Hui Zhou will present a working paper – Rules for Thee but Not for Me: Selective Privacy Enforcement in Chinese Court Judgments – on China’s privacy litigation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), scheduled for September 11–14, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada. As part of the VW-funded Privacy China project, the … Continue reading APSA annual meeting 2025 →

Hui Zhou presented his ongoing research on Chinese litigation; Miguel de Figueiredo commented. Abstract: Against the backdrop of digital transformation, many countries have enacted privacy laws to safeguard personal information. However, few studies have examined the effectiveness of such legislation in protecting privacy. This article addresses the gap by analyzing 6,370 Chinese court judgments across … Continue reading BCCN Talk: Rules for Thee but not for Me (Hui Zhou) →

Hui Zhou presented an ongoing project on chatbot usage and emotional attachment on July 15, 2025 at the FU Berlin – Hertie Workshop on Al Governance in China, which was organized by Joanna Bryson and Genia Kostka. The project evaluates how product features, user characteristics, and usage behavior correlate with emotional attachment, paving the way … Continue reading From Virtual Assistants to Intimate Partners (Hui Zhou) →

Due to high interest in the workshop, we have moved it to a larger room. It will now take place in the Pavilion Room on the fourth floor of the Gateway Building at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford If you would like to attend, please send an email to lena.wesemann[at]fu-berlin.de.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED To facilitate planning and logistics, we kindly ask you to register in advance (until 23 June). Please do so by sending an email to Lena Wesemann at lena.wesemann[at]fu-berlin.de, including your name, affiliation, and a brief note on your interest in the workshop. Registration is free but required for participation. Since places are limited, … Continue reading PRIVACY China Workshop Programme →

We are pleased to announce our PRIVACY China workshop at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 3 July 2025. The workshop brings together international scholars and stakeholders to explore how privacy is understood, contested, and visualised in contemporary China. Sessions will critically examine privacy in authoritarian contexts, explore the party-state’s perspective on surveillance, and offer … Continue reading Announcement: PRIVACY China Workshop at the University of Oxford, 3 July →

Genia Kostka talks about “China, Privacy and the Connectivity Script” during a SCRIPTS regional workshop at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (more)

Genia Kostka talks about “Many Faces of Privacy” at Columbia University (more)

Genia Kostka and GUO Danqi present at the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting (more)