About Me

Zhenhuan (Reed) Lei

Welcome! I am an Associate Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. My research primarily focuses on political economy, law economics, and comparative politics, with a regional specialization in China. My work has been published or is forthcoming in leading journals such as Comparative Political Studies, The Journal of Comparative Economics, The Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, The Journal of Politics, and Studies in Comparative International Development.

Before joining Shanghai Jiao Tong University, I was an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from August 2020 to July 2024. I was also a Visiting Scholar at the National School of Development at Peking University from August 2022 to July 2023. I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from New York University in 2020.

Feel free to contact me at reedlei@sjtu.edu.cn.

雷镇环中文简介:

雷镇环,现任上海交通大学国际与公共事务学院副教授。研究方向为新政治经济学比较政治学,重点关注政治学与经济学、法学、历史学、国际关系和公共管理等领域的交叉学科问题。研究成果发表于Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, the Journal of Politics, Studies in Comparative International Development,和《国家现代化建设研究》。

请感兴趣报考我的博士生和硕士生的同学参考[这里]。我的团队现招收1名博士后研究员,具体情况请参考[这里]。

科研课题具体方向:

1. 法律经济学:关注中国的司法体制改革和立法过程中的政治经济学。
2. 央地关系:关注中国的地方分权实践以及对治理绩效和经济发展的影响。
3. 政治/经济制度史:关注中国古代的制度实践,尤其是对接班人问题和政治稳定的影响(合作者:陈雨新)。
4. 外交:关注外交中的人事问题,尤其是中美等大国的外交官选拔(合作者:陈然)。

备注:研究生招生和本科生毕业论文指导主要集中于前两个方向。

更多关于我的信息,可参考我过去的一些访谈记录:

-- “给岁月以文明——专访雷镇环老师”(2025年1月参加“政治学评介”公众号播客节目访谈)
-- “放眼世界的比较政治学—— 雷镇环老师专访”(2022年10月接受北京大学国家发展研究院学生会采访)

联系方式:reedlei@sjtu.edu.cn(工作事宜请邮件联系)