Max Weber Fellow
Florence School of Transnational Governance
Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies
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Qiaochu Zhang is a postdoctoral researcher on the European Research Council-funded project Weaponised Artificial Intelligence, Norms, and Order (AutoNorms) at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research focuses on China’s approach to two key areas of global governance: artificial intelligence (AI) and human protection. She is particularly interested in how China influences the transformation of international norms and global order. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in International Affairs, International Peacekeeping, and The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations, among others. Qiaochu completed her PhD in Politics at the University of Manchester in 2024. She also holds an MA in International Relations from King’s College London and a BA in International Politics from Fudan University in China. She also manages the social media presence of the Journal of Global Security Studies, a journal of the International Studies Association (ISA), and previously served as a convenor of the Early Career Researcher Workshop at the Manchester China Institute.As a Max Weber Fellow, Qiaochu is continuing her research on China’s role in global AI governance. She is particularly examining how China’s approach to AI governance is constituted through the practices and interactions of various domestic actors, how it is perceived at both regional and international levels, and what these dynamics imply for the evolution of international orders.