Professor Bingqin Li’s research is on social policy and governance. Her current projects include governance of age-friendly community, local government motivation in delivering complex social programs, social inclusion and integration, urban governance, social spending and disability inclusion. Her areas of research include Australia and China. Her research has been published in academic journals in social policy, urban studies and public policy, such as Urban Studies, Environment & Urbanisation, Social Policy & Administration and Public Administration and Development.

Bingqin Li is the current Chair of East Asian Social Policy Research Network. She is also the associate editor of the Elsvier journal of Urban Governance. 

Bingqin has consulted international organisations, such as the World Bank, European Union, the WHO, UNESCAP, IIED, and the DFID. She is also on the advisory board of research centres in universities in East Asia.

She is frequently invited to give talks in universities and give public talks in Europe and Asia.