Socialism
2. Adviser and Academic Committee Member, International Research Center for Information Science & Philosophy of Information, Xi’an Jiaotong University
3. Adjunct Professor, Research Center for Philosophy of Science and Technology (MOE Key Research Base), Shanxi University
4. Adjunct Professor, School of Marxism, Jiangxi Normal University
5. Special-term Research Fellow, Center for Science, Technology & Society, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
6. Professor, Collaborative Innovation Center for Judicial Civilization, China University of Political Science and Law
7. Executive Council Member, Professional Committee for Philosophy of Technology, Chinese Society for Dialectics of Nature
8. Council Member, Beijing Philosophical Association
