My scholarship is driven by that core research question: How has China’s rise been transforming the world order, and with what consequences for the other stakeholders of the international system? My research addresses these topics:  Strategies of China as a rising superpower • President Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy programme, aka the Belt and Road Initiative. • China’s engagement in global public health. • China’s transnational diaspora policy and governance. • China’s digital diplomacy.  Consequences for the international system’s stakeholders • China’s growing influence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. • The formation of Chinese extra-territorial space and transnational diasporic communities. In relation to the momentous challenge posed by climate change, I am also investigating two interconnected issues of policymaking for sustainable living: global public health and the smart city.