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China

Vincent Brussee

Vincent Brussee is an expert on China’s social credit system and author of ‘Social credit’. He is founder of the Reading China Better database, and frequently appears in international media outlets.

Research interests

  • Social credit system
  • Digital surveillance and governance
  • Policy
  • Government transparancy
  • Methodology

About Vincent Brussee

Vincent Brussee is a PhD Candidate at Leiden University. He specialises in the application of data science to analyse Chinese policy and governance. He is the author of “Social Credit” (Palgrave Macmillan 2023), which critically analyses China’s social credit system and Chinese government approaches to controversial topics like digital surveillance. His book provides an explanation to the processes behind China’s adoption of digital technologies in governance, and its limits. His analyses have been featured in dozens of international news outlets. He is also founder of the Reading China Better database, an extensive database on Chinese government policy documents. Previously, he worked as an analyst at German thinktank MERICS.

See also:

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/vincent-brussee