[Chern.fsw] New article "Science, Foreign Policy, and Corporate Global China"

[Jeffrey Henderson]

Many thanks for alerting us to this, Lena. I look forward to reading it.

Jeff


Jeffrey Henderson
Professor Emeritus of International Development
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
University of Bristol​

Email: Jeffrey.henderson at bristol.ac.uk<mailto:Jeffrey.henderson at bristol.ac.uk>
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Jeffrey-Henderson-59d34c34-1c21-49a6-89cd-22c516f93b87/

Vice-Chair, China in Europe Research Network (CHERN)
https://china-in-europe.net



________________________________
From: Chern.fsw <chern.fsw-bounces at listserver.vu.nl> on behalf of KAUFMANN Lena <lena.kaufmann at unifr.ch>
Sent: 20 November 2025 09:50
To: _list_chern.fsw <chern.fsw at listserver.vu.nl>
Subject: [Chern.fsw] New article "Science, Foreign Policy, and Corporate Global China"

Dear colleagues,

I would like to share my new article on Chinese industry-research collaborations. This article has greatly benefited from the insights of several CHERN members who have written about related topics in other European contexts.

The article is open access:
"Science, Foreign Policy, and Corporate Global China: Industry-Science Collaborations in Switzerland<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11024-025-09611-0>"

It is part of the upcoming interdisciplinary special issue "Science and Foreign Policy in China’s Global Engagement<https://link.springer.com/collections/eihjgadhhf>", which may also be of interest.

Abstract
Against the backdrop of the Chinese government's efforts to become a global science and technology leader, the Sino-American trade war, and debates around Chinese technology firms, this article contributes a qualitative, empirical investigation of the complex nature of Chinese industry-science collaboration abroad. It investigates how science, foreign policy and corporate globalization policies have unfolded in practice on-and under-the ground, leading to multi-faceted collaborations between a Chinese company's research and development (R&D) department and foreign research institutions. This article focuses on the case of Huawei Technologies in Switzerland, in particular on the company's 5G Joint Innovation Center and the Huawei Zurich Research Center. Switzerland is a particularly interesting case because the country hosts numerous international organizations and continental Europe's top university, and has long played an important role as a Chinese diplomatic, scientific, and economic gateway to Europe. Methodologically, the article draws on ethnographic, media, and documentary research conducted between 2019 and 2023, including observations and interviews with Swiss and Chinese experts in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field. Drawing attention to the complex interconnection between the two countries' economic, political, and scientific interests, the article argues that science is both impacted by foreign policy and used to impact policy abroad, making it a key arena for understanding China's global engagement.

I look forward to your feedback.

Thank you and best wishes,

Lena




_______________________________________________

Dr. Lena Kaufmann (she/her)
SNSF Ambizione Fellow, Head of Ambizione project “Digital Agriculture<https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/216361>”
Department of Social Sciences, Social Anthropology Unit
University of Fribourg, Switzerland
lena.kaufmann at unifr.ch | www.unifr.ch/anthropos<http://www.unifr.ch/anthropos>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://listserver.vu.nl/pipermail/chern.fsw/attachments/20251120/99837fa2/attachment-0001.html>