Elaine Jing Zhao

Deans Research Award for Best Monograph by an Early Career Researcher in the category of Academic Excellence, in recognition of the book Digital China's Informal Circuits: Platforms, Labour and Governance (London and New York: Routledge, 2019).

Committee Feedback: Digital China’s Informal Circuits is a highly original and intellectually energetic work that treats an understudied topic - the imbrication of informal circuits and formal economic structures in China's digital media economy. Well written, highly engaging, and thought provoking, it tackles a subject of immense importance to the contemporary world, while holding significance well beyond its immediate topic.