Zichen Hu researches risks and response strategies to the global information environment and how emerging digital platforms and technologies challenge governance and regulation, such as (geo)political challenges to Web3 and AI governance and their consequences for a transnational information ecosystem (e.g., disinformation dissemination and mobilisation). She has recently published the research article in the Journal of Information Technology and Politics: see https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2025.2453911