Zhenyu Mei
Research topic: From “authoritarian environmentalism” to “global climate ambitions”: Examining the role of actors, media and global discourse in China’s hybrid environmental governance
Supervisors: Dr Elena Block, Professor Kelly Fielding and Dr Jagadish Thaker
Research interests: environmental communication; communication for social change; social media and influencers; government communications; computational social science
Qualifications: BA, MCommun(StratComm)
Researcher biography
Zhenyu Mei is a HDR student in the School of Communication and Arts at The University of Queensland. His master’s thesis, “The Triumph of Non-State Actors: Digital Diplomacy and Nation Branding in YouTube’s “China Travel” Videos Before and After China’s Visa-Free Policy”, proposed a framework for digital diplomacy and nation branding through social media, where non-state actors break through the long-standing image of othered nations. His PhD research will focus on China’s local practices and international image in hybrid environmental governance through a large-scale computational analysis.