Liang Yucheng is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), where he also serves as associate dean of the school, chair of the department of sociology and social work, holding multiple leadership roles such as associate director of the National Governance Research Institute at SYSU, director of the Population Research Institute at SYSU, and director of the Urban Research Center. He is also recognized as a SYSU Yixian Distinguished Professor and serves as a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). His primary research focuses on computational sociology, social stratification and inequality and social transformation in China.