Daniel Thumpston
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Key information
- Roles
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Qualifications
- BA (Leicester), MSc (Manchester)
- Email address
- dt45@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- The digital silk road in the EU: Securitisation and the delegitimation of Chinese economic power
- Internal Supervisors
- Dr Matthew Eagleton-Pierce & Dr Yuka Kobayashi
Biography
Dan is a PhD candidate in the department of Politics and International Studies.
Prior to his doctoral studies he worked in consulting and education roles in the UK and China. He teaches/has taught on the following modules at SOAS: International Relations of East Asia, Globalising East Asia, Politics of the World Economy, China and International Politics.
Research interests
I am interested in Chinese (economic) statecraft through digital and technology sector investments and infrastructure projects, and how conceptions of power and security explain its international dynamics