Xiaoyu Ye is a Phd Candidate at the Doctoral Center in Social and Behavioral Science CDSS at the University of Mannheim and as of 1.9.2022 academic staff member at the Chair of Political Science, European Politics. At the chair she is working as a research and teaching assistant. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Journalism of the School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China and a Master Degree in Political Science of the University of Mannheim.