Dr Xi Liu
Senior Teaching Fellow
Psychology
Personal statement
I joined 吃瓜tv as a Teaching Associate in September 2018.聽Before joining 吃瓜tv, I worked as an Associate Lecturer for the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, an Associate Academic in Psychology for The University of Derby Online Learning, and a Graduate Teaching Assistant for The University of Sheffield. I also worked as a part-time tutor at Sheffield Confucius Institute and Lifelong Learning, Skills & Communities in Sheffield City Council, teaching Taichi and Chinese calligraphy with a particular focus on promoting mental health well-being. Before coming to the UK, I was a certificated psychological counsellor in China and worked as a psychological teacher in a local primary school. Since 2011, I have written short stories for several Chinese children and teenager magazines and my first children鈥檚 book has been published in 2016.聽
Qualifications
Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society
Registered Member,聽British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counsellor Member, Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland
Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Primary School Teacher (Chinese), Ministry of Education聽(China)
Publications
- , , Chau Chin-Van Yvonne, , , Anderson Tony, , Flynn Colin, , Zhao Helin, Tang Zhun
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling (2026)
- , , ,
- Teaching and Learning Conference 2023 (2024)
- , , Chau Y Chin-Van, , Anderson T, Flynn C, Scott L, Zaglis A, Corrigan P
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling Vol 52, pp. 697-715 (2024)
- , Chau Y, , , , , Anderson A, Flynn C, Tang Z, , Zhao H
- NRS Mental Health Network Annual Scientific Meeting 2022 (2022)
- , , Chin-Van Chau Yvonne, , Anderson T, Flynn C, Scott L, Zaglis A, Corrigan P
- Smarten Final Showcase (2022)
- , Chau Chin-Van Yvonne, , , , , Anderson Tony, Flynn Colin, , Zhao Helin, Tang Zhun
- Smarten Final Showcase (2022)
Teaching
I teach on BA Psychology, BSc Psychology and Counselling, and MSc Psychology with a specialistion in Business (conversion) programmes. I contribute to the following classes:
B9201 Positive & Humanistic Psychology (Class Leader)
C8305 Development (Class Leader)
C8981 & C8923 Social & Developmental Psychology (Class Leader)
B9200 Introduction to Mental Health Difficulties
B9202 Theories of Counselling and Psychotherapy
C8983 Empirical Project
C8203 Introduction to Research Design and Analysis
C8307 Social Psychology
C8321 Research Methods and Data Analyses
C8426 & C8427 Psychology Dissertation
Professional Activities
- Organiser
- 20/11/2025
- Peer reviewer
- 2025
- Speaker
- 14/3/2024
- Speaker
- 27/4/2023
- Speaker
- 3/11/2022
- Speaker
- 3/11/2022
Projects
- Noto La Diega, Guido (Principal Investigator) Miyake, Esperanza (Principal Investigator) Harkens, Adam (Co-investigator) Moncur, Wendy (Co-investigator) Weaver, Beth (Co-investigator) Nikou, Stavros (Co-investigator) Jones, Benedict (Co-investigator) Cunningham, Scott (Co-investigator) Dorfler, Viktor (Co-investigator) Liu, Xi (Co-investigator)
- The Socially Progressive AI Lab (SPAI-Lab) is the 吃瓜tv's hub for impactful research, collaborative bids, engagement and networking鈥攕haping policy, technical design and regulation in Scotland, the UK and internationally. Scotland's AI Strategy 2026-2013 spotlights the Lab as a key example of "world-leading AI research".
Based in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, SPAI-Lab involves colleagues from all the faculties (Engineering, Science, 吃瓜tv Business School), bridging humanities鈥憀ed approaches and tech鈥慶entred methods. The Lab's research and activities are guided by a commitment to socially progressive deployment of AI that advances equity, upholds human rights and serves the public good.
The SPAI-Lab brings together over 90 experts from across the University and is co-led by Dr Esperanza Miyake and Professor Guido Noto La Diega and is supported by a cross-Faculty, cross-departmental steering committee: Professor Wendy Moncur, Professor Beth Weaver,
Dr Stavros Nikou, Professor Ben Jones, Dr Xi Liu, Dr Adam Harkens, Professor Scott Cunningham, Professor Viktor Dorfler. - 26-Jan-2026
- Zhong, Jiawan (Post Grad Student) Liu, Xi (Principal Investigator) Tse, Dwight (Co-investigator)
- 20-Jan-2025
- Liu, Xi (Principal Investigator) Tse, Dwight (Co-investigator) Zhong, Jiawan (Post Grad Student) Li, Jingheng (Post Grad Student) Ahuja, Hardik Singh (Post Grad Student)
- 02-Jan-2024
- Liu, Xi (Principal Investigator) Anderson, Tony (Co-investigator) Cogan, Nicola (Co-investigator) Kelly, Stephen (Co-investigator) Rasmussen, Susan (Co-investigator) Tse, Dwight (Co-investigator)
- 31-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022
- Cogan, Nicola (Principal Investigator) Anderson, Tony (Co-investigator) Kelly, Stephen (Co-investigator) Liu, Xi (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2020