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Sylvia Xihui Liu

PolyU Scholars Hub

Specialism Leader of Master of Design (IBD)

  • V702b
  • +852 2766 5447
  • xihuiliu@polyu.edu.hk
  • Expertise: Design management capability, design policy, design-driven entrepreneurship, integrated design thinking

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 

教學範圍

  • Design Entrepreneurship 
  • Final Year Project
  • Managing Value Creation
  • Design Research Method for PhD studies 
  • Multidisciplinary Project
  • Reflective Capstone Thesis

 

 

Research Outputs

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.

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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]. 

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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. 

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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

  • 2021 - School Research Excellence, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • 2017 - Annual Contribution Prize, Award of China Innovation Design Alliance  and China Knowledge Centre for Engineering Science & Technology
  • 2016 - Second Prize of Industrial Design, Ordos International Creativity and Design Competition, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
  • 2015 - Top Ten Young Designers, Dragon Design Foundation, China Guanghua Foundation
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Publications

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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.

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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].

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Liu, X. H. (2015). Design management. Beijing University Press. [設計管理. 北京大學出版社].

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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].

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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].

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