Dr. Esther Song

How does China signal foreign policy intentions to domestic and international audiences during territorial conflicts? While China can signal its resolve by provoking nationalism at home, doing so may risk appearing threatening to neighbouring countries in the region. We argue that China resolves the dilemma by sending different types of messages to domestic and international audiences.

Evidence shows a growing trend of chief executives personalising power in autocracies and democracies. Yet, scholarly focus remains siloed according to regime type. This Working Paper presents an overarching framework on the “Personalisation of Executive Power,” identifying the involved mechanisms.

Organiser: Ewha Womans University Dr. Esther Song (Speaker)

Talk given at Computational Social Science Workshop, Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul South Korea. The talk focused on introducing graduate students at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) at Ewha Womans University on how computational social science methods can be used in political science research. Examples were drawn from Dr. Song's recent research published or forthcoming in Journal of Chinese Political Science, Asian Survey, and Korea Observer.

ECPR General Conference 2023, Charles University, Prague Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Esther Song (Speaker)

Dr. Esther Song presents her paper "Personnel Management as a Credible Commitment Mechanism: Evidence from North Korea" at the ECPR General Conference 2023 in Prague. The presentation is part of the panel " Personalisation and regime legitimacy in autocracies", chaired by her. Co-Chair is GIGA expert Dr. André Bank.