Jonathan Sullivan (Chinese: 蘇立文) is a British political scientist and Sinologist who researches political communications in China, Taiwan and other East Asian contexts, China's Internet and cyber-nationalism,[1][2] studies of the Confucius Institutes,[3] and China's politics of celebrity culture, hip hop and football.
[4][5][6] Sullivan is Head of China Programmes at the Asia Research Institute (ARI) and associate professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham.
In 2012, he moved over to the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham to work with Steve Tsang, who was Head of the School, as Director of Research.
In 2014, Sullivan went back to the School of Politics as Director of the China Policy Institute (CPI).
[12][13] Sullivan was a British Science Association media fellow who facilitated a period of work at and writing for the BBC.