刘鑫桥，天津大学教育学院副教授、硕士生/博士生导师。2020年7月在北京大学教育学院/中国教育财政科学研究所获博士学位（提前一年毕业，导师：王蓉 教授）；2015年7月在中国人民大学教育学院获硕士学位；2013年6月在华中师范大学获双学士学位（数学、经济学）。2015年7月至2017年7月在南开大学教务处工作；2019年4月至10月在美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学从事访问学者工作；2023年3月至2024年3月在教育部教育质量评估中心/中国工程教育专业认证协会挂职锻炼。

作为第一作者/通讯作者在European Journal of Psychology of Education、Humanities and Social Sciences Communications、British Journal of Educational Psychology、Applied Economics Letters、《清华大学教育研究》《教育发展研究》《中国教育报》等发表文章80余篇，其中SSCI/SCI期刊40余篇。以第一作者/通讯作者发表的4篇论文入选ESI热点论文（全球前0.1%）、14篇论文入选ESI高被引论文（全球前1%）和ESI研究前沿论文（Research Front Papers），被引次数2000余次。

兼任中国教育发展战略学会教育财政专业委员会理事、教育部马工程重点教材审读专家、教育部本科教育教学审核评估专家、英国惠康基金会（Wellcome Trust）基金项目评审专家、泰晤士高等教育全球学术声誉调查（THE's Academic Reputation）和QS全球学术调查（QS Global Academic）咨询专家，以及12本高水平英文期刊的副主编和编委，包括SSCI Q1期刊Depression and Anxiety、SSCI Q2期刊BMC Psychiatry等7本SSCI期刊的副主编和编委,以及Journal of Education and e-Learning Research、Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies和Education Sciences等5本英文期刊的副主编和编委。

入选天津大学“北洋学者英才计划”（2020年）；获国家级教学成果奖一等奖（2023年）、天津市教学成果奖特等奖（2022年）、第四届天津高校智库优秀决策咨询研究成果二等奖（2022年）；主编《教育法学》本科生教材1本；主持国家自然科学基金、第二批国家级新工科研究与实践项目、教育部人文社科研究一般项目等省部级及以上纵向课题6项。

当前主要关注教育经济与政策、卓越工程人才培养等主题的研究。

• 教育政策与管理、高等教育学、工程教育、教育心理

• 国家级教学成果奖一等奖，教育部，2023
• 天津市教学成果奖特等奖，天津市人民政府，2022
• 第四届天津高校智库优秀决策咨询研究成果二等奖，天津市教委，2022

• Liu, X.; Wang, X; Gao, W.*. The effect of key universities on the regional development: empirical evidence from two natural experiments in China. Applied Economics Letters, 2024. SSCI Q3.
• Liu, X*., Zhang, Y., Cao, X. Achievement Goal Orientations in College Students: Longitudinal Trajectories, Related Factors, and Effects on Academic Performance. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023. SSCI Q2.
• Liu, X*.; Zhang, Y.; Gao, W.; Cao, X. Developmental Trajectories of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among College Students: A Piecewise Growth Mixture Model Analysis. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2023, 10. SSCI Q1.
• Liu, X*., Zhang, Y., Cao, X., Gao, W. . Does anxiety consistently affect the achievement goals of college students? A four-wave longitudinal investigation from China. Current Psychology. 2023. SSCI Q2.
• Liu, X.*; Ji, X.; Zhang, Y. More romantic or more realistic: Trajectories and influencing factors of romantic love among Chinese college students from entering college to graduation. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024. SSCI Q1.
• Liu, X*.; Li, Y.; Cao, X*. Bidirectional reduction effects of perceived stress and general self-efficacy among college students: A cross-lagged study. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024. SSCI Q1.
• Liu, X.*; Cao,X; Gao, W.. Does low self-esteem predict anxiety among Chinese college students? Psychology Research and Behavior Management 2022, 15:1481-1487. ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%). SSCI Q1.
• Liu, X*.; Yuan, Y.; Gao, W.; Luo, Y*. Longitudinal trajectories of self-esteem, related predictors, and impact on depression among students over a four-year period at college in China. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. SSCI Q1
• Gao, W.; Luo, Y.; Cao, X.; Liu, X.*. Gender differences in the relationship between self-esteem and depression among college students: A cross-lagged study from China. Journal of Research in Personality 2022, 97, 104202. ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%). SSCI Q2.
• Cao, X. ; Liu, X.*. Time Use and Cognitive Achievement among Adolescents in China: Depression Symptoms as Mediators. Journal of Intelligence. 2023; 11(5):88.ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%) and Hot Paper (Top 0.1%). SSCI Q2.
• Gao, W., Ji, J., Zhang, W., Liu, X.*. Depression and approach‐avoidance achievement goals of Chinese undergraduate students: A four‐wave longitudinal study. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 2023. SSCI Q1.
• Cao, X.; Liu, X.*. Self-esteem as a predictor of anxiety and academic self-efficacy among Chinese university students: A cross-lagged analysis. Current Psychology. 2024. SSCI Q2.
• Liu, X.*; Guo, Y; Zhang, W.; Gao, W.. Influencing factors, prediction and prevention of depression in college students: A literature review. World Journal of Psychiatry 2022, 12(7): 860-873.ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%). SCI Q2. [Invited article]
• Liu, X.*; Ji, X.; Zhang, Y. Trajectories of college students' general self-efficacy, the related predictors, and depression: A piecewise growth mixture modeling approach. Heliyon, 2023, 9(5), e15750. ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%).SCI Q2. [Invited article]
• Gao, W.; Ping, S.; Liu, X.*. Gender differences in depression, anxiety, and stress among college students: A longitudinal study from China. Journal of Affective Disorders 2020, 263, 292-300. ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%) and Hot Paper (Top 0.1%). SSCI Q1.
• Liu, X.*; Guo, Y; Wang, X.. Delivering substance use prevention interventions for adolescents in educational settings: A scoping review. World Journal of Psychiatry 2023, 13(7), 409-422. ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%). SCI Q2. [Invited article]
• Liu, X.; Ji, X.; Zhang, Y; Gao, W.*. Professional Identity and Career Adaptability among Chinese Engineering Students: The Mediating Role of Learning Engagement. Behavioral Sciences, 2023, 13(6): 480. ESI Highly Cited Paper (Top 1%).SSCI Q2.
• 刘鑫桥.高等教育与区域经济的互利共生——来自“京校外迁”的自然实验证据[J].清华大学教育研究,2022,43(05):103-113. CSSCI.
• 刘鑫桥.分数线效应是否存在——基于高考分数与高校毕业生薪酬的断点回归设计[J].教育发展研究,2019,39(05):46-53. CSSCI.
• 刘鑫桥,魏易*.教师课堂教学行为对学生成绩的影响[J].现代基础教育研究,2022,46(02):74-81. CSSCI集刊.
• 刘鑫桥,张一凡.新型举国体制下卓越工程师培养的治理机制[J].西北工业大学学报(社会科学版),2023(03):43-51. CSSCI扩展版.
• 刘鑫桥,王庚,吴津蕊.新工科的研究现状、实践进展与未来趋势[J].西北工业大学学报(社会科学版),2021(04):63-70. CSSCI扩展版.