Chang Liu is a research fellow at the "Worldmaking from a Global Perspective" project. He recently defended his PhD thesis, MAOdonna: The Social Life of Madonna in Post-Mao China, in Transcultural Studies at Heidelberg University, in cotutela with Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Chang has written on contemporary popular music, with several forthcoming essays including "Songs of the World: On the Global Dissemination and Geopolitics of Chinese Rock" and "The Environmentalist Guide to China's Rock 'n' Roll: From Slow Violence to Activism." Before pursuing a research career in academia, Chang was based in Beijing, where he served as the musical affairs officer at the French Embassy in China.