Dr. Jingyu Wang

Media ethics, philosophy of technology & AI

Jingyu Wang has been an EU Campus Fellow of Doshisha University and a Visiting Researcher at IZEW, University of Tübingen, since April 2026. She studied Intercultural German Studies in China and Germany and Media Studies in Japan. Her research focuses on human–AI interaction, affectively designed chatbots, and relationships between humans and conversational AI from an intercultural perspective.

Research Focus Areas

Human–AI Interaction
Media and Technology Studies
Digital Intimacy
AI Companionship
Sociolinguistics

Career

03. 2026	PhD. in Media Studies Doshisha University, Graduate School of Social Studies (Dissertation Title) Liquid Intimacy: On the Relational Dynamics Between Humans and Conversational AI
03. 2020	M.A. in Media Studies Doshisha University, Graduate School of Social Studies (Thesis Title) Forms of Connection Between Artificial Agents and Humans: A Case Study of the Virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI
06. 2017	M.A. in Literature Beijing Foreign Studies University, Department of German Studies (double degree with Georg August Universität Göttingen)
05. 2017	M.A. in Intercultural German Studies (Germany‐China) Georg August Universität Göttingen, Faculty of Humanities (double degree with Beijing Foreign Studies University)
07. 2014	B.A. German Studies Beijing Foreign Studies University, Department of German Studies