Shane Hsuan-Yu Lin

Shane Hsuan-Yu Lin is an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), and a Non-resident Associate at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His research bridges international security, technology, and foreign policy, with a regional emphasis on U.S.-Taiwan-China dynamics. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and advanced degrees from National Taiwan University.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Politics, University of Virginia
• M.A. in Political Science, National Taiwan University
• B.A. in Political Science, National Taiwan University

Research Interests: Dr. Lin investigates how social media and information technologies influence international conflict escalation and resolution. His work analyzes elite-public interactions in foreign policy formation, utilizing survey experiments and archival data. Key themes include the role of emerging media in security crises, Cross-Strait relations, and U.S.-China-Taiwan geopolitical strategies.

Awards and Fellowships:

• Fulbright Fellow (2016–2017)
• Best Master's Thesis Award, Taiwanese Political Science Association (2014)
• Pre-doctoral Fellowships: Harvard Fairbank Center (2021–2022) & University of Virginia Democratic Statecraft Lab (2019–2021)

Affiliated Labs/Teams: Non-resident Associate at Harvard Fairbank Center; past affiliations include the Democratic Statecraft Lab (University of Virginia) and IPSAS postdoctoral research.