Performance · Bi-monthly · Inaugural Issue

Performance

Economics • Computation • Society

Friday, May 22, 2026
Vol. I · No. 1 · Inaugural

About Us

Performance is an interdisciplinary academic journal dedicated to advancing frontier research at the intersection of financial economics, computational humanities, and social physics. The journal examines the profound structural transformations driven by artificial intelligence, algorithmic governance, and data-centered society, with particular attention to the evolving relationships between technology and the self, humanity and nature, and individuals and social systems.

Bridging quantitative analysis, computational methodologies, philosophical inquiry, and humanistic reflection, Performance seeks to cultivate new intellectual frameworks for understanding civilization in an age increasingly shaped by automation, networks, and intelligent systems. The journal encourages rigorous empirical research alongside theoretical reconstruction and critical cultural interpretation, fostering dialogue across disciplinary boundaries.

By documenting the shifting foundations of economic life, social organization, and human identity, Performance aims to transform abstract systemic change into a lasting intellectual chronicle of technological modernity. Through scholarship that is both analytically precise and historically conscious, the journal aspires to provide a platform for rethinking the future of human society in the era of artificial intelligence.

Launching with its inaugural issue in July 2026, Performance is published bimonthly, with issues appearing in January, March, May, July, September, and November.

Editorial Leadership

The standing editors of Performance

Dr. Xifan Chen

Founding Editor-in-Chief · Co-founder of Performance

Dr. Liangyue Li

Co-founder of Performance · Executive Director, Xiushou Technology (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.

Dr. Wendong Lü

Professor, Business School, University of International Business and Economics

Dr. Jian Sun

Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics

Dr. Jianjun Sun

Lecturer (tenured), Shandong Normal University