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ABOUT ME
Dr. Lei Hao obtained his PhD in Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Lei's research is situated at the intersection of technicity and the process of identity formation, delving into the crucial connection between subjectivity and the use of media technology. His work critically examines how the use of media technology influences the way in which people construct and express their identities. In particular, Lei investigates how these technological dynamics affect the materialization of subject formation.
Based on his academic research, Dr Hao has worked closely with the industry to make direct knowledge exchange. With over six years of entrepreneurial experience in China and the UK, Dr Hao's professional background includes being the Head of Chinese Operations at IOHK, an engineering company that builds blockchain technology. He is the founder of Access Digital Ltd, a consultancy company that provides insights into areas of marketing and technology. He has also founded Yuanju Technology Ltd, a software engineering company that builds applications for computational media.
Since 2012 he has been teaching Communications and Technology at the University of Leicester, University of Bedfordshire, and University College Dublin. Currently, he is the module convenor of Communication and Culture (INCM1030 UNNC) at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Dr Hao also serves as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Mobile Studies, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Research Fellow at the Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
PUBLICATIONS
Minzu as Technology: The Questions of Ethnic Identity in China
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Ethnic Identity Formation in China
Virtual Gifting on China’s Live Streaming Platforms
An Emerging Technocracy with Blockchain Technology for Decentralised Politics? A Case of the Appropriation of Blockchain Technology in China
TALKS & MEDIA
Dr.Hao gives talks, moderates panels, and appears on TV shows & podcasts regularly. Please use the contact form to get in touch about a speaking engagement. We look forward to hearing from you!
IOHK China attends IFIC to bridge Cardano closer with Chinese market
Informed by his empirical research on the intersections of emerging technologies, human behaviour, innovation, regulation, values, risk and ethics, Dr.Hao speaks to audiences around the world about how to make sense of technology and how it impacts and shapes our current and future socio-economic and socio-cultural lives.
PAST EVENTS
"Mediation and Authenticity on Ethnicity: A Study on the Chinese Concept of Minzu and its Representation in Social Media", Ethnicity and Race in Communication, 73rd Annual ICA Conference, Toronto, May 27, 2023
"A genealogical investigation on the construction of the subject of Minzu on Sibe", ICA 2023 preconference "Ethics of Critically Interrogating and Reconceptualizing Culture”, Toronto, May 25, 2023
"The Convergence of Cultures: Structural Similarities between Tibetan New Wave Cinema and the New Northeast Chinese Cinema in the Post-2000s PRC", Futures of Chinese Cinemas Conference, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, May 20, 2023
"Hybridity in a Discourse of Multiculturalism: The Third Space in Pema Tseden's Cinematic Representations of Tibet", Pema Tseden Art Seminar, School of Film Art, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, Dec 13, 2022
"民族主体与生成媒体：浅论民族主体的时间性结构", 第二届媒介人类学研究会议, 大理大学， 云南大理 ，2022年6月19日
“Streaming Platform: A Case Study in Studying Cultural Industries ” Researching Communications, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, November 22, 2021
"To Understand the Politics of Ethnic Signifier from Minority Nationalities Films to Ethnic Minority Language Films in China”, Understand the Creative Industries, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, November 1, 2021
“The Issue of Race and Ethnicity in China”, Decolonizing the University: Translating Theory into Practice round-table series, University of Nottingham UK and the University of Connecticut, Oct 25, 2021
“Introducing Cultural Studies and Critical theories ” Researching Communications, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, Oct 11, 2021
"Contextualisation: Doing Cultural Studies in the Digital Age", 2021 Young Researcher Leadership Summit, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, July 13, 2021
“The Concretisation of Blockchain Technology in Chinese Technoliberalist Crypto Space”, The Migration Conference 2021, London, July 8, 2021
“Why We Need Reflective Thinking”, GiGroup Executive Training Programme, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, May 21, 2021
“The Affect of Media Technology on the Discourses of Ethnicity in PRC: From Seventeen Period to the Millennium,” 100 Years of Chinese Film& Screen: Past, Present, and Futures, UNNC, May 14, 2021
“Blockchain Technology Hijacked by Bitcoin”, The Digital Economy Lecture of Advanced Technologies and their impact on Business, Business School, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, April 20, 2021
“Media, Race and Ethnicity in PRC”, Lecture on Media and Texts: Culture, International Communications, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, March 30, 2021
“An Emerging Technocracy with Blockchain Technology for Decentralised Politics? A Case of the Appropriation of Blockchain Technology in China ”, IAMCR, Tampere University, Jul 13, 2020
“The Implementation of Blockchain Technology in China,” 15th ITS Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Bangkok, Oct 29, 2019
“The Appropriation of the Technology and Concept of Bitcoin in China: What It Facilitates in the Social Level,” New York University Shanghai, Sep 23, 2019
“Online Gifting Practices on China’s Live Streaming Platforms” The Platformization of Chinese Society Conference, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, April 12, 2018
“Platformization, Digital Capitalism and Live Streaming Technology in China: The Rise and the Fall of Hanmai Live Streaming Performances in China ” VIRAL/GLOBAL Popular Cultures and Social Media Conference, University of Westminster, London, UK, Sept 13, 2017
“Rhizomatic Connection and Situated Becoming in Chinese Ethnic Minorities Digital Self-led Ethnogenesis,” MeCCSA-PGN 2012 Conference, University of Loughborough, UK, Sep17, 2012