•  Since 2023: Assistant Professor, School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Beijing Foreign Studies University

•  2019-2023 Ph.D., Renmin University of China, major in International Studies

•  2022-2023: Visiting Doctoral Researcher, Free University of Berlin.

• Since 2019 Ph.D. Candidate, Renmin University of China, major in International Studies

• 2017-2019 M.A., Lanzhou University, major in International Studies
• 2017-2018 Graduate Certificate in International Relations, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, Johns Hopkins (SAIS)
• 2013-2017 B.A., Lanzhou University, major in International Studies

Research Interest:

• International Institutions
• Regional Cooperation

Current Research projects at SCRIPTS

Why do the states withdraw from international institutions?

Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Michael Zürn

•  Zeng, Xianghong / Yang, Shuangmei 2024: "Appreciating Difference" and Achieving Theoretical Innovation in International Studies, Northeast Asia Forum 33(3): 18–32.

•  Yang, Shuangmei 2024: The Competitive Dynamics and Challenges of Regional Cooperation Model in Central Asia, Contemporary International Relations (2): 80–99.

•  Yang, Shuangmei 2023: Hierarchical Demands of State, Distributional Consequences of Institution, and Motivations for Withdrawing from International Institutions, Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies (2): 4–29.

• Shuangmei Yang, Institutional Competition and International Leadership: Biden Administration’s Institutional Choices', Journal of Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, 2022 (2) : 34-46.
• Shuangmei Yang, Institutional Status, ‘Exit Diplomacy’ and the Choices of the U.S.,” Foreign Affairs Review, 2020(4).