Overview

Associate Professor

E-mail : Richard_x_hu@tsinghua.edu.cn

Educational Background

2000 - 2004

Tsinghua University

School of Journalism and Communication

Bachelor of Arts

2009 - 2010

Loughborough University, UK

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Master of Sport Management

2011 - 2015

Loughborough University, UK

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Doctor of Sport Policy

Work Experience

2004 - 2009

Xinhua News Agency, Internet News Center

Editor, Reporter

Sports News Reporting

2015 - Present

Department of Physical Education, Tsinghua University

Assistant Professor

Courses Taught:

· General Research Processes and Methods in Sport Science

· Olympic and International Sport Studies

· Men's Baseball

· Women's Softball

Academic Affiliations

1. External Peer Reviewer, International Review for the Sociology of Sport (SSCI)

2. External Peer Reviewer, International Journal of the History of Sport (SSCI)

3. External Peer Reviewer, Sport in Society (SSCI)

4. Special Research Fellow, Center for Olympic Studies, Renmin University of China

Social and Academic Affiliations

1. Director, Chinese Softball Association

2. Director, Beijing Baseball Association

3. Advisor for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, Hebei Province

4. Executive Vice Chairman, Baseball and Softball Branch, Beijing University Sports Association

Research Areas

1. Sport Policy

2. Olympic Studies

Awards and Honors

1. 2019, received the "Good Teacher and Helpful Friend" Award (Graduate Supervisor Award), Tsinghua University

2. 2017, received the "Y.C. Jeme" Award (Teaching Award), Tsinghua University

3. 2015, Champion, British University Baseball National League

4. 2012, National Champion, British AA-Level Baseball League; Season MVP

5. 2011, National Runner-up, British AA-Level Baseball League

6. 2002, Champion, Beijing University Baseball League; Team Captain

7. 2002, Champion, National University Baseball League; Team Captain

Academic Achievements

I. Journal Articles

1. Hu Xiaoqian and He Qize. Research Hotspots in Olympic Legacy and Their Implications for the Legacy Governance of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Journal of Capital University of Physical Education and Sports, 2021, 33(6), 656–665.

2. Xiaoqian Richard Hu., Junjian Liang, & Alan Bairner, A rebel and a giant: change and continuity in the discursive construction of Chinese sport heroes. Sport in Society, 2021, 24(12), 2199–2221.

3. Shen Zhen, Hu Xiaoqian, Qiu Jun, & Wu Chuchu. (2021). The Integration of Sports and Medicine under the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Illustration and Analysis of the 'Fangcang Model'. Journal of Shanghai University of Sport, 45(10), 1–14.

4. Shen Zhen, Hu Xiaoqian, Qiu Jun. Research Progress, Hotspots, and Future Prospects of the Integration of Sports and Medicine in China. Sports Science Research, 2021, 35(1), 9-19.

5. Shen Zhen, Hu Xiaoqian, Qiu Jun. Key Influencing Factors of the 'Integration of Sports and Medicine' under the Healthy China Strategy: An Analysis Based on an Interpretive Structural Model. Journal of Capital University of Physical Education and Sports, 33(1), 31–39.

6. Hu Xiaoqian, Wu Chuchu, Deng Xue. The Content, Pathways, and Methods of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sports Legacy of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Journal of Shanghai University of Sport, 45(3), 27–38.

7. Shi Xuewei, Hu Kai, Hu Xiaoqian. An Analysis of the Importance of Internal Brand Building for Student-Athletes in Building a University Brand. Sports Goods and Technology, 2019, 8(Part 1), 91–92.

8. Xiaoqian Richard Hu. Ideological conflicts behind mutual belief: the termination of the ‘dual-registration policy’ and the collapse of an effective elite diving system in China. [J]. Sport in Society, Routledge, 2019, 22(8): 1362-1381.

9. Hu Xiaoqian, Chen Shushu, Jamie Kenyon, Deng Xuemei. Olympic Legacy Vision and Governance under the Framework of the IOC's 'Legacy Strategic Approach'. [J]. Journal of Shanghai University of Sport, 2019, 43(1): 36-42.

10. Shen Zhen & Hu Xiaoqian. The Real Dilemmas and Multidimensional Pathways for the Deep Integration of National Fitness and National Health. [J]. Sports Culture Guide, 2019, 7, 55-59+65.

11. Shushu Chen, Preuss Holger, Xiaoqian Richard Hu, Jamie Kenyon. Sport Policy Development in China: Legacies of Beijing’s 2008 Summer Olympic Games and 2022 Winter Olympic Games. [J]. Journal of Global Sport Management, 2019: 1-30.

12. Hu Xiaoqian, Guo Huizhen, Dong Gang. The Development, Impact, and Reflections on the International Olympic Governance System. Journal of Beijing Sport University, 2018, 41(1): 25-33.

13. Richard Xiaoqian Hu and Ian Henry. Reform and maintenance of Juguo Tizhi: governmental management discourse of Chinese elite sport, 2017. European Sport Management Quarterly, 2017, 17(4), 531-553.

14. Richard Xiaoqian Hu and Ian Henry. 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, 2016, 33(12), 1427-1448.

15. Richard Xiaoqian Hu. 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, October 2015, 1.

16. Li Shuwang, Hu Xiaoqian, Ma Jiangtao, Qin Xia, Gao Fugui, Guo Yue. (2013). An Analysis of the Current Status of International Olympic Studies—Using the First International Olympic Studies Conference as a Sample. Journal of Chengdu Sport University, 39(2), 20-25.

II. Monographs/Textbooks

1. Hu Xiaoqian. Sports, Social Sciences, and Qualitative Research Methods. People's Sports Publishing House (in press).

2. Xiaoqian Richard Hu & Chuchu Wu. The Systemic and Political Governance of Chinese Sport. [G]. In Fan, H. & Lu, Z. The Routledge Handbook of Sport in China. Routledge (pending).

3. Xiaoqian Richard Hu & Junjian Liang. The Nationalist Construction of Chinese Olympians: Media, Change, Reform. [G]. In Ren T, Ideda K, Woo C W. Media, Sport, Nationalism: East Asia: Soft Power Projection via the Modern Olympic Games. Berlin: Logos Verlag, 2019: 17-48.

III. Research Projects

1. A Study on the Governance of Mass Sport Legacy for the Beijing Winter Olympics under the Context of Regular Epidemic Prevention and Control, Beijing Social Science Fund, 2021.

2. The Real Dilemmas, Innovative Mechanisms, and Optimization Pathways for the Reform of Amateur Sports Schools in China under the Context of Integrating Sports and Education, Major Sports Science Research Project of the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau, 2021.

3. A Study on Countermeasures for the Beijing Winter Olympics under the IOC's 'New Norm', Beijing Federation of Social Science Circles Youth Project, 2018.

4. Assessing the long-term inspirational impact of sporting mega events on sport and physical activity participation: Post-events’ evidence from the UK and China, British Academy Small Grant, Sub-project Lead, 2018.

5. Technical and Tactical Analysis of the National Softball Team, Handball, Hockey, Baseball and Softball Administrative Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, 2018-2019.

6. Basic Principles, Key Areas, and Critical Issues in the Preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics" (Major National Social Science Fund Project, Sub-project Lead, 16ZDA226).

7. A Study on the Stakeholder Experience Vision for the Beijing Winter Olympics" (Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Sub-project Lead, 2017K20029).

8. International Sports Governance Reform and the Modernization of China's Sports Governance" (Key National Social Science Fund Project, Sub-project Lead, 14AZD086).

IV. Conference Papers

1. Keynote Speeches

1) Xiaoqian Richard Hu. The Sport Legacy of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in the Time of Global Pandemic. [C]. Sino-Russian Public Health and Healthy Lifestyles Conference, 2021, online.

2) Xiaoqian Richard Hu. Olympic legacy in elite sport development: from the 2008 Summer Olympics to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. [C]. 2019 Taiwan International Conference on Physical Activity and Exercise Science, 2019, Taichung, Taiwan, Keynote Speech.

2. Oral Presentations

1) Hu Xiaoqian. A Critical Realist Assessment of Sports Legacy Governance. [C]. International Forum on Olympic Education 2021, online.

2) Xiaoqian Richard Hu. The Governance of Sport Legacy of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in the Time of Global Pandemic. [C]. 2nd Eurasian Sport Industry Conference, online.

3) Hu Xiaoqian. The 2022 Beijing Winter Games and its sport legacy. Tsinghua University Global Open Course "Winter Olympics and Ice and Snow Sports, online.

4) Zhen Shen, Xiaoqian Hu. A Review of Emerging Trends in Exercise and Health Promotion: Analysis and Visualization. [C]. 2020 3rd International Conference on Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (IWESSM 2020), 2020, Mumbai, India.

5) Zhen Shen, Xiaoqian Hu. The Influential Factors Of the ‘Exercise Is Medicine’ Initiative And Its Implementation In China Since The Publication Of Healthy China 2030. [C]. American College of Sports Medicine’s 67th Annual Meeting, 2020, San Francisco, USA.

6) Xiaoqian Richard Hu. Hero(ine) boomer, the nationalist construction of elite sport in Chinese society. [C]. 2019 European College of Sport Science, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic.

7) Xiaoqian Richard Hu. Responding to Globalisation with a ‘marginal sport’, the development of Chinese baseball after 2001. [C]. 2017 World Congress of Sociology of Sport, 2017, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

8) Xiaoqian Richard Hu. Reform and maintenance of Juguo Tizhi. [C]. 2015 European Association for Sport Management, 2015, Dublin, Ireland.

9) Hu Xiaoqian. British University Sports, Competitive Sports, and Mass Sports Development. Scientific Conference of Capital Universities, 2016.

10) Richard Xiaoqian Hu and Ian Henry. BETWEEN REFORM AND ELITE SPORT PERFORMANCE: a critical discourse analysis of Chinese elite sport policy (2001-2013). European Association for Sport Management, 2015.

VI. Athletic Achievements

1. 2021, Beijing University Softball League, Champion

2. 2021, National University Softball League, Fifth Place

3. 2019, Beijing University Baseball League, Runner-up

4. 2018, Beijing University Baseball League, Champion

5. 2017, National University Baseball League, Runner-up

6. 2017, Beijing University Baseball Championship, Champion

7. 2016, Beijing University Baseball League, Champion

8. 2015, National University Baseball League, Champion

9. 2009, National University Baseball League, Champion

10. 2009, Beijing University Baseball League, Runner-up