Rogier Creemers
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. R.J.E.H. Creemers
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2850
- r.j.e.h.creemers@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8803-4971
Rogier Creemers is a Lecturer in Modern Chinese Studies. With a background in Sinology and International Relations, and a PhD in Law, his research focuses on Chinese domestic digital technology policy, as well as China's growing importance in global digital affairs. He is the principal investigator of the NWO Vidi Project "The Smart State: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and the Law in China". For the Leiden Asia Centre, he directs a project on China and global cybersecurity, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is also a co-founder of DigiChina, a joint initiative with Stanford University and New America.
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Fields of interest
My main fields of interest concern Chinese law, regulation and policy surrounding digital technology, at home and abroad. More broadly, I engage with topics including Chinese legal and political ideology, organisational structuring and participation in global affairs.
Research
At present, I am in charge of two major projects. My Vidi project, "The Smart State" explores how China is increasingly using data-enabled governance means to adapt itself to the challenges of the 21st Century and create a more effective administration. The LAC project on China and global cybersecurity seeks to assess the impact the country has on diplomatic and technical governance processes worldwide.
Grants and awards
2017 - NWO Vidi Grant
2017 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Project Grant
2016 - Leiden Asia Centre Project Grant
2013 - NWO Rubicon Postdoctoral Scholarship
2009 - Visiting PhD Scholarship, China-EU School of Law
2004 - Academic China Exchange Scholarship
Assistant professor
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- SAS China
- Creemers R.J.E.H., Papagianneas S. & Knight A.D. (Eds.) (2023), The emergence of China's smart state. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2023), Introduction. In: Creemers R.J.E.H., Papagianneas S. & Knight A.D. (Eds.), The Emergence of China's Smart State. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1-7.
- Horsley J.P. & Creemers R.J.E.H. (2023), The cyberspace administration of China: a portrait. In: Creemers R.J.E.H., Papagianneas S. & Knight A.D. (Eds.), The Emergence of China's Smart State. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 9-34.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2023), Cybersecurity law and regulation in China: securing the Smart State, China Law and Society Review 6(2): 111-145.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2023), The Chinese conception of cybersecurity : a conceptual, institutional, and regulatory genealogy, Journal of Contemporary China 33(146): 173-188.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2023), Uneven coverage and blank spaces: bringing the state back in, Asiascape: Digital Asia 10(1-2): 137-152.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 2 January 2022, Is China straks de baas van de wereld?. Universiteit van Nederland [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2022), Review of: Sebastien Veg (2019), Minjian : the rise of China's grassroots intellectuals. Global Chinese culture. New York: Columbia University Press. The China Journal 88: 130-131.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2022), China’s emerging data protection framework, Journal of Cybersecurity 8(1): tyac011.
- Zhang S. & Creemers R.J.E.H. (2021), Russian perspectives on China as an actor in cyberspace. Leiden: Leiden Asia Centre.
- Voo J. & Creemers R.J.E.H. (2021), China’s role in digital standards for emerging technologies: impacts on the Netherlands and Europe. Leiden: Leiden Asia Centre.
- Creemers R.J.E.H., Bodurtha M., Forough M., Ghiasy R. & Lugt S. van der (2021), The Digital Silk Road: perspectives from affected countries. Leiden: Leiden Asia Centre.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (3 March 2021), The challenge of Chinese technology. Transatlantic dialogue on China. London: Royal United Services Institution. [web article].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2021), How Orwellian Is Chinas social credit system?, Schweizer Monatshefte : .
- Lee A., Sacks S., Creemers R.J.E.H., Shi M. & Webster G., China’s draft privact law adds platform self-governance, solidified CAC’s role. DigiChina (Stanford University). [blog entry].
- Toner H., Triolo P. & Creemers R.J.E.H., Experts examine China’s pioneering draft algorithm regulations. DigiChina (Stanford University ). [blog entry].
- Lee A., Shi M., Chen Q., Horsley J.P., Schaefer K., Creemers R.J.E.H. & Webster G., Seven major changes in China’s finalized personal information protection law. DigiChina (Stanford University). [blog entry].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 8 February 2021, China is heus niet geïnteresseerd in Kees Middelkoop uit Alphen. BNR Zakendoen [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 28 January 2021, De slag om het internet. VPRO tegenlicht future shock [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 11 March 2021, Ideology and law in Xi Jinping's China. Pekingology [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 16 March 2021, On Chinese foreign influence. ESJ insights [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 16 July 2021, China's new data security law and cyber sovereignty. Nordic Asia podcast [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 4 August 2021, Hoe machtig zijn de Chinese techgiganten (nog)?. BNR China Podcast [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 11 August 2021, Hoeveel technologie kopieert China eigenlijk (nog)?. BNR China podcast [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 18 August 2021, Hoeveel censuur is er op Chinese sociale media?. BNR China Podcast [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. 25 August 2021, Kan China technologisch zelfvoorzienend worden?. BNR China podcast [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2021), China's Cyber Governance Institutions. Leiden: LeidenAsiaCentre.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2021), Common Destiny in Cyberspace: China's Cyber Diplomacy. In: Pieke F.N. & Iwabushi K. (Eds.) Global East Asia Into the Twenty-First Century. Berkeley: UC Berkeley Press.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2020), Comment la Chine projette de devenir une cyber-puissance, Hérodote 177-178: 297-311.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2020), How China intends to become a “cyber power”, Hérodote 177-178(2-3): 297-311.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. & Trevaskes S. (2020), Ideology and organisation in Chinese law: towards a new paradigm for legality. In: Creemers R.J.E.H. & Trevaskes S. (Eds.), Law and the Party in China: Ideology and Organization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1-28.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2020), Party ideology and Chinese law. In: Creemers R.J.E.H. & Trevaskes S. (Eds.), Law and the Party in China: Ideology and Organization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 31-64.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. & Trevaskes S. (Eds.) (2020), Law and the Party in China: Ideology and Organization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2020), China’s conception of cyber sovereignty: rhetoric and realization. In: Broeders D. & Berg B. van den (Eds.), Governing Cyberspace: Behavior, Power, and Diplomacy. Digital Technologies and Global Politics. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. 107-142.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2020), China’s Approach to Cyber Sovereignty. Berlin: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2020), The Ideology Behind China's AI Strategy. London: Nesta.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. & Landsberger S.R. 13 May 2020, Zal de coronawaarheid ondanks de Chinese propaganda ooit boven water komen?. BNR China Podcast [podcast].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (1 December 2020), Chinese Disinformation: What Should Be Done?. Directions Cyber Digital Europe: EU Cyber Direct. [blog entry].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2019), The International and Foreign Policy Impact of China’s Artificial Intelligence and Big-Data Strategies. In: Wright N. (Ed.), Artificial Intelligence, China, Russia, and the Global Order: Technological, Political, Global, and Creative Perspectives. Fairchild Series. Alabama: Air University Press-Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center-Maxwell Air Force Base. 129-135.
- Broeders D.W.J., Adamson L. & Creemers R.J.E.H. (2019), A coalition of the unwilling? Chinese and Russian perspectives on cyberspace. The Hague: The Hague Program for Cyber Norms. [policy paper].
- Pieke F.N., d'Hooghe I.M.A. & Creemers R.J.E.H. (2019), Wees niet passief, doe als de Chinezen. NRC.nl.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2018), Disrupting the Chinese state: new actors and new factors, Asiascape: Digital Asia 5(3): 169-197.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2017), Cyber China: Upgrading Propaganda, Public Opinion Work and Social Management for the Twenty-First Century, Journal of Contemporary China 26(103): 85-100.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2017), Cyber-Leninism: the political culture of the Chinese internet. In: Price M. & Stremlau N. (Eds.), Speech and society in turbulent times: freedom of expression in comparative perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 255-273.
- Triolo P., Creemers R.J.E.H. & Webster G. (14 July 2017), China’s Ambitious Rules to Secure ‘Critical Information Infrastructure’. DigiChina: New America. [blog entry].
- Webster G., Creemers R.J.E.H., Triolo P. & Kania E. (1 August 2017), China’s Plan to ‘Lead’ in AI: Purpose, Prospects, and Problems. DigiChina: New America. [blog entry].
- Triolo P., Sacks S., Webster G. & Creemers R.J.E.H. (30 November 2017), China’s Cybersecurity Law One Year On: An Evolving and Interlocking Framework. DigiChina: New America. [blog entry].
- Webster G., Creemers R.J.E.H., Triolo P. & Meng J. (13 December 2017), Wang Huning’s Speech at the 4th World Internet Conference in Wuzhen. DigiChina: New America. [blog entry].
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2016), The Privilege of Speech and New Media: Conceptualizing China's Communications Law in the Internet Age. In: deLisle J., Goldstein A. & Yang G. (Eds.), The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 86-105.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2016), Cultural Products and the WTO: China's Domestic Censorship and Media Control Policies. In: Farah P.D. & Cima E. (Eds.), China's Influence on Non-Trade Concerns in International Economic Law. Global Law and Sustainable Development. Abingdon: Routledge. 363-372.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2016), The Chinese cyber-sovereignty agenda. In: Leonard M. (Ed.), Connectivity Wars: Why migration, finance and trade are the geo-economic battlegrounds of the future. London: European Council on Foreign Relations. 120-125.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2015), The Pivot in Chinese Cybergovernance: Integrating Internet Control in Xi Jinping's China, China Perspectives (4): 5-13.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2015), China's Constitutionalism Debate: Content, Context and Implications, The China Journal (74): 91-109.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2015), Never the twain shall meet? Rethinking China's public diplomacy policy, The Chinese Journal of Communication 8(3): 306-322.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2015), Review of: Potter P. (2013), China’s Legal System. Malden: Polity Press. China Perspectives (2): 63-64.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2015), Evaluating Chinese media policy: objectives and contradictions. In: Rawnsley G. & Rawnsley Ming-yeh (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media. Abingdon: Routledge. 65-82.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2015), Le pivot de la cybergouvemance chinoise: Intégrer le contrôle d'Internet dans la Chine de Xi Jinping, Perspectives Chinoises (4): 5-14.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2014), Review of: Stockmann D. (2012), Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The Chinese Journal of Communication 7(2): 253-255.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2013), Review of: Brady Anne-Marie (ed.) (2012), China's Thought Management. Abingdon: Routledge. International Journal of Communication 7: 1560-1564.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2012), Media control with Chinese characteristics. In: Price M., Verhulst S. & Morgan L. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Media Law. Routledge Handbooks. Abingdon: Routledge. 269-284.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2012), Marching In: China's Cultural Trade in Official and Press Discourse, China Perspectives (1): 29-37.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2 February 2012), Explaining Audiovisual Media Piracy in China: Media Control, Enforcement and Globalization (Dissertatie, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University). Supervisor(s): Kamperman Sanders Anselm.
- Prevost D., Choukroune L., Creemers R.J.E.H. & Huchet Jean-François (2011), EU-China Trade Relations. Brussels: Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union.
- Creemers R.J.E.H. (2009), The Effects of WTO Case DS362 on Audiovisual Media Piracy in China, European intellectual property review 31(6): 569-576.
- Kamperman Sanders A. & Creemers R.J.E.H. (2009), WTO's toenemende rol in normering van de intellectuele eigendom?, Intellectuele Eigendom en Reclamerecht 25(4): 173-176.