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There is one week left to submit your abstract for the upcoming special issue of Digital China: “Technology, Governance, and the Reshaping of Society” at Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 📄 Call for Papers: 👉journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmsc… German Institute for Global and Area Studies LeidenAsiaCentre

#publication #big data Our OA SI "Big Data in Human Behaviour Research: A Contextual Turn?" just out in the Journal of Big Data Springer Nature , w. ctb from AJ Alvero Monica L. Smith, Heinrich Peters, Simon Schweighofer funded by DK Frie Forsk.fond University of Copenhagen Research journalofbigdata.springeropen.com/bigdata-hbr

Excited to welcome everyone to join us at German Institute for Global and Area Studies, where I'll be giving a guest talk on our new research with Dr. Jun Liu, "From Tweets to Tactics: Unpacking State-Sponsored Propaganda Campaigns on Twitter." giga-hamburg.de/en/events/conf…

State-Sponsored #Propaganda: dechun_zhang & Jun Liu analysed over 2.8 million posts from Chinese and Russian accounts on X, uncovering complex dynamics and tactics of #AuthoritarianRegimes in #SocialMedia. German Institute for Global and Area Studies #GIGAChinaSeries 30 May giga-hamburg.de/en/events/conf…

As a Minister "I spent a considerable amount of my time calling up platforms, saying ‘please take down these inciteful content. Please do it, please do it. Because there was nothing in the law that let me direct them to do it" Chandrasekhar tells #CDS2025 youtube.com/watch?v=4hT5SB…

I’m happy to share that my PhD defence will take place on June 25, 2025. I’ll be share my research on Chinese digital nationalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. If you’re interested, you’re very welcome to join. Here’s the link with all the details: universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2025…

Authoritarian regimes exploit social media to legitimise power and undermine democracies. Jun Liu & I analysed 2.8M+ posts from Chinese/Russian X accounts—exposing core propaganda tactics. Join our ⁦German Institute for Global and Area Studies⁩ China Series talk | Fri, 30 May. giga-hamburg.de/en/events/conf…

We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance. More info: edu.nl/9admd Deadline: June 3, 2025

🚨🚨Call for special section in Public Relations Review co-edited by Jordan Morehouse, Ph.D. & yours truly! This special section invites public relations scholars to explore innovative methodological approaches in public relations research. Check out the full call! tinyurl.com/2en4nnv3

I’m honored to join the Editorial Board of Global Perspectives in Communication—the newly launched journal of the International Communication Association. We’ll have a launch for the journal during ICA—feel free to join us! Learn more on GPC here: academic.oup.com/gpc

ICA friends, You’re warmly invited to join us for the launch event of Global Perspectives in Communication, the new official journal of ICA. 📍 Mineral Ballroom A, Hyatt Regency Denver 🕕 Today, 6:00–7:00 PM We look forward to celebrating with you!

Join us #VoC# Emerging & Early Career Researchers session, June 25, 10:00-11:30 (CET) via Zoom, w. keynotes Weiyu Zhang The CivicTech Lab and @PaulJReilly UofG Soc & Pol Sci on navigating challenges of early academic life ICA Activism, Communication & Social Justice IG International Communication Association Ernie Crea ECREA Communication and Democracy Registration: cts.ku.dk/tim-talks/2025…

🎓 I successfully defended my PhD today at Leiden University! Huge thanks to my supervisors, Prof. Florian Schneider & Dr. Hwang Yih-Jye, and to colleagues at LIAS & University of Copenhagen for the incredible support. On to the next chapter! 🙌

Global Perspectives in Communication (GPC) was officially launched at #ICA25 by Editor-in-Chief Nick Bowman. The journal welcomes submissions across a wide range of topics. I’m also pleased to join the editorial board for new beginnings. Learn more: academic.oup.com/gpc

My new coauthored paper with Jun Liu & Hsuanlei Shao, “Between Nationalist Propaganda and Public Mobilization,” is out in Oxford Intersections. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/978019…. Unfortunately, the paper isn’t open access — feel free to contact us for a copy!

The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia is pleased to announce the publication of the 2025 Summer Issue, Vol. 24, No. 1. The full issue is open access and available through the following link: koreascience.or.kr/journal/OSTRBU…

I’m recruiting a full-time senior research fellow/assistant with one-year contract (hopefully holding doctorate degree/doing PhD study) with strong self-motivation and interest in experiment and AI comm research who would like to work with me since this fall/winter.

Come & work with me Oxford Internet Institute ! I am looking for 2 teaching assistants for my course “Internet Technologies and Regulation”. Apply now! Deadline 4 August 2025 oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacanci… Faculty of Law The Institute for Ethics in AI Reuters Institute OxfordSocialSciences Blavatnik School of Government UCL Cambridge University LSE

My new paper, “Adaptive Sovereignty: China’s Evolving Legislative Framework for Transnational Data Governance,” coauthored with Ruoxin Su, outlines China’s adaptive sovereignty model balancing state control and regulatory flexibility. doi.org/10.17645/pag.1…

China's approach to AI governance follows a predictable cycle: when they feel technologically strong → more control. When they feel behind → prioritize growth. DeepSeek just broke this pattern. In our latest paper for Carnegie Endowment, Matt Sheehan and I explain how we got