Minglou Li joined IIA from the University of Edinburgh, where he earned an MA (Hons) in International Relations and an MRes in Social and Political Science. He also serves as a co-editor at E-International Relations, a fellow at the Academic Centre of The Political Scientist, and an academic mentor in social and political sciences at Hong Kong YUZH Education Consulting Co., Limited.

He has published peer-reviewed original research articls, commentaries, and policy reports on topics including the politics of money, feminist political economy, and the methodology of social research. He was also invited to deliver conference presentations at, inter alia, the University of Exeter, Renmin University of China, Peking University, and Shanghai International Studies University.

Li’s research interests centre on international monetary relations, the history of financialisation and monetary hegemony, theories of economic imperialism, and the philosophical foundations of research methodology. As a firm methodological pluralist, he works confidently across diverse empirical approaches and theoretical standpoints.

His current research examines the evolving dynamics of US–China monetary competition, with particular attention to the potential for constructive and sustainable outcomes and the emergence of a novel structural relationship between the two powers.