Dr. Hui Zhou

Institut für Chinastudien
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
VW-Projekt "Privacy China"
Curriculum Vitae
Work Experience
| since 01.09.2024 | Postdoc in VW-Project "Privacy China" in Institute for Chinese Studies at Freie Universität Berlin |
| 16.08.2023–30.06.2024 |
Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University, U.S.A |
| 16.07.2023–26.08.2023 |
Instructor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, U.S.A |
| 01.09.2022–01.06.2023 |
Lecturer at the University of Houston, U.S.A |
| 01.05.2017–30.06.2017 |
Internship in the Department of Medical Affairs at Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, P.R.C |
| 15.04.2016–30.04.2017 |
Research Associate at Sun Yat-sen University, P.R.C |
| 15.03.2016–15.04.2016 |
Internship at the Health Bureau of Baisha Autonomous County in Hainan Province, P.R.C |
Educational Background
| 2017–2022 | Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Houston, U.S.A |
| 2014–2016 | M.A. in Management Science, Sun Yat-sen University, P.R.C |
| 2010–2014 |
B.A. in Economics, Jianghan University, P.R.C |
- Crisis management
- Dispute resolution
- Digital governance
- Distributive politics
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (* Corresponding Author)
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Kostka, Genia and Zhou, Hui (2026) Emotional Attachment to AI Chatbots: Evidence from Germany, China, South Africa, and the United States, Technology in Society,
- Yang, Jianchuang and Hui Zhou*. 2024. “The Rhythm of Government: At- tention in China’s Central- and Provincial-Level Executive Meetings.” China Review 24(1):83–114.
- Zhou, Hui, Junqiang Liu*, Jiang He, and Jianxin Cheng. 2021. “Conditional Justice: Evaluating the Judicial Centralization Reform in China.” Journal of Contemporary China 30(129):434–450.
- Liang, Fengbo, Junqiang Liu*, Hui Zhou, and Paicheng Liu. 2021. “Inequality in the Last Resort: How Medical Appraisal Affects Malpractice Litigations in China.” International Journal of Legal Medicine 135(3):1047–1054.
- Liu, Junqiang, Hui Zhou*, Lingrui Liu, and Chunxiao Wang. 2020. “The Weakness of the Strong: Examining the Squeaky-Wheel Effect of Hospital Vio- lence in China.” Social Science and Medicine 245:112717.
Book Chapters (* Corresponding Author)
- Kostka, G. and Zhou, H. (2026) Selective Privacy: Why and How Authoritarian States Approach Data Protection in the Digital Era, in The Oxford Handbook of Human Security, edited by Derek S. Reveron, David P. Polatty IV, and Summer Marion, Oxford University Press, Chapter 35, pp. 561–576.
- Zhou, Hui and Ling Zhu*. 2019. “‘Two Chinas’: Social Equity, Social Policies, and the Urban–Rural Divide in China.” In Johansen M. (Eds) Social Equity in the Asia-Pacific Region: Conceptualizations and Realities (pp. 109–136). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Working Papers
- “The Politics of Disasters: How Decentralization Weakens Authoritarian Gov- ernment Accountability”
- “How Disasters Affect Political Support: Experimental Evidence from an Air Crash Accident”
- “How Economic Globalization Advances Government Accountability: Evidence from Government Websites”
- “From Profit-Sharing to Residual-Chasing: A Study of Grand Theft in an Era of Economic Slowdown” (with Li Zheng)


