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Chengwei Liu

Associate Professor of Strategy and Behavioural Science at Imperial Business School.

Short bio

Chengwei Liu is Associate Professor of Strategy and Behavioural Science at Imperial Business School and Senior Editor at Organization Science. His research examines how luck shapes success, how organizations learn in the age of AI, and how contrarian thinking turns decision biases into better strategy.

His work has appeared in leading journals including Academy of Management Review, Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Strategy Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, as well as practitioner outlets including Harvard Business Review.

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Current roles

  • Imperial Business SchoolAssociate Professor of Strategy and Behavioural Science
  • Organization ScienceSenior Editor
  • Theoretical Organizational Models SocietyChair of organizing committee

Education

  • University of CambridgePhD in Management Studies; MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation
  • National Taiwan UniversityBA in Economics

Selected recognition

  • Thinkers50 RadarNamed to the list in 2016
  • Poets&QuantsTop 40 under 40 Best MBA Professors, 2018
  • EGOS Best Book AwardFinalist for Luck, 2021