Governing with Data: Local Experimentation in Authoritarian China

Project Information

DigitalGovernance

Grant agreement ID: 852169

DOI

10.3030/852169

EC signature date 22 January 2020

Start date 1 October 2020

End date 30 September 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 160,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 160,00

Coordinated by

FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Under big brother's watchful eye: Cross-country attitudes toward facial recognition technology

Author(s): Genia Kostka, Léa Steinacker, Miriam Meckel
Published in: Government Information Quarterly, Issue Volume 40, Issue 1, 2023, Page(s) "Article # 101761", ISSN 1872-9517
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2022.101761

sj-pdf-1-pus-10.1177_09636625211001555 – Supplemental material for Between security and convenience: Facial recognition technology in the eyes of citizens in China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Author(s): Genia Kostka (6337514); Léa Steinacker (412878); Miriam Meckel (10485264)
Published in: Government information quaterly, Issue 1, 2023, Page(s) 40, 101761, ISSN 0740-624X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.25384/sage.14328846.v1

The COVID-19 pandemic and deepening digital inequalities in China

Author(s): Qinglong Shao, Genia Kostka
Published in: Telecommunications Policy, Issue 47, 2023, Page(s) 102644, ISSN 0308-5961
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102644

Information Control and Public Support for Social Credit Systems in China

Author(s): Xu Xu, Genia Kostka and Xun Cao
Published in: The Journal of Politics, Issue Vol. 84, No. 4, 2022, Page(s) 2230–2245, ISSN 0022-3816
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1086/718358

Navigating the digital age: The gray digital divide and digital inclusion in China

Author(s): Haili Li, Genia Kostka
Published in: Media, Culture & Society, Issue 46, 2025, Page(s) 1181-1199, ISSN 0163-4437
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01634437241229382

Women's Work: The Gendered Nature of Appointment Politics in Subnational China

Author(s): Xinhui Jiang, Sarah Eaton, Genia Kostka
Published in: Government and Opposition, Issue 60, 2025, Page(s) 63-85, ISSN 0017-257X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2023.34

Mirrors and Mosaics: Deciphering Chinese and Russian Domestic Bloc-Building Narratives

Author(s): Ming Ma, Daniil Romanov, Alexander Libman, Genia Kostka
Published in: Perspectives on Politics, 2025, Page(s) 1-25, ISSN 1537-5927
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s1537592724002202

Chinese citizens’ digital engagement with local mobile government platforms

Author(s): Haili Li, Genia Kostka
Published in: Global Media and China, 2025, ISSN 2059-4364
Publisher: Sage Publishing
DOI: 10.1177/20594364241265977

Emotions, crisis, and institutions: Explaining compliance with <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 regulations

Author(s): Danqi Guo, Sabrina Habich‐Sobiegalla, Genia Kostka
Published in: Regulation &amp; Governance, Issue 18, 2024, Page(s) 177-202, ISSN 1748-5983
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12509

ICT-based environmental participation in China: Same, same but digital?

Author(s): Maria Bondes, Genia Kostka, Wiebke Rabe
Published in: Environmental Science &amp; Policy, Issue 154, 2025, Page(s) 103688, ISSN 1462-9011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103688

Perceptions of social credit systems in Southeast Asia: An external technology acceptance model

Author(s): Wiebke Rabe, Genia Kostka
Published in: Global Policy, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 314-328, ISSN 1758-5880
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.13337

In or outside the box? Citizen action between institutional and extra-institutional channels in Chinese environmental governance

Author(s): Danqi Guo, Maria Bondes, Genia Kostka, Wiebke Rabe
Published in: Journal of Environmental Policy &amp; Planning, 2024, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 1523-908X
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/1523908x.2024.2423804

China’s growing digital reach: explaining citizens’ high approval rates of fintech investments in Southeast Asia

Author(s): Wiebke Rabe, Genia Kostka
Published in: Review of International Political Economy, Issue 30, 2023, Page(s) 1098-1124, ISSN 0969-2290
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2022.2044884

Digital doubters in different political and cultural contexts: Comparing citizen attitudes across three major digital technologies

Author(s): Genia Kostka
Published in: Data &amp; Policy, Issue 5, 2024, Page(s) E27 (19 pages), ISSN 2632-3249
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/dap.2023.25

Accepting but Not Engaging with It: Digital Participation in Local Government-Run Social Credit Systems in China

Author(s): Haili Li, Genia Kostka
Published in: Policy & Internet, Issue Volume 14, Issue 4, 2022, Page(s) 845-874, ISSN 1944-2866
Publisher: Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/poi3.316

Big Data Dreams and Reality in Shenzhen: An Investigation of Smart City Implementation in China:

Author(s): Jelena Große-Bley; Genia Kostka
Published in: Big Data and Society, Issue Volume 8, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2053-9517
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
DOI: 10.1177/20539517211045171

Conceptualizing sustainability in China's belt and road initiative: A longitudinal analysis of scholarship (2013 - 2024)

Author(s): Vera Schulhof, Kris Hartley, Wiebke Rabe, Genia Kostka, Julian Kirchherr
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue 212, 2024, Page(s) 107891, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107891

Between security and convenience: Facial recognition technology in the eyes of citizens in China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Author(s): Genia Kostka, Léa Steinacker, Miriam Meckel
Published in: Public Understanding of Science, Issue Vol 30, Issue 6, 2021, Page(s) 671-690, ISSN 0963-6625
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/09636625211001555

Book chapters (2)

China – A Rising Tech Power?

Author(s): Kostka, Genia
Published in: Digital technologies and global politics, Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 199-226, ISBN 978-1-5381-8441-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
DOI: 10.17169/refubium-41949

From War on Nature to War on Pollution: Continuity and Change in the Chinese Communist Party’s Ecological Agenda

Author(s): Coraline Goron, Genia Kostka
Published in: The Chinese Communist Party: A 100-Year Trajectory, 2024, Page(s) 233-267, ISBN 978-1-76046-624-4
Publisher: ANU Press
DOI: 10.22459/ccp.2024.09