Prof. Jun Su

Professor Jun Su is a professor at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University. He serves as the Director of the Institute for Intelligent Society Governance at Tsinghua University and the Director of the Tsinghua University - Range Technology Co., Ltd. Joint Institute for Intelligent Society. He was a visiting scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School from 2001 to 2003. Professor Su has long been engaged in teaching and research on innovation theory and public policy. He has published more than 200 academic papers, including articles in Nature , Public Administration , and Research Policy , and has authored several books, including Public Policy for Science and Technology: An Introduction , Research on Intelligent Society: Academic Frontiers and Development Trends , and A Course in Intelligent Society Governance (forthcoming, December 2026). He serves as Chair of the National Working Group on Basic Standardization for the Social Application and Evaluation of Intelligent Technology (SWG35). He is also the chair of several national advisory committees on science and technology policy.   Professor Su attaches particular importance to the social impacts of artificial intelligence, with a recent focus on intelligent society governance. The concept of the ‘Intelligent Society’, which he pioneered, has gained broad recognition among academics and policymakers. His systematic research on the operating mechanisms, defining characteristics, and emerging risks of the intelligent society has provided a framework and roadmap for governance in this field. Through his advocacy, relevant institutions have established almost 100 experimental bases for intelligent society governance across China. Through long-term observation in real-world settings, these bases seek to develop assessable, replicable, and scalable models and standards for human-centered AI agents. For four consecutive years, Professor Su has convened sessions on ‘Intelligent Society Development and Governance’ at the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF).