Asian Studies Seminar Series: Bingchun Meng In brief Date - 20 March 2024 Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Speaker - Dr Bingchun Meng (London School of Economics & Political Science) Title - 'A Tale of Two Cities: AI, Development and Imaginaries of future' About the event This seminar features some initial findings from first-stage fieldwork investigating the social shaping of AI innovations and the political economy of AI industries in China. The work is part of a book-in-progress, which undertakes an inter-regional comparison of Shenzhen (a coastal metropolis) and Guiyang (an inland city). The story that emerges from the field reveals features of the political economy of China’s technology industries, unequal development within the country and new social relations enabled through the development of digital technologies and AI applications. This work highlights how AI in China intersects with inequality on multiple levels including inequality in regional development, in resource mobilisation and agenda setting, and in different social groups’ capacities to imagine and shape the digital future. About the speaker Bingchun Meng is a Professor in the Department for Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where she also co-directs the LSE–Fudan Global Public Policy Research Centre. She is currently the director of LSE PhD Academy. Her research interests include gender and the media, political economy of media industries, communication governance, and comparative media studies. She is the author of The Politics of Chinese Media: Consensus and Contestation (2018). From 2020 to 2021, she served as a senior fellow of Global Governance Futures 2035 organized by Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin under the sponsorship with Bosch Foundation. About the seminar series Each year, Asian Studies welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a seminar on their research, spanning fields as diverse as film and media, literature, religion, society, politics and international relations. How to join Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is necessary. Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Relations. Find out more about Asian Studies at Edinburgh Mar 20 2024 16.00 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Bingchun Meng Join us in-person for a seminar by Dr Bingchun Meng (London School of Economics & Political Science) entitled 'A Tale of Two Cities: AI, Development and Imaginaries of future'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue
Asian Studies Seminar Series: Bingchun Meng In brief Date - 20 March 2024 Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Speaker - Dr Bingchun Meng (London School of Economics & Political Science) Title - 'A Tale of Two Cities: AI, Development and Imaginaries of future' About the event This seminar features some initial findings from first-stage fieldwork investigating the social shaping of AI innovations and the political economy of AI industries in China. The work is part of a book-in-progress, which undertakes an inter-regional comparison of Shenzhen (a coastal metropolis) and Guiyang (an inland city). The story that emerges from the field reveals features of the political economy of China’s technology industries, unequal development within the country and new social relations enabled through the development of digital technologies and AI applications. This work highlights how AI in China intersects with inequality on multiple levels including inequality in regional development, in resource mobilisation and agenda setting, and in different social groups’ capacities to imagine and shape the digital future. About the speaker Bingchun Meng is a Professor in the Department for Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where she also co-directs the LSE–Fudan Global Public Policy Research Centre. She is currently the director of LSE PhD Academy. Her research interests include gender and the media, political economy of media industries, communication governance, and comparative media studies. She is the author of The Politics of Chinese Media: Consensus and Contestation (2018). From 2020 to 2021, she served as a senior fellow of Global Governance Futures 2035 organized by Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin under the sponsorship with Bosch Foundation. About the seminar series Each year, Asian Studies welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a seminar on their research, spanning fields as diverse as film and media, literature, religion, society, politics and international relations. How to join Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is necessary. Are you interested in studying with us? We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Relations. Find out more about Asian Studies at Edinburgh Mar 20 2024 16.00 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Bingchun Meng Join us in-person for a seminar by Dr Bingchun Meng (London School of Economics & Political Science) entitled 'A Tale of Two Cities: AI, Development and Imaginaries of future'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue
Mar 20 2024 16.00 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Bingchun Meng Join us in-person for a seminar by Dr Bingchun Meng (London School of Economics & Political Science) entitled 'A Tale of Two Cities: AI, Development and Imaginaries of future'.
