Outreach & Speaking
Invited talk
Disruptive Technologies, Innovation, and Governance Track 1.5 Dialogue, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
"China’s AI Future: Innovation or Illusion?" Leiden Asia Centre 10th Anniversary, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands (2026)
"China’s understandings of AI risks." Symposium: Chinese Digital Technologies and Governance, China Knowledge Network, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, The Hague, Netherlands (2026).
“AI and Great Power Competition.” EPOS Seminar on International Affairs at the University of Bologna (2026).
"Assessing normative alignment between China and the Global South in AI governance." Seminário Permanente sobre o Estado e o Estudo do Direito (SPEED - Permanent Seminar on Legal Studies), Lisbon, Portugal (2026)
"The AutoNorms workshop – Artificial intelligence in the military domain and changing international norms." School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2026).
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Workshop “Artificial Intelligence: New questions and challenges for political research agenda”, Colchester, UK (2026).
"China as a new norm-maker? Assessing China’s influence on AI governance in the Global South" RSIS Workshop on AI’s Impact on China’s Security Strategy and Asian Regional Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2026).
"Unpacking the relationship between China and the UK in global AI governance." Korea Foundation-Japan Foundation Joint Workshop - Minilateralism: Challenges and Opportunities for Global North Middle Powers, The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2025).
"Governing autonomous weapon systems in a multi-order world: China, the US, and competing visions of the ‘good life’."AGMOW Workshop - Narratives of Orders: Resilience and Governance in the Multi-Order World, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (2025).
"Unpacking Chinese normativity in human protection: A communities of practice perspective." The Future of Human Protection: Principles, Actors, and Practices in a Post-liberal World, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2025).
Conference presentation
2026
European International Studies Association Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
British International Studies Association Annual Conference, Brighton, UK
2025
European International Studies Association Pan European Conference, Bologna, Italy
European Workshops in International Studies, Krakow, Poland
The 22nd Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC), Beijing, China
The interdisciplinary workshop “Who Are ‘Humans’ in Military AI?”, Utrecht, Netherlands
British International Studies Association Annual Conference, Belfast, UK
International Studies Association Annual Convention, Chicago, US
2024
Script Workshop Sharpening Analytic Instruments of Narrative Contestation During Conflicts, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Emerging Scholars on Emerging Technologies in International Security Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark
European International Studies Association Pan European Conference, Lille, France
European Workshops in International Studies, Istanbul, Turkey
International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, US
British International Studies Association Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK
2023
British International Studies Association Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK
International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada
Workshop on Early Warning and Prevention of Atrocity Crimes, Coventry University, UK
2022
Early Career Researcher workshop, Manchester China Institute, UK
European International Studies Association Pan European Conference, Athens, Greece
British International Studies Association Annual Conference, Newcastle, UK
International Studies Association Annual Convention, online
PhD Panel, Critical Global Politics Cluster, University of Manchester, online
2021
5th Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice Conference, online
7th Joint ISA-ECPR-APSA Human Rights and Foreign Policy Conference, online
Research Away Session, Critical Global Politics Cluster, University of Manchester, online
Media interview
Invited Interviewee, The Agenda (CGTN): Panel discussion titled “EU Slows Down AI Act: Innovation Boost or Safety Backslide?”, hosted by Juliet Mann. Broadcast on 23 November 2025.
Podcast
Qiaochu Zhang, WarPod #9 The Future of Human Protection. The WarPod podcast, Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark, 2025.
Qiaochu Zhang, WarPod #8: President Trump and US Foreign Policy. The WarPod podcast, Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark, 2024.