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Dr Cheng Lu

Research Fellow

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Saïd Business School

PhD (Edinburgh); Master’s (Peking)

Cheng Lu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation, Saïd Business School, and an Early Career Research Fellow at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. His research interests span social entrepreneurship and innovation, civil society organizations, corporate social responsibility, and state-society relations.

One of Cheng’s key projects focuses on China’s social entrepreneurship development, specifically on how the idea and practice of social entrepreneurship have been translated and adapted to the Chinese context over the past two decades.

Cheng earned his master’s degree in Political Science from Peking University and completed his PhD in Management at the University of Edinburgh. Beyond his work at Oxford, he has collaborated on various research initiatives with the Center for Civil Society Studies at Peking University, the Yunus Center for Social Business and Microfinance at Renmin University of China, and the Nanyang Center for Emerging Markets at Nanyang Technological University. Passionate about his field, Cheng seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice by liaising with certifiers, funders, intermediaries, and policymakers dedicated to cultivating a self-sustaining ecosystem for social innovation in China.