معرفی
Dr. Yuan He serves as Lecturer (Teaching) at UCL Institute for Global Prosperity within The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London. She leads the MSc Global Prosperity program and co-directs the Asian Prosperity Hub, focusing on feminist democracy and development trajectories in China, India, and South Korea.
Her educational foundation includes:
- PhD in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
- MPhil in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
- MA in Industrial Economics, Nanjing University
- BA in International Applied Social Sciences, Nanjing University
Her research critically examines how women's political participation drives structural change in Asian authoritarian contexts, challenging purely economic development models. She documents everyday politics through fieldwork in rural India and China, emphasizing prosperity beyond GDP metrics.
Recent publications unexpectedly bridge social sciences and computational methods, featuring machine learning applications in control theory and safe reinforcement learning—suggesting emergent interdisciplinary collaborations.
Recognition includes:
- UKIERI funding award (2024) for 'Building Transformative Research Capabilities of Master's Students in Sustainability' with IIT Delhi
She mentors MSc dissertation students while securing international grants, and has delivered gender training to 1,000+ corporate employees across Asia. Her media presence includes 40,000-view YouTube talks and commentary for Hong Kong Phoenix TV.
As co-editor of UCL Press's 'Global Prosperity Thought and Practice' series and co-convener of 2024's 'Alternative Imaginaries: Feminist Politics in the Global South' conference, she actively shapes decolonial academic discourse.
