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Steven Jiawei Hai

Steven Jiawei Hai

PhD student

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Steven Jiawei Hai is a PhD candidate in Political Science. His research primarily focuses on the political economy of emerging technology, inclusive innovation, and digital entrepreneurship in China and global techno economies. His work has been published (forthcoming) in the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Global Policy Journal, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Special Report, and LSE IDEAS. He received research grant/award from Universities’ China Committee in London (UCCL), Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) by China in Europe Research Network (CHERN) at European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST), and teaching development grant from The University of Hong Kong, among others. He was a visiting scholar at Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2022), and Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER), New York University Shanghai (2021).

Steven obtained his BA in International Politics from the University of International Relations (UIR), Beijing, and MA in International Political Economy from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Prior to King's, he held academic positions at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong. He is the co-founder and policy director of Fatdoods NFT.

Research

Thesis title: 'Flourishing an Innovation Tomorrowland: Developmental State and High-Tech Park in China'

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King's researchers comment on the outcomes of the UK AI Safety Summit

Members of the King’s Institute for AI community share thoughts on the AI Safety Summit outcomes

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Expectations for the AI Safety Summit

What do members of the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence community expect from the upcoming summit?

A person with their hands on a laptop keyboard is looking at something happening over their screen with a worried expression. They are white, have shoulder length dark hair and wear a green t-shirt. The overall image is illustrated in a warm, sketchy, cartoon style.  Floating in front of the person are three small green illustrations representing different industries. On the left is a hospital building, in the middle is a bus, and on the right is a siren with small lines coming off it to indicate that it is flashing or making noise. Between the person and the images representing industries is a small character representing artificial intelligence made of lines and circles in green and red (like nodes and edges on a graph) who is standing with its ‘arms’ and ‘legs’ stretched out, and two antenna sticking up. A similar pattern of nodes and edges is on the laptop screen in front of the person, as though the character has jumped out of their screen.

Study examines the entrepreneurs behind China's billion-dollar businesses

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China map