Chenru Xue is a postdoctoral researcher and filmmaker whose work spans landscape studies, visual culture, and experimental cinema. She holds a PhD in Landscape Studies from the University of Turku (2025), an MA in Visual Culture from Lund University, and a BA in Digital Media Arts from Communication University of China, where her graduation short film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner and received four nominations at the Milan International Film Festival.

Her doctoral research examines Arctic landscape through a Lacanian framework, tracing how space, place, and cultural imagination intersect in circumpolar environments. She has held visiting positions at Fudan University and has contributed to international conferences across Europe and the Nordic countries.

Alongside academic research, she maintains a practice as a cultural commentator and filmmaker, with writing published in Vision, The Beijing News, NOWNESS, and China Business Network, reaching audiences of 100,000+.