Sophie Xiaoyi Liu

Sophie Liu is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow and Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of British Columbia, specializing in law and society, race and migration.

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Bio

Sophie Liu is a Digital Policy Hub doctoral fellow and Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of British Columbia, specializing in law and society, race and migration. Her dissertation focuses on Canadian society’s response to hate, including online hate expression. Her particular areas of interest include digital platform regulation, pathways to justice for individuals impacted by hate and the role of hate-crime and hate-incident data in policy making. She employs diverse methodologies to explore these issues, including survey experiments, in-depth interviews and content analysis.