H. Christoph Steinhardt presentation for annual meeting of ASC

Presentation of conference paper entitled “Mobilizing Social Anomie to Strengthen the State: Justification Strategies for ‘Social Credit’ on Sina Weibo” at annual meeting of the ASC. H. Christoph Steinhardt and Christian Göbel presented their co-authored study “Mobilizing Social Anomie to Strengthen the State: Justification Strategies for ‘Social Credit’ on Sina Weibo” at the German Association… Continue reading H. Christoph Steinhardt presentation for annual meeting of ASC

Participation to an external seminar

Alexander Trauth-Goik participated to the online seminar from the University of Oslo, titled : Data Logics: China at the Intersection of Digitalization and Green Transition, presentation title: Political Task Meets Promotional Incentive: The Impact of the National Civilized City Award on Local Environmental Governance in China

Publication in Journal of Contemporary China

Alexander Trauth-Goik (together with collaborator Chuncheng Liu) published the paper “Black or Fifty Shades of Grey? The Power and Limits of the Social Credit Blacklist System in China” Punishment from the state can rely on formal state apparatuses, but also the mobilization and co-option of the deviant’s own social connections to enhance the power of… Continue reading Publication in Journal of Contemporary China

Public talk at University of Macau

“Mobilizing Social Anomie to Strengthen the State: Justification Strategies for ‘Social Credit’ on Sina Weibo” H. Christoph Steinhardt gave a talk on his co-authored study “Mobilizing Social Anomie to Strengthen the State: Justification Strategies for ‘Social Credit’ on Sina Weibo” at the Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau.

Public talk at University of Lisbon

H. Christoph Steinhardt gave a talk on “Studying Social Media Discourse on the Chinese Social Credit System” at the Department of Sociology, University of Lisbon.