Astrid Nordin is a Professor in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion and Director of the China Centre at Lancaster University. She is also an Associate Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.

Professor Nordin’s research is concentrated at the intersection of contemporary Chinese politics and international affairs, with a special interest in the deployment of concepts from Chinese history. She has also studied Chinese censorship and media.

Representative Publications

Hagström, Linus, and Astrid HM Nordin. “China’s “Politics of Harmony” and the Quest for Soft Power in International Politics.” International Studies Review (2019).

Nordin, Astrid HM, and Graham M. Smith. “Reintroducing Friendship to International Relations: Relational Ontologies from China to the West.” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 18.3 (2018): 369-396

Nordin, Astrid HM. “Taking Baudrillard to the Fair: Exhibiting China in the World at the Shanghai Expo.” Alternatives 37.2 (2012): 106-120.