His research focus is international political economy, comparative international development, and Chinese politics. He is also interested in applied computation methods in social science, such as text analysis and image processing tools. His work has appeared in the British Journal of Political Science, World Development, among others. He teaches a wide range of topics on international conflict, trade and foreign investment, public opinion, and authoritarian politics.
Yue has a B.E. in information security from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, an M.A. in international relations and economics from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. (with distinction) in political science from Yale University.