Séverine ARSÈNE
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D, Political Science, Sciences Po, Paris
A political scientist by training, I discovered China first as a student, then a PhD candidate in Beijing in the mid-2000s. I later came to Hong Kong as a researcher, a teacher, and an editor. I have been researching the rise of China as a digital power for most of the last two decades. I use a multidisciplinary perspective to enlighten the joint transformation of society and technology through social, political, anthropological perspectives, and mostly through interviews and qualitative analysis of official documents and the press.
Research Interests:
- Chinese Politics
- the digital, social media, artificial intelligence
- transformations of Chinese society
- research methods in China studies
Representative Publications
Books and Edited Volumes
| 2011 | Arsène, Séverine. Internet et politique en Chine: les contours normatifs de la contestation. Karthala Editions, 2011. |
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
| 2021 | Arsène, Séverine. “China, Information Technology, and Global Freedom of Expression” in Regardless of Frontiers. Columbia University Press, 2021. |
| 2016 | Arsène, Séverine. “Global Internet Governance in Chinese Academic Literature. Rebalancing a Hegemonic World Order?” China Perspectives, 2016(2016/2), 25-35. |
| 2015 | Arsène, Séverine. “Editorial.” China Perspectives, 4 (104), 3–4.
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| 2015 | Arsène, Séverine. “Internet domain names in China. articulating local control with global connectivity.” China Perspectives, 2015(2015/4), 25-34. |
Others
| 2020 | Arsène, Séverine. “Complicating Online Nationalism. “ China Perspectives. |
| 2019 | Arsène, Séverine. “China’s social credit system: A chimera with real claws.” Asie.Visions, No. 110. |
| 2018 | Arsène, Séverine. “China, Internet Governance and the Global Public Interest” in A new responsible power China?, edited by Ines Sieckmann and Odila Triebel. Stuttgart: Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, 2018. |
| 2018 | Arsène, Séverine. “Tech giants’ agenda is at odds with CCP priorities.” Asia Dialogue. |
| 2018 | Arsène, Séverine. ” Trust in Ratings: China’s Social Credit System.” Asia Global Online, 17 May 2018. |
| 2017 | Arsène, Séverine. “China perspectives amidst scientific change and digitalisation.” China Perspectives, 2017(2017/3), 3-5. |
| 2013 | Arsène, Séverine. “The Chinese ICT development strategy in Africa. Transparency, sovereignty and soft power” in Diplomacy, development and security in the information agem edited by Shanthi Kalathil. Washington DC: Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, 2013. |
Current Research Projects
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The social credit system |
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China, AI and globalization |
Courses Offered
| CHES3004 | Media China |
| CHES3500 | Chinese Studies Research Methods |
| CHES5102 | Selected Themes on Chinese International Relations |
| CHES5110 | Selected Themes on Chinese Media |