Ph.D. Princeton University, Sociology, January 2023
M.A. Princeton University, Sociology, May 2019
M.Sc. University of Oxford (Lincoln College), Comparative Social Policy, November 2016
B.A. University of Pennsylvania, Sociology and Economic Policy (summa cum laude), May 2015
A.A. (Associate in Art) Community College of Philadelphia, Liberal Arts (Honors), May 2012

I study how the future of work is impacted by technological change as well as economic and political sociology. My current research projects include (1) the future of work and the rise of ChatGPT using a Marxist and Ricardian lens, (2) the Venezuela/ Guyana border conflict using world-systems theory, (3) the impact of related organizations on hospital executive compensation, (4) geopolitical impact on Hong Kong and Singapore’s status as global cities, (5) cybersecurity awareness among vulnerable communities in the Baltimore area, (6) promoting racial diversity in the AI workforce.

AREAS OF INTEREST
Labor and Industrial Relations
Economic Sociology
Political Sociology
Historical Sociology
Political Economy
Management
Social Policy
Globalization/ Global Sociology
Social Theory

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Technology and work: Automation, Future of Work
Labor market institutions and policies (US, EU, Germany, China)
Corporate governance and labor impact
Organizations and work (industrial relations)
Neoliberal economic policy/ capitalism studies
Income and wealth inequality
Universal basic income/ social policy

PUBLICATIONS

Books
Caputo, Richard K. and Larry Liu (Eds.). 2020. Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee:
International Experiences and Perspectives Past, Present, and Near Future. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan. [Introduction, Chapter 12, Chapter 14]

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Than, Nga, and Larry Liu. 2024. “Artificial Intelligence Ambitions and Regulatory Pathways: Vietnam’s Strategy in the Regional and Global AI Landscape.” Communication Research and Practice 10(3): 351-361.

Liu, Larry. 2023. “Job Quality and Automation: Do more automatable occupations have different job quality?” Journal of Industrial Relations 65(1): 72-87.

Liu, Larry, and Han Zhang. 2023.“Robots and Protest: Does Increased Protest Among Chinese Workers Result in More Automation?” Socio-Economic Review 21(3): ​​1751–1772.

Liu, Larry. 2023. “Re-Embedding and Disembedding in Post-Socialist Hungary: An Analysis of Orbánism from a Polányian Perspective” Forum for Social Economics 52(3): 255-269.

Liu, Larry and Adam Goldstein. 2022. “Labor Shareholders and Worker Power: Do Pension Funds Benefit Labor Interests?” Social Forces 100(3): 1080-1109.

Liu, Larry, and Alejandro Portes. 2021. “Immigration and Robots: Is the Absence of Immigrants Linked to the Rise of Automation?” Ethnic and Racial Studies 44(15): 2723-2751.

Vertesi, Janet, Adam Goldstein, Diana Enriquez, Larry Liu and Katherine T. Miller. 2020. “Pre-
Automation: Outsourcing and Automating the Gig Economy." Sociologica 14(3): 167-193.

Liu, Larry. 2020. “Constraints on Policymaking in High Sovereign Debt Countries: Case Studies of Italy
and Japan.” Review of Social Economy 78(2): 256-279.

Liu, Larry. 2015. “Capitalist Reform, The Dismantling of the Iron Rice Bowl and Land Expropriation in
China: A Theory of Primitive Accumulation and State Power.” Sociology Mind 5(1): 41-60.

Edited Volume Chapters

Liu, Larry. 2024. “The Transformation of the Retail Sector: Automation and the Warehouse” Johannes Fehrle, Marlon Lieber, and J. Jesse Ramírez, eds., De-Automating the Future, 203-225. Brill Publisher.

Liu, Larry. Forthcoming/ under contract. “Automation.” In Elgar Encyclopedia of Business and Government, Graham K. Wilson and Matthew Maguire (Eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 

Rojas-Cabal, Sebastian, Larry Liu, Kalyani Jayasankar, and Miguel Centeno. Forthcoming. “The State in Comparative and Historical Perspective.” In Oxford Handbook of Comparative and Historical Sociology, Rebecca Emigh and David McCourt (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Liu, Larry. Forthcoming. “The Economic Precondition of Voice: How a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Can Promote Workplace Democracy.” In Christopher Mathieu (ed.), Debating Workplace Democracy. New York: Palgrave.

Liu, Larry. 2024. “Commentary: Ethnic architecture and global cities.” In Urbanization and Migration in Three Continents. Alejandro Portes and Margarita Rodriguez, eds. Abingdon: Routledge.

Portes, Alejandro and Larry Liu. 2022. “Singapore: From Fishing Village to World-Class Metropolis.” In
Emerging Global Cities: Origin, Structure and Significance. Authors: Alejandro Portes and Ariel
Armony, 100-124. New York: Columbia University Press.

Portes, Alejandro and Larry Liu. 2022. “New Orleans: A Century of Decline.” In Emerging Global
Cities: Origin, Structure and Significance. Authors: Alejandro Portes and Ariel Armony, 142-159.
New York: Columbia University Press.

Liu, Larry. 2022. “Hong Kong: A Threatened Global City.” In Emerging Global Cities: Origin, Structure
and Significance. Authors: Alejandro Portes and Ariel Armony, 215-236. New York: Columbia University Press.

Nava, Jean, Miguel Centeno and Larry Liu. 2020. “9: Technocracy in Discourse: The Case of Direct
Democracy (Brexit)” in The Technocratic Challenge to Democracy, ed. Eri Bertsou and Daniele
Caramani, 164-182. London: Routledge.

Liu, Larry. 2020. “12: UBI Activism in Switzerland and Austria.” In Political Activism and Basic Income
Guarantee: International Experiences and Perspectives Past, Present, and Near Future, edited by
Richard K. Caputo and Larry Liu, 229-252. New York: Palgrave.

Liu, Larry and Vivekananda Nemana. 2020. “14: From Trials to Election Promises: The Politics of Basic
Income in India.” In Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee: International Experiences and
Perspectives Past, Present, and Near Future, edited by Richard K. Caputo and Larry Liu, 273-294.
New York: Palgrave.