Xinchuchu Gao PhD
Understanding China's Role as a Norm-Shaper in Cyberspace Governance
Co-investigator: Dr Xuechen Chen (Northeastern University London)
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This project is funded by the The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant (2022 - 2024).
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Summary:
With information communication technologies (ICT) penetrating all aspects of human activities, concerns over cyberspace practices have become central to achieving a consensus on an international agenda for cyberspace governance. Therefore, cyberspace governance has become a global priority not only for nationstates and international organisations but also for industry and users in general, and it has had a transformative impact on domestic and international politics. In the last two decades, there has been increasing research interest in global cyber governance and cybersecurity politics, leading to a heated debate over ‘whose ideas matter’ in the construction of cyber norms at the global level. This project will investigate China’s role as a norm-shaper in cyberspace governance by uncovering the processes of China’s norm construction and norm diffusion in data governance and cybersecurity.
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Project outputs and research dissemination:
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Book project entitled "Understanding China's role as a norm-entrepreneur in global cyber governance", under contract with Palgrave Macmillan.
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Chinese Internet Research Conference 2023, presentation "One-way Norm Diffusion or Two-way Socialisation? A Case Study of China-ASEAN Engagement in Digital Governance", Chiang Mai, Thailand, July 2023.
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Workshop on Digital China in the Global South, Department of International Development, LSE, presentation “Norm diffusion in cyber governance: China as an emerging entrepreneur?”, London, UK, February 2024