1. Hu, X. R. & Yang, Y. (2026) Identity Tension and Reform Drive: an Intersectional study of Kirsty Coventry’s Proposition in Olympic Governance, Journal of Chengdu Sport Institute, Accepted

2. Yang, Y. and Hu, X. R*. ‘Epistemic Injustice in Sport: a Case Study of Chinese Male Artistic Swimmers’, Sport in Society.2026. 1–22.

3. Wang, X. & Hu, X.R. *. (2025). Constructing Self-identity through the Spectrum of Global Gaze: Football and National Identity in Saudi Arabia. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902251407266

4. Yang, Y., Hu, X. R*., & Jiang, K. (2025). The Beauty Builder: A Genealogical Analysis of the Production of Female Power and Knowledge in Artistic Swimming. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/10126902251327004

5. Teo, L. W. F., Hu, X. R*., & Teo, X. Y. M. (2025). Being a Chinese while Fighting Against China: Badminton and the Nationalist Identity Construction of Malaysian Chinese. Sport in Society, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2025.2580949

6. Ang, C. & Hu, X. R. (2025). “Family Duty, National Prestige”: A Neo-Familialistic Interpretation of Chinese Skateboarders’ Attitudes towards the Inclusion of Skateboarding in the Olympics. Journal of Chengdu Sport Institute, 02(51), 29–42.

7. Hu, X. R. (2024). The Tri-differences between Qualitative and Quantitative Methods. Journal of Shanghai Sport University, 48(4), 1–3.

8. Hu, X. R. (2024). Jack and the Visiting Giants: The Development of Chinese Baseball. In E. Tian & N. Wise (Eds.), The Mediating Power of Sport (Research in the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 21) (pp. 111–128). Emerald Publishing Limited.

9. Yang. Y. & Hu, X. R*. (2024). Surveillance from the Others into Self: The Tears and Self-imposition of Male Artistic Swimmers. Journal of Shanghai Sport University, 8(48), 39–47. https://doi.org/10.16099/j.sus.2023.10.19.0001

10. Wu. C., Hu, X. R*., & WU.N. (2024). A Study on the Collaborative Governance System of Local Talent Development in China. Sport Science, 44(2), 24–37. https://doi.org/10.16469/j.css.202402003

11. CHEN.X., Hu, X. R*., Liu Y., & Jiang, R.S. (2024). Ability and passion: The self-identity construction of professional Esport's players Society of Physical Education, 57(4S), 67–84.

12. Hu, X. R. (2023). Qualitative Research in Sport Social Sciences, People’s Sport Press.

13. Hu, X. R., & Wu, C. (2023). The Systemic and Political Governance of Chinese Sport. In H. Fan & L. Liu (Eds.), the Routledge Handbook of Sport in China. Routledge.

14. Hu X. R. & Zhang X. (2023). Making Compromises without a Hurting Stalemate, the Change of the Emblem of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. Sport in Society.

15. Hu X. R. Sport and Economics (publishing). In B. Liu (Ed), College Sport. Beijing Sport University Press

16. Jia. Y. & Hu X. R.* Baseball and Softball (publishing). In B. Liu (Ed), College Sport. Beijing Sport University Press

17. Hu, X. R., Zhao, J., Li, J., & Bairner, A. (2023). Why join the navy when you can be a pirate? A study of Chinese audience’s willingness to pay for the live streaming of the premier league. Sport in Society, 26(3), 454–473.

18. Wu, C., Hu X. R.*, & Shen Z. (2022) A Study on the Governance Power Structure and Governance System of UK Sport Reserve Talent Training. Journal of Sports and Science, 43(5): 68–78.

19. Hu, X. R., Liang, J., & Bairner, A. (2021). A rebel and a giant: change and continuity in the discursive construction of Chinese sport heroes. Sport in Society, 24(12), 2199–2221.

20. Hu, X. R., & He, Q. (2021). Research Hotspot of Olympic Legacy and Its Enlightenment to the Legacy Governance of Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Journal of Capital Institute of Physical Education, 33(6), 656–665.

21. Hu, X., Wu, C., & Deng, X. (2021). Mechanism and Means: Impact of COVID-19 on the Sport Legacy of the Beijing 2022 OlympicWinter Games. Journal of Shanghai Sport University, 45(3), 27–38.

22. Shen, Z., Hu, X. R., Qiu, J., & Wu, C. (2021). “Sports and Medicine Integration” in the COVID-19 Pandemic：Example andAnalysis of “Fangcang Shelter Hospital Mode”. The Journal of Shanghai Sport Institute, 45(10), 1–14.

23. Shen, Z., Hu, X. R., & Qiu, J. (2021). Research on the Key Influence Factors of Sports and Medicine Integration Under Healthy China Strategy: Analysis Based on Interpretative Structure Model. Journal of Capital Institute of Physical Education, 33(1), 31–39.

24. Shen, Z., Hu, X. R., & Qiu, J. (2021). On the Research Progress, Hot Topics and Future Prospect of Sports and Medicine Integration. Journal of Sports Research, 35(1), 9–19.

25. Hu, X. R., & Liang, J. (2019). Hero(ine) boomer, the nationalist construction of Chinese Olympian. In T. Ren, K. Ideda, & C. W. Woo (Eds.), MEDIA, SPORT, NATIONALISM: East Asia: Soft Power Projection via the Modern Olympic Games (1st ed., pp. 17–48). Logos Verlag.

26. Chen, S., Preuss, H., Hu, X. (Richard), Kenyon, J., & Liang, X. (2019). Sport Policy Development in China: Legacies of Beijing’s 2008 Summer Olympic Games and 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Journal of Global Sport Management, 6(3), 234–263.

27. Hu, X. R. (2019). Ideological conflicts behind mutual belief : the termination of the ‘ dual-registration policy ’ and the collapse of an effective elite diving system in China. Sport in Society, 22(8), 1362–1381.

28. Hu, X. R., Chen, S., Kenyon, J., & Deng, X. (2019). The Vision Construction and Governance of the Legacy of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games against the Background of the Leagcy Stragetic Approach. The Journal of Shanghai Sport Institute, 43(1), 36–42.

29. Shen, Z. & Hu, X. R.* (2019) The Realistic Difficulties and Multidimensional Path of Deep Integration between National Fitness and National Health. Sport Culture Guide, 41(1): 25-33.

30. Hu, X. R., Guo, H., & Dong, G. (2018) The Development,Influence and a Critical Review of Olympic Governance. Journal of Beijing Sport University, 41(1), 25–33.

31. Hu, X. R. (2017) Baseball. In J. Liu and X. Li (Eds), Sport and Health of University Students. Beijing Tongji University Press.

32. Hu, X. R., & Henry, I. (2017). Reform and maintenance of Juguo Tizhi : governmental management discourse of Chinese elite sport. European Sport Management Quarterly, 17(4), 531–553.

33. Hu, X. R., & Henry, I. (2017). The Development of the Olympic Narrative in Chinese Elite Sport Discourse from Its First Successful Olympic Bid to the Post-Beijing Games Era. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 33(12), 1427–1448.

34. Hu, X. R. (2015). Chinese football and its number one fan: The political influence on China’s emerging interest and new moves in football. Asia & The Pacific Policy Society. http://www.policyforum.net/chinese-football-and-its-number-one-fan/

1. IOC, Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme: ‘The Governance of Sport, and Sport for Development, in China and Indonesia: A Comparative Assessment’, $70,574, 2023-2024, Sub-project Leader

2. China Higher Education Training Centre Grant: ‘The Legacy of the 2022 Winter Olympics in the Theory and Practices of Health Communication’ ¥100,000 ($14,115), May-Dec. 2023, Project Leader.

3. The General Administration of Sport Grant: ‘The Construction of High-end Sport Think Tank’, ¥250,000 ($35,287), 2022-2023, Group Member.

4. National Social Science Foundation Grant: ‘The Governance of the Elite Sport Legacy of the Two Olympic Games in China, the Empirical Wisdom and Global Significance’, ¥200,000 ($28,230), 2022-2025, Project Leader.

5. China Softball Association Grant: ‘The 14^th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Chinese Lacrosse’, ¥200,000 ($28,230), 2022-2023, Project Leader.

6. China Softball Association Grant: ‘The White Paper of the 2022 Chinese Softball League’, ¥80,000 ($11,292), 2022-2023, Project Leader.

7. The General Administration of Sport Grant: ‘The Talent Development System of Chinese Elite Sport in the New Era’, ¥100,000 ($14,115), Aug.-Dec. 2022, Project Leader.

8. Beijing Social Science Foundation Grant: ‘The Governance of the Legacy of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Mass Participation’, ¥80,000 ($11,292), 2021-2023, Project Leader.

9. The Federation of University Sports of China Grant: ‘The Sustainable Development of the University Sport Federations in China in the New Era’, ¥30,000 ($4,230), 2021-2023, Project Leader.

10. Jiangsu Sport Bureau Grant: ‘The Dilemma, Innovation and Refinement of the Reform of Sport Schools in China with the Requirement for the Combination of Athletic and Academic Development’, ¥20,000 ($2,823), Apr.- Dec. 2022, Project Leader.

11. Beijing Social Science Society Grant: ‘The Legacy Strategy of the BOCOG 2022 in accordance to the Legacy Strategic Approach of the IOC’, ¥40,000 ($5,646), 2018-2019, Project Leader.

12. The Administration Centre of Handball, Hockey, Baseball and Softball Grant: ’Strategic analysis Service for the Softball National Team’, ¥500,000 ($70,574), May-Dec. 2018, Project Leader.

13. National Social Science Foundation Grant: ‘The Principle, Key Areas, and Critical Issues for the Preparation of the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games’ (Key Programme), ¥300,000 ($42,344), 2017-2020, Sub-project Leader.

14. British Academy Small Grant: ‘Assessing the long-term inspirational impact of sporting mega events on sport and physical activity participation: post-events’ evidence from the UK and China’ £10,000 ($12,450) 2018-2020, Project Co-leader.

15. Beijing Social Science Foundation Grant: ‘The Communication Strategy of the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games’, ¥100,000 ($14,115), 2017-2020, Group Member.

16. The BOCOG 2022 Grant: ’The Vision of the Stakeholders of the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games’, ¥50,000 ($7,057).

17. National Social Science Foundation Grant: ‘The Reform of International Sport Governance and the Modernisation of Chinese Sport Governance’. 216-2019 Sub-project Leader

1. Keynote: Hero(ine) boomer, the nationalist construction of Chinese Olympian\

the 64^th International Session for Young Olympic Ambassadors, The International Olympic Academy, Olympia, Greece, 8-21 Jun. 2024

2. Keynote: The Sport Legacy of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in the Time of Global Pandemic,

ОБЩЕСТВЕННОЕ ЗДОРОВЬЕ И ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ЗДОРОВОГО ОБРАЗА ЖИЗНИ В РОССИИ И КИТАЕ, 2021, Online.

3. Keynote: ‘Olympic Games Legacy in Elite Sport: From the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games’.

2019 Taiwan International Conference on Physical Activity and Exercise Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 5 May, 2019

4. The Power of Being Political Correct, the Study of the Negotiation for the Change of Official Emblem of the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games

2025 World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Seoul, Korea, 8-11 Jul. 2025

5. Maintaining Government Dominance albeit the Pandemic, the Governance of Sport Legacy of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games in the Time of COVID-19

2024 European College of Sport Science, Glasgow, the UK, 2-5 July, 2024

6. ‘Chinese Medicine for Olympic Legacy under the Global Pandemic? The Governance of Sport Legacy of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in the Time of COVID-19’.

2023 World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Ottawa, Canada, 14-17 Aug, 2023.

7. ‘The Governance of Chinese Sport and its Reform’,

Korea-Japan-China Sport Forum (online), Seoul, Korea, 4 Nov, 2022

8. ‘The 2022 Olympic Winter Games and the Politics between International Powers’.

Beijing Spirit and Global Implications: The International Webminar on Beijing Winter Olympic Games (online), Beijing, China, 17 Feb, 2022.

9. ‘The Realist Evaluation of the Sport Legacy Governance of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games’. International Forum for Olympic Education 2021(online), Beijing, China, 16 Dec., 2021,

10. ‘The Governance of Sport Legacy of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in the Time of COVID-19’. The 2nd Annual Eurasian Sport Industry Conference (online), Beijing China, 2 Dec., 2021

11. ‘Olympic legacy in elite sport development: from the 2008 Summer Olympics to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing’

Tsinghua Global Open Course, Beijing, China, 11 Nov. 2021

12. ‘The Governance of Olympic Sport Legacy in the Time of Global Pandemic’.

The 17^th Sino-Russian Sociology Symposium(online), 14 May, 2021

13. ‘Hero(ine) boomer, the Nationalist Construction of Elite Sport in Chinese society’.

The 24^th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science Prague, Czech, 3-5 Jul., 2019

14. ‘Responding to Globalisation with a “marginal sport”, the development of Chinese baseball after 2001.

2017 World Congress of Sociology of Sport, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 31 May, 2017

1. Head Coach, Tsinghua Baseball Team, 2015-2019,

· Beijing University Baseball Championship, Champion from 2016 to 2018,

· Chinese University Baseball Championship, Champion 2015, Runner-up, 2017

· Cross-Strait University Baseball Championship, the first victory of a university baseball team from mainland over a university baseball team form Taiwan in history, 2017

2. Head Coach, Tsinghua Softball Team, 2015-2019,

· Beijing University Softball Championship, Champion from 2021 to 2024,

· Chinese University Softball Championship, 5^th place, 2021

1. Faculty of the Year, Tsinghua University, 2022

2. Member of the Year, The Tsinghua Committee of the Chinese Democratic League, 2022

3. Outstanding Faculty in Sport of the Universities for Engineering Directly Affiliated to the Ministry of Education with Engineer, The Ministry of Education, 2021

4. Supervisor of the Year, Tsinghua University, 2022

5. Zhou-Yichun Award, Tsinghua University, 2017

1. Board Member, Chinese Softball Association

2. Board Member, Beijing Softball Association

3. Consultant, The Organizing Committee of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Hebei Province

4. Executive Vice-Chair, Beijing University Baseball and Softball Association