Sylvia Xihui Liu
Assistant Dean (Academic Programmes), Associate Professor
Specialism Leader of Master of Design (IBD)
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- +852 2766 5447
- xihuiliu@polyu.edu.hk
- Expertise: Design management capability, design policy, design-driven entrepreneurship, integrated design thinking
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With a wealth of industrial experience in design and management and a PhD degree in Design, Dr. Liu focuses on managing design in a business context. In 2020, her research impact case was evaluated as 4-stars in Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2020. During her years in PolyU, she has published 17 peer-reviewed journal papers, 11 conference papers, 3 books and 15 book chapters. The most significant outcome of her research is the Design Management Capability Framework, which had significantly influenced the making of China’s two main innovation policies at the national level: the “Innovation Design” section of Made in China 2025 and the 2016 Action Plan for Digital Creative Industries in the 13th Five Year Plan.
She served the communities widely as the founding member of the China Design Research Colloquium, delivering over 16 talks to the public and as the jury of 16 design competitions.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Master of Arts, Jiangnan University
- Bachelor of Engineering, Nanjing University of Science & Technology
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic experience
- 02/2013 - 06/2019
Research Assistant Professor, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- 11/2011 - 01/2013
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- 2017 - 2020
Visiting Professor, School of Design Art & Media, Nanjing University of Science & Technology
- 2017-present
Visiting Professor, School of Design & Art, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai
- 2011 - 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow of Management Science & Engineering, College of Economics & Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Professional experience
- 2002 - 2007
Design Manager & Co-founder, NOVA Design, Shanghai, China
- 2000 - 2002
Product Designer & Design Researcher, Zuki Design, Tsingtao, China
- 1997 - 1998
Marketing Planner, Golden Eagle Group, Nanjing, China
Teaching Area
- Design Entrepreneurship
- Final Year Project
- Managing Value Creation
- Design Research Method for PhD studies
- Multidisciplinary Project
- Reflective Capstone Thesis
Research Outputs
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Liu, X. H. (2021). A study on barriers to bringing design function into technology start-ups: A survey on incubation programme of Hong Kong Science Park. The Design Journal, 24(5): 1–22. Liu, X. H., & Rieple, A. (2019). Design management capability in entrepreneurship: A case study of Xiaomi. International Journal of Design, 13(3), 125–138. Pan, Y., Liu, X. H., Tang, Y., Ming, X., & Liu, H. (2019). Opportunities and challenges for international cooperation of China’s manufacturing industry under the Belt and Road Initiative. Engineering Science, 21(4), 7–13. [中國製造業’一帶一路’國際合作的機遇與挑戰研究. 中國工程科學，21(4), 7-13]. Liu, X. H., Liu, H., & Zhang, Y. (2018). The new role of design in innovation: A policy perspective from China. The Design Journal, 21(1), 37–58. Liu, X. H. (2016). Innovation design: Made in China 2025. Design Management Review, 27(1), 52–58.
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Projects
| PI, Chinese Academy of Engineering, A Study on International Cooperation Path of Manufacturing in the ‘One Belt One Road’ Initiative, 2017–2021, $220 924 PI, Public Policy Research (PPR) scheme, Made in China 2025: The Challenges and Opportunities of the Hong Kong Design Industry, 2018–2019, $501 070 PI, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Innovation of Chinese Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprise (SME) Brands, 2014-2015, $88 369 PI, School Collaborative Project, Design-Driven Entrepreneurship: A Translational Mechanism by Visual Thinking to Align Stakeholders and Explore Opportunities, 2021-2023, $300 000
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Awards
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Publications
Liu, X. H. (2020) Chapter author In Y. Lu, Y. Pan, & Z. Xu (Eds.) Innovative Design of Manufacturing (pp. 1–19). Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering. Springer.
Innovation Design Research Team. (2017). Innovative design of manufacturing. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. [製造業創新設計.上海交通大學出版社].
Liu, X. H. (2015). Design management. Beijing University Press. [設計管理. 北京大學出版社].
Liu, X. H. (2015). China Good Design: Case study on the path of innovative design in enterprise. China Science and Technology Press. [中國好設計:企業創新設計路徑案例研究.中國科學技術出版社].
Chen, Q., & Liu, X. H. (2010). Design management: Theory and practice. Beijing Institute of Technology Press. [設計管理理論與實務.北京理工大學出版社].
