Tom Speelman
Biographic Data
| ID | 241492 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Speelman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Speelman |
| SIGNATURE | SPEELMAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8690-7233 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Skilled Migrants Wanted? Policy Tensions in the Implementation of Shanghai's “New Talent Regime
As part of a geopolitical competition for talent, China is often portrayed as especially proactive in its state efforts to attract skilled migrants from around the world. In contrast to this outside view of technocratically executed talent schemes, this article investigates the contested implementation of China's skilled migration reforms in Shanghai, the country's top immigrant destination. It investigates the selective implementation of Shangha…
Unfortunate or Convenient? Contextualising China’s Covid-19 Border Restrictions
How China’s Online Nationalists Constrain Policymaking – the Case of Foreigners’ Permanent Residency Reform
Popular nationalism increasingly dominates public debate in mainland China. This article examines the impact of this trend on Chinese policymaking by looking at the public consultation procedure for new regulations on foreigners’ permanent residency in February 2020. Following an unexpectedly large online outcry of anti-immigrant sentiment in response to the draft regulations, government actors shelved the proposal, which constituted a long-delay…
Guest workers and development-security conflict
This article investigates the increasing development-security conflict in China's immigration management through the case of a policy trial regularizing Vietnamese labour migration in two Guangxi border cities. China's border regions host low-income immigrant labourers from neighbouring nations. In the 2010s, China launched a series of policy initiatives to regulate temporary and irregular migrant flows. Based on fieldwork and policy research, th…
Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions
As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completedthe RelationshipQuestionnaire(RQ), a self-reportmeasure of adult romanticattachment. Correlational analyses within each culture suggested that the Model of Self and the Model of Other scales of the RQ were psychometrically valid within most cultures. Contrary to expectations, the Model of Self and Model of Other dimensions …
Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions
As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completedthe RelationshipQuestionnaire(RQ), a self-reportmeasure of adult romanticattachment. Correlational analyses within each culture suggested that the Model of Self and the Model of Other scales of the RQ were psychometrically valid within most cultures. Contrary to expectations, the Model of Self and Model of Other dimensions …
How China’s Online Nationalists Constrain Policymaking – the Case of Foreigners’ Permanent Residency Reform
Popular nationalism increasingly dominates public debate in mainland China. This article examines the impact of this trend on Chinese policymaking by looking at the public consultation procedure for new regulations on foreigners’ permanent residency in February 2020. Following an unexpectedly large online outcry of anti-immigrant sentiment in response to the draft regulations, government actors shelved the proposal, which constituted a long-delay…
Guest workers and development-security conflict
This article investigates the increasing development-security conflict in China's immigration management through the case of a policy trial regularizing Vietnamese labour migration in two Guangxi border cities. China's border regions host low-income immigrant labourers from neighbouring nations. In the 2010s, China launched a series of policy initiatives to regulate temporary and irregular migrant flows. Based on fieldwork and policy research, th…
Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions
As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completedthe RelationshipQuestionnaire(RQ), a self-reportmeasure of adult romanticattachment. Correlational analyses within each culture suggested that the Model of Self and the Model of Other scales of the RQ were psychometrically valid within most cultures. Contrary to expectations, the Model of Self and Model of Other dimensions …
Unfortunate or Convenient? Contextualising China’s Covid-19 Border Restrictions
How China’s Online Nationalists Constrain Policymaking – the Case of Foreigners’ Permanent Residency Reform
Popular nationalism increasingly dominates public debate in mainland China. This article examines the impact of this trend on Chinese policymaking by looking at the public consultation procedure for new regulations on foreigners’ permanent residency in February 2020. Following an unexpectedly large online outcry of anti-immigrant sentiment in response to the draft regulations, government actors shelved the proposal, which constituted a long-delay…
Guest workers and development-security conflict
This article investigates the increasing development-security conflict in China's immigration management through the case of a policy trial regularizing Vietnamese labour migration in two Guangxi border cities. China's border regions host low-income immigrant labourers from neighbouring nations. In the 2010s, China launched a series of policy initiatives to regulate temporary and irregular migrant flows. Based on fieldwork and policy research, th…
Skilled Migrants Wanted? Policy Tensions in the Implementation of Shanghai's “New Talent Regime
As part of a geopolitical competition for talent, China is often portrayed as especially proactive in its state efforts to attract skilled migrants from around the world. In contrast to this outside view of technocratically executed talent schemes, this article investigates the contested implementation of China's skilled migration reforms in Shanghai, the country's top immigrant destination. It investigates the selective implementation of Shangha…
Political science (4 works) · China (3 works) · China's Global Influence and Migration (3 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Immigration policy (2 works) · Law (2 works)