Personal profile
Research overview
Dong Xia is a PhD candidate at the School of English, University of St Andrews. Their research examines the evolving concept of information in the digital age and how contemporary novels negotiate a material aesthetics of information. They have published on topics including email novels, meteorological data culture, and nonhuman soundscape. Their broader fields of interest include media studies, environmental humanities, and science and technology studies.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Editorial: novel media / media novel
Eich, S. & Xia, D., 26 Nov 2025, In: C21 Literature. 12, 2, p. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Novel media / media novel
Eich, S. (Editor) & Xia, D. (Editor), 26 Nov 2025, In: C21 Literature. 12, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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Toribio Vazquez, Juan Luis. Circular Narratives in Modern European Literature
Xia, D., 25 Oct 2023, In: Forum for Modern Language Studies. 59, 3, p. 467 468 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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The soundscape of Man in the Holocene: an exercise in sensitization
Xia, D., 2022, In: PULSE: the Journal of Science and Culture. 9, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Negotiating Subjectivity and Body: Access to an E-Pistolary Corporeality
Xia, D., 2019, In: Language, Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies (LLIDS). 3, 2, p. 23-47Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Saints English Graduate Conference 2024
Xia, D. (Organiser)
Sept 2023 → Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
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British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (External organisation)
Xia, D. (Participant)
2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of research network
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Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance, and Privacy (External organisation)
Xia, D. (Participant)
2022 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of research network
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British Comparative Literature Association (External organisation)
Xia, D. (Participant)
2019 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of research network
Press/Media
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‘Swiping right on the media novel’ – Interview with Dong Xia and Sandro Eich, Guest Editors of ‘Novel Media/Media Novel’ for C21 Literature
26/11/25
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Press/Media: Relating to Research
Thesis
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Narrativising information in twenty-first-century fiction
Xia, D. (Author), Purdon, J. (Supervisor), 2 Jul 2025Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)