{"id":22,"date":"2024-09-03T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-08-12T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:25:24","slug":"events-and-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/events-and-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Events and News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates alignleft wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/12\/09\/working-papers-on-chatbot-acceptance-and-emotional-attachment-to-chatbots\/\">Working papers on chatbot acceptance and emotional attachment to chatbots<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-09T17:27:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">9. December 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Please check out or working papers on chatbot acceptance and emotional attachment to chatbots on SSRN. We are happy about your feedback!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/12\/09\/press-release-research-on-emotional-attachment-to-chatbots\/\">Press release: research on emotional attachment to chatbots<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-09T17:23:08+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">9. December 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Please check out the press release regarding our research on user attachment to chatbots: https:\/\/idw-online.de\/en\/news862611<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/11\/18\/icthealth-interview-with-genia-kostka\/\">ICT&amp;Health Interview with Genia Kostka<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-18T16:59:26+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">18. November 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Please check out this ICT&amp;Health interview with Genia Kostka: &#8220;Inside China\u2019s digital leap &#8211; from governance to medicine&#8220;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/11\/18\/chatbot-adoption-from-virtual-assistants-to-intimate-partners-kostka-and-zhou-4-december\/\">&#8220;Chatbot Adoption: From Virtual Assistants to Intimate Partners&#8221; &#8211; Kostka and Zhou (4 December)<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-11-18T09:57:08+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">18. November 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Genia Kostka and Hui Zhou present their ongoing research on chatbot adoption: Against the backdrop of the current AI revolution, AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek are gaining increasing popularity and importance. Despite the plethora of chatbots on the market, the questions of which chatbot a user adopts and why some users develop stronger &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/11\/18\/chatbot-adoption-from-virtual-assistants-to-intimate-partners-kostka-and-zhou-4-december\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Chatbot Adoption: From Virtual Assistants to Intimate Partners&#8221; &#8211; Kostka and Zhou (4 December)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/10\/20\/bccn-lecture-series-on-ai-governance-in-china\/\">BCCN Lecture Series on AI Governance in China<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-10-20T15:32:25+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">20. October 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Hosted by the Berlin Contemporary China Network (BCCN), the China Competence Training Center (CCTC) and SCRIPTS, the 2025\/26 winter term BCCN lecture series is conceptualized by Prof. Dr. Genia Kostka and Anton Bogs from Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin. See for further information HERE. November 3, 12:15\u201313:45 CET (in person at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and online)Jinghan Zeng: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/10\/20\/bccn-lecture-series-on-ai-governance-in-china\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BCCN Lecture Series on AI Governance in China<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/08\/12\/apsa-annual-meeting-2025\/\">APSA annual meeting 2025<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-08-12T12:20:26+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">12. August 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Hui Zhou will present a working paper &#8211; Rules for Thee but Not for Me: Selective Privacy Enforcement in Chinese Court Judgments &#8211; on China\u2019s privacy litigation at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), scheduled for September 11\u201314, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada. As part of the VW-funded Privacy China project, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/08\/12\/apsa-annual-meeting-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">APSA annual meeting 2025<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/07\/17\/bccn-talk-rules-for-thee-but-not-for-me-hui-zhou\/\">BCCN Talk: Rules for Thee but not for Me (Hui Zhou)<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-07-17T18:00:00+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">17. July 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/07\/17\/bccn-talk-rules-for-thee-but-not-for-me-hui-zhou\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BCCN Talk: Rules for Thee but not for Me (Hui Zhou)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/07\/15\/from-virtual-assistants-to-intimate-partners-hui-zhou\/\">From Virtual Assistants to Intimate Partners (Hui Zhou)<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-07-15T12:00:00+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">15. July 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Hui Zhou presented an ongoing project on chatbot usage and emotional attachment on July 15, 2025 at the FU Berlin &#8211; 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/07\/15\/from-virtual-assistants-to-intimate-partners-hui-zhou\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From Virtual Assistants to Intimate Partners (Hui Zhou)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/06\/30\/privacy-china-workshop-room-change\/\">PRIVACY China Workshop &#8211; Room change<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-06-30T10:22:49+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">30. June 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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&#8217;s College, University of Oxford If you would like to attend, please send an email to lena.wesemann[at]fu-berlin.de.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/05\/26\/privacy-china-workshop-programme\/\">PRIVACY China Workshop Programme<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-05-26T11:55:35+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">26. May 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/05\/26\/privacy-china-workshop-programme\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PRIVACY China Workshop Programme<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/05\/21\/announcement-privacy-china-workshop-at-the-university-of-oxford-3-july\/\">Announcement: PRIVACY China Workshop at the University of Oxford, 3 July<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-05-21T11:54:36+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">21. May 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We are pleased to announce our PRIVACY China workshop at St Antony\u2019s 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\u2019s perspective on surveillance, and offer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2025\/05\/21\/announcement-privacy-china-workshop-at-the-university-of-oxford-3-july\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Announcement: PRIVACY China Workshop at the University of Oxford, 3 July<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2024\/10\/10\/workshop-at-waseda-university\/\">Workshop at Waseda University<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-10-10T10:00:22+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">10. October 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Genia Kostka talks about \u201cChina, Privacy and the Connectivity Script\u201d during a SCRIPTS regional workshop at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (more)<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2024\/09\/10\/talk-at-columbia-university\/\">Talk at Columbia University<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-10T10:00:49+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">10. September 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Genia Kostka talks about &#8220;Many Faces of Privacy&#8221; at Columbia University (more)<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/2024\/09\/05\/apsa-annual-meeting\/\">APSA Annual Meeting 2024<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-05T10:00:36+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">5. September 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Genia Kostka and GUO Danqi present at the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting (more)<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-brown-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">This project is funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkswagenstiftung.de\/en\">VW Foundation<\/a> for the topic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkswagenstiftung.de\/en\/funding\/funding-offer\/pioneering-projects-societal-transformations\">Pioneering projects \u2018Societal Transformations\u2019<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3242,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/privacy_china\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}