Lexuan Wang

PhD Student
Institute of Political Communication Studies
School of Government and Public Affairs
Communication University of China

Panel on “International Political Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”

Organized the panel “International Political Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” during the 19th Annual Conference of the Chinese Community of Political Science and International Relations. Invited young doctoral students from Peking University, China Foreign Affairs University, East China Normal University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Communication University of China, and other institutions to discuss the re-politicization of international communication, AI governance norms, strategic narratives and technological competition, and Confucian thought and international organizations. Discussants included Associate Professor Zhang Chang (Communication University of China), Mr. Song Guoxin (Jilin University), and Ms. Wu Huanqiong (Beijing Language and Culture University).

Conference poster
Speaking at the panel At the conference venue

Academic Salons & Reading Groups

Political Communication Café Salon, Issue 7 The Publicness of International Public Opinion: Rereading Carr and Morgenthau

  • Speaker · Political Communication Café Salon (Issue 7), co-hosted with the “Communication and Governance” Reading Workshop (Issue 28), presenting Prof. Jing Xuemin’s A New Political Communication Studies. November 2024, Communication University of China. [Event recap]

  • Speaker / Participant · A reading group self-organized by Communication University of China’s Communication PhD students, in which I participate regularly. Served as speaker on “The Publicness of International Public Opinion: Rethinking the Classical Realist View of Public Opinion — Rereading E.H. Carr and Hans Morgenthau.” December 2025.

  • Chair · “Zhengqingnian” Paper Writing Workshop on Media Technology and Governance, on the topic “How Disinformation Undermines the Legitimacy of UN Peacekeeping Operations — A Two-Step Flow Perspective,” presented by Wu Huanqiong (Beijing Language and Culture University), with discussant Zhang Chang (Communication University of China). June 2026, Communication University of China. [Event recap]

  • Participant · Civilizational Communication and Academic Writing Workshop (1st session), on the topic “Civilizational Views, Historical Narratives, and World Order.” December 2025, Communication University of China.

Academic Conferences

  • 19th Annual Conference of the Chinese Community of Political Science and International Relations, Tsinghua University (July 2026)
  • 4th International Conference on Publishing Education, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication (June 2026)
  • ICA 2026 Beijing Regional Conference, Tsinghua University (June 2026)
  • 8th China Forum on Political Communication Studies, Communication University of China (May 2026)
  • 2nd Forum on International Political Linguistics, China Foreign Affairs University (December 2025)
  • 7th China Forum on Political Communication Studies, Chongqing University (May 2025)
  • 7th Youth Scholars Forum on International Relations, China National Association for International Studies, Nanjing University (May 2025)
  • Forum on Discourse and Narrative Research on the Three Global Initiatives, Renmin University of China (May 2025)
  • 8th Workshop on the Theory and Application of Historical Political Science and Historical Institutionalism, Renmin University of China (April 2025)
  • 17th Annual Conference of the Chinese Community of Political Science and International Relations, Tsinghua University (July 2024)

Academic Training

  • 5th (South and Southeast Asia) Graduate Summer School on Frontiers and Methods in International Communication Theory, Central South University (August 2026)
  • 2026 Summer Workshop on National Security Strategy Studies, Renmin University of China (July 2026)
  • 15th Graduate Summer School on “New Media and Just Communication in the Global Information Society”, Fudan University (July 2026)
  • 10th Workshop on Innovations in International Relations Theory, Tsinghua University (January 2026)
  • 4th Workshop on “Theorizing Area Studies”, Tsinghua University (January 2026)
  • 9th Workshop on Innovations in International Relations Theory, Tsinghua University (January 2025)
  • 3rd Workshop on “Theorizing Area Studies”, Tsinghua University (January 2025)
  • Peking University Summer School on Creative Communication Management, Peking University (August 2024)

Academic collaboration inquiries welcome: wanglexuan@cuc.edu.cn