Yuan Zhou

Yuan Zhou

Research Associate

Kobe University

I’m a research associate at Graduate School of Law, Kobe University. I specialize in international relations and political communication, focusing on China. I also work in quantitative research methods, especially quantitative text analysis. I received my Ph.D. in political science from Kobe University in 2023.

My work has appeared or will soon appear in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Chinese Political Science, Social Science Computer Review, Asian Journal of Communication, Journal of Human Rights, and other journals.

Interests
  • International Relations
  • Political Communication
  • Authoritarian Regimes
  • Text Analysis
  • Game Theory
  • Bayesian Modeling
Education

  • PhD in Political Science, 2023

    Kobe University

  • M.A. in Political Science, 2020

    Kobe University

  • M.A. in International Relations, 2017

    Xinjiang Normal University

  • B.A. in Japanese Studies, 2009

    Shanghai Maritime University

Publications

Journal Articles

Duancheng Yang, Yuan Zhou, and Yun-han Chu. Forthcoming. “Voices from within: Tracing Chinese Public Perceptions of Democracy in the New Era.” Journal of Chinese Political Science. Link

Xiaoyu Pu, Chengli Wang, and Yuan Zhou. Forthcoming. “Censor and Sensitivity: How China Handles the US Embassy’s Public Diplomacy in Cyberspace.” Journal of Chinese Political Science. Link

Yuan Zhou, Ghashia Kiyani, and Charles Crabtree. 2023. “New Evidence that Naming and Shaming Influences State Human Rights Practices.” Journal of Human Rights, 22(4): 451-468. Link

Yuan Zhou. 2022. “China’s Mediated Public Diplomacy towards Japan: A Text-as-Data Approach.” Asian Journal of Communication, 32(4): 327-345. Link

Kohei Watanabe and Yuan Zhou. 2022. “Theory-Driven Analysis of Large Corpora: Semi- Supervised Topic Classification of the UN Speeches.” Social Science Computer Review, 40(2): 346-366. Link

Yuan Zhou and Kaoru Kurusu. 2021. “How Major Powers Diverge on Global Governance? Evidence from the UN General Debate.” Kobe University Law Review, 54: 63-80. Link

Naoko Matsumura and Yuan Zhou. 2020. “Googling the World Health Organization during the COVID-19 Crisis.” Kobe University Law Review, 53: 51-71. Link

Yuan Zhou and Jing Shi. 2016. “Japan’s Official Development Assistance towards Central Asian States” (in Chinese). Journal of International Economic Cooperation, 371(11): 86-91. Link

Yuan Zhou and Jing Shi. 2015. “The Evaluation System of Japan’s Official Development Assistance and Its Implications” (in Chinese). Journal of International Economic Cooperation, 358(10): 86-91. Link

Book Chapters

Yuan Zhou, Sandrine Boudana, and Elad Segev. 2021. “Provocation Narratives in Chinese and US Newspapers.” In Semantic Network Analysis in Social Sciences, ed. Elad Segev (Routledge), 53-71. Link

Current Research

Revise and Resubmit

Ghashia Kiyani, Yuan Zhou, and Charles Crabtree. “Does Naming and Shaming Improve Women’s Rights?”

Tetsuro Kobayashi, Yuan Zhou, Lungta Seki, and Asako Miura. “Autocracies Win the Hearts of the Democratic Public: How Japanese Citizens Are Persuaded by Illiberal Narratives Propagated by Authoritarian Regimes.”

Working Paper

Yuan Zhou. ``Depicting Democracy as Chaos: An Analysis of International News in Chinese State Media.''

Yuan Zhou, Ghashia Kiyani, and Charles Crabtree. “Why Autocrats Adopt Gender Quotas?”

Haichun Yu and Yuan Zhou. “Russia-Ukraine War on Chinese Social Media.”

Teaching

Instructor

International Relations, Osaka University of Economics, Fall, 2023-2024

International Politics, Osaka University of Economics, Spring, 2023-2024

Teaching Assistant

Political Research Design (Prof. Naofumi Fujimura), Kobe University, Spring, 2022.

Macro Political Data Analysis (Prof. Jaehyun Song), Kansai University, Fall, 2021.

Micro Political Data Analysis (Prof. Jaehyun Song), Kansai University, Spring, 2021.

Introduction to Quantitative Text Analysis (Prof. Stefan Müller), Kobe University, August, 2019.

Introduction to Social Research (Prof. Naoko Matsumura), Kobe University, Spring, 2019.