Susan L. Burns is a Professor at the University of Chicago, where she holds appointments in the Department of History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and The College. She currently serves as Department Chair and Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee. Education: PhD, University of Chicago (1994) Her research focuses on Japan’s nineteenth-century social history, emphasizing intellectual and cultural practices, the intersection of medicine and public health, gender analysis, and legal discourses. She explores continuities between Japan’s early modern and modern eras, particularly how medical and legal frameworks shaped national identity. Recent publications span leprosy’s impact on citizenship, the rise of medical marketplaces, and gendered dimensions of reproductive health. Her digital humanities work on Mapping Medical Tokyo integrates GIS and text mining for historical analysis. Scientific Awards: Fulbright-Hays Fellowship IIE Fulbright Japan Foundation Japan Society for the Promotion of Science National Endowment for the Humanities She has secured grants for research on medical commodities, psychiatric practices, and the spatial dimensions of Meiji-era health policies. Her courses include Gender and Japanese History and Medicine and Culture in East Asia .
Dr. Winnie Yip is a Professor of the Practice of Global Health Policy and Economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She serves as Faculty Director of the China Health Partnership and recently concluded her role as Acting Director at Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Previously, she was a Professor at the University of Oxford and led the Global Health Policy Program. She holds a PhD in Economics from MIT and a BA from UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on systemic healthcare interventions, policy design, and aging populations' impact on health systems. She collaborates closely with governments and international agencies like the World Bank and WHO, advising on reforms in Asia. Her work emphasizes equitable access, health system efficiency, and innovative eldercare solutions. Dr. Yip’s academic leadership includes roles as past President of the International Health Economics Association and editorial positions at journals like Social Science & Medicine . Her grants include funding from NSF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and EU Commission. Key areas of study include telemedicine, long-term care financing, and healthcare delivery in low-income regions.
Yuhua Wang serves as the Ford Foundation Professor of Modern China Studies within Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Government. His scholarly work establishes him as a leading authority on Chinese political development, state capacity, and historical institutional analysis across imperial and contemporary contexts. His academic foundation includes: B.A. from Peking University Ph.D. from the University of Michigan Professor Wang's research program integrates comparative politics with Chinese studies through core interests in bureaucracy , institutions , judiciary and public law , political economy & development , political geography , and state-society relations . He employs a methodological triad of historical , qualitative , and quantitative approaches to analyze China's political evolution. His work uniquely bridges macro-historical patterns with contemporary governance challenges, particularly examining how historical legacies shape modern state capacity and institutional resilience in authoritarian contexts. Analysis of his publication trajectory reveals consistent focus on state development mechanisms, with increasing sophistication in comparative historical methodology. Recent work demonstrates expanded geographic scope beyond China while maintaining analytical depth in imperial political economy. His research shows growing integration of cross-national datasets with deep historical case studies, reflecting broader trends in political science toward mixed-method designs for complex institutional analysis. His distinguished recognition includes: 2023 Lubbert Best Book Award in Comparative Politics from the American Political Science Association for The Rise and Fall of Imperial China Harvard College Professor appointment (2025) Professor Wang maintains active research leadership through extensive publication in premier journals including American Political Science Review and Comparative Political Studies , with significant contributions to theoretical frameworks like State-in-Society 2.0. His work generates substantial policy-relevant insights on corruption, judicial review, and urban governance in China. As a core faculty member in Harvard's Government Department, he contributes to the university's intellectual ecosystem through cross-disciplinary collaboration and participation in research initiatives focused on Asian political development, though specific lab affiliations are not documented in available sources.
Professor Wei Cui is a distinguished scholar at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, where he joined the faculty in 2013. His expertise spans tax law and policy, international taxation, and Chinese legal studies, with significant contributions to understanding the intersection of tax policy, climate change, and global economic governance. Professor Cui's educational background includes a BA from Harvard College, an MA in Philosophy from Tufts University, a JD from Yale Law School, and an LLM in Taxation from New York University School of Law. He maintains strong institutional affiliations with the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, Centre for Chinese Research, and Centre for Business Law at UBC. Professor Cui's research focuses on tax law and policy with particular emphasis on international taxation, carbon pricing mechanisms, Chinese fiscal systems, and the relationship between tax policy and development. His work bridges theoretical insights with practical applications in tax administration, examining how tax systems function in different political and economic contexts. He has made significant contributions to understanding China's tax system and its implications for developing countries, as well as analyzing innovative approaches to carbon pricing and digital taxation. His recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward addressing contemporary challenges in tax policy, particularly the intersection of taxation with climate change mitigation and digital economy regulation. Professor Cui's research on carbon contracts for difference, output-based pricing systems, and digital services tax reflects his engagement with pressing policy questions facing Canada and the international community. Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Professor Cui has engaged in significant scholarly supervision and research collaboration, with his work supporting numerous graduate students and research projects. His professional background includes over 10 years of tax law practice with global law firms in New York and Beijing, service as Senior Tax Counsel at the China Investment Corporation (2009-2010), and consultancy roles with China's National People's Congress, Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation, and the United Nations. Professor Cui maintains active research laboratories and teams focused on comparative tax systems, with particular attention to China's fiscal development and its implications for global tax governance. His current research projects examine the evolution of international tax design as part of the post-WWII international economic order and tax/subsidy policies designed to combat climate change and support innovation.
Weijia Rao is an Associate Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, located at 765 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. With a robust scholarly profile evidenced by 12 published papers with over 2,150 total downloads and 5 total citations, Professor Rao maintains an active research agenda in international legal studies. Professor Rao's research focuses primarily on international investment law, with particular expertise in investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms, bilateral investment treaties, and international arbitration. Their work examines the intersection of domestic politics and international investment law, the effects of foreign investors' challenges to domestic regulations, and the role of national security considerations in international legal frameworks. A significant portion of their research analyzes China's engagement with international investment law and WTO frameworks, as well as the dynamics of arbitrator behavior in ICSID proceedings. The scholarly output demonstrates a clear trend toward examining the practical implications of international investment law on domestic regulatory sovereignty, with recent work increasingly focusing on national security dimensions of international law. Professor Rao's research employs empirical methodologies to analyze how international legal frameworks interact with domestic political processes and economic outcomes, contributing valuable evidence-based insights to ongoing debates about reforming international investment law systems. Professor Rao has established productive research collaborations with scholars from institutions including University of Chicago Law School, University of Miami, and Brigham Young University. Their publications appear in prestigious venues such as the Harvard International Law Journal, Yale Journal of International Law, and Journal of Legal Studies, reflecting the high quality and impact of their scholarship.
Dr. Olivia Cheung is a Lecturer in Politics at the Department of European & International Studies, King’s College London. She holds multiple affiliations including China Fellow at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Affiliate of the Lau China Institute, and Michael Moran Associate Editor for Government and Opposition . Her academic background includes an MPhil and DPhil (PhD) in Politics from the University of Oxford, where she was a Swire Scholar and Rhodes Scholar. Prior to her current position, she served as a Research Fellow at SOAS China Institute and Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick, directing the MA in International Politics and East Asia. Her research focuses on Chinese politics and foreign policy, Xi Jinping Thought, comparative political leadership, international orders, and authoritarianism. Key projects explore domestic-political intersections in China’s foreign strategy and its global rise. She has contributed to prominent journals like China Quarterly , Third World Quarterly , and Pacific Affairs , with her work featured in The Economist , New York Times , and BBC documentaries. Dr. Cheung co-authored The Political Thought of Xi Jinping (Oxford UP, 2024), a Financial Times-recognized title, and Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics (Amsterdam UP, 2023). She is also working on a forthcoming book on China’s global strategy. Her awards include the Swire and Rhodes scholarships, reflecting her academic excellence. She actively advises media and participates in strategic dialogues (Tracks 1.5/2), and her research on China’s international strategy is part of the Geoeconomics and Technology Initiative at King’s College London.
Soojin Oh Park is an Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences & Human Development department at the University of Washington College of Education. Her research focuses on equity-driven improvements in early childhood education, family literacy engagement with Dual Language Learners (DLLs), and culturally grounded parenting practices. Ed.D., Human Development and Education, Harvard University M.Ed., Educational Policy and Analysis, Harvard University M.S.Ed., Learning, Teaching, and Literacies, University of Pennsylvania B.A., Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Park’s interdisciplinary work combines qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches to address gaps in early childhood education (ECE) and parenting, emphasizing: Family literacy engagement for DLLs’ language and literacy development Culturally sustaining pedagogy to amplify family strengths Equity-oriented reforms in ECE systems and policies Her publications span topics like heritage language maintenance, culturally responsive assessment, and the impact of immigration policy on child development, often utilizing advanced methodologies such as machine learning. Awards include the SRCD Federal Policy Fellowship and Best Article of the Year from the Journal of School Psychology. Outstanding Research Paper Award (Korean American Educational Research Association) Distinguished Paper Award (Washington Educational Research Association) Best Article of the Year Award (Journal of School Psychology) Emerging Scholar Fellowship (National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families) Park leads projects such as FAMILY (Fathers And Mothers Investing in Learning of Young Children) and BASECAMP (Bolstering Asian Students in Early Childhood by Advancing Multilingual Pedagogies). She teaches courses on language and literacy learning, bilingual development, and parenting impacts on early education.
Miriam Wilhelm is a Full Professor of Sustainable Supply Chain Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), where she contributes to Sustainability and Purchasing modules. She previously held a Full Professor position at the University of Groningen (2010-2022) and served as Academic Director for MSc programmes. Her research focuses on multi-tier supply chains, governance of sustainability, and human rights in global supply networks. She has published in top journals like Journal of Operations Management and Organization Science , and currently serves as Associate Editor at the Journal of Supply Chain Management . Her recent work explores forced labor mitigation via social intermediaries, plural sourcing for CSR, and mandatory due diligence legislation. She has received multiple Best Paper awards at Academy of Management Conferences (2016, 2018, 2020). Key Research Themes : Governance of supply chain sustainability Decent work and human rights Multi-tier supply chain complexity Education : Doctoral degree from Freie Universität Berlin; visiting researcher at University of Tokyo, Meiji University, and University of Melbourne. Activities : Regular speaker at Academy of Management Annual Meetings and other global conferences.
Eunsil Oh serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Letters & Science, where she teaches courses including Gender, Work, and Family in East Asia; Introduction to Sociology of Gender; and Social Change in Contemporary Korea. Education: PhD in Sociology, Harvard University (2018) Her research employs qualitative methodologies to investigate how gender norms, social class, and institutional frameworks influence women's employment and fertility decisions in East Asia, with particular focus on South Korea's highly educated female population. She examines cultural constructions of work devotion, childcare expectations, and family policy impacts through narrative analysis of personal experiences. Analysis of her 2018-2025 publications reveals consistent scholarly engagement with maternal employment patterns, parental leave systems, and gender norm evolution across East Asian contexts. Her work increasingly incorporates comparative frameworks examining South Korea alongside the United States, Spain, and Singapore, highlighting how overwork cultures and class dynamics reshape traditional gender roles. No scientific awards were documented in available sources. Faculty profile materials provided no details regarding graduate student advising responsibilities or externally funded research grants.
Konrad Kollnig is an Assistant Professor at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law, specializing in the intersection of law and technology. He leads the RegTech4AI project, which combines legal and technical methods to address challenges in the AI and digital platforms sector. His academic background includes a PhD and MSc from the University of Oxford and a BSc from RWTH Aachen, with his PhD thesis winning the prestigious Stefano Rodotà Award 2024. Research focuses on market power analysis in digital platforms, ethical AI governance, and privacy-preserving technologies. He developed the TrackerControl app (200,000+ downloads) to expose app tracking practices. His work has influenced EU, OECD, US FTC, and other regulatory bodies, and been featured in Forbes, Wired, and New Scientist. Key achievements include winning the United Nations Privacy Competition 2022 and the Best Student Privacy Paper Award 2022. He holds a five-year RegTech4AI project grant (€2.1M) funding six researchers. Talks and collaborations span institutions like Georgetown University, CNIL, and the Council of Europe. His interdisciplinary approach bridges computer science, law, and policy to address systemic risks in digital ecosystems.
Stefan Weishaar is Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Law, where he leads the Linking Emissions Trading Schemes (LETS) research group. He also serves as Research Affiliate at MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research in Boston and President of the International Association for Climate Policy Cooperation and Linking. His academic appointments include adjunct professorship at Universitas Indonesia's Faculty of Administrative Science. Professor Weishaar earned his PhD from Maastricht University in 2007 for his dissertation on the 'Law and Economics Analysis of the European Green House Gas Emissions Trading System.' His educational background includes dual master's degrees in Economics and Law from Maastricht University, along with specialized studies in Political and Regional Studies at the International Christian University in Tokyo. His research focuses on the intersection of law and economics with particular expertise in Climate & Energy law, Competition law, and Public Procurement across EU, Chinese, and Japanese contexts. Professor Weishaar employs comparative legal analysis to examine emissions trading systems, carbon pricing mechanisms, and regulatory design for climate change mitigation. His work has established him as a leading authority on the linking of emissions trading systems across jurisdictions. Professor Weishaar's recent publications reveal a strong focus on EU-East Asia climate cooperation, carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and the legal frameworks for achieving net-zero transitions. His scholarly output demonstrates consistent attention to the technical and legal aspects of emissions trading system design, allocation mechanisms, and the relationship between carbon markets and competition policy. The publications show increasing emphasis on international cooperation for climate policy implementation. NUCLEUS personal research grant (funded his position at Groningen) Professor Weishaar has supervised multiple doctoral researchers through his NUCLEUS-funded research group. His extensive grant portfolio includes projects with Korean, Chinese, Austrian, and European institutions, totaling over €1 million in research funding. His work has involved advising international bodies including the Energy Community Secretariat, Korea Legislation Research Institute, and Dutch ministries on climate policy and emissions trading systems. As leader of the LETS research group, Professor Weishaar directs cutting-edge research on connecting different carbon markets, with significant policy implications for international climate cooperation. His work bridges academic research and practical policy implementation in the critical area of global carbon pricing mechanisms.
Masami Imai is Professor of Economics and East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University, where he serves as Director of the Fries Center for Global Studies. His academic career spans prestigious research institutions including the Tokyo Center for Economics Research (TECR), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and University of Tokyo's CIRJE. His research expertise focuses on banking systems, financial crises, and East Asian economies, particularly Japan. Key interests include corporate innovation during crises, capital allocation efficiency, regulatory responses to banking failures, and regional economic development in post-conflict societies. His scholarly output shows strong temporal trends: early work (2000s) centered on Japanese banking history and deposit insurance reforms, mid-career research (2010-2015) analyzed global financial crisis impacts and political economy of banking, while recent publications (2020-2024) examine zombie lending, legislative malapportionment effects, and ethnic minority contributions to economic development. Most significant paper published in 2012 in Journal of Financial Intermediation Professor Imai teaches Introduction to Economic Theory, Macroeconomic Analysis, Money and Banking, Economy of Japan, and Quantitative Methods. His research fellowships demonstrate deep engagement with Japanese financial institutions and international economic policy analysis. Current work continues to bridge historical banking practices with contemporary crisis management frameworks.
Jo Hsu (they/them) is an associate professor of Rhetoric and Writing and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where they also serve as Associate Chair of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. They are core faculty for the Center for Asian American Studies and have made significant contributions to trans and queer studies, disability studies, and Asian American rhetoric. Education and Background Ph.D., M.F.A. from Pennsylvania State University Research Interests Jo Hsu's research examines how stories shape policy and culture, with a focus on trans and queer narratives, disability justice, and Asian American rhetoric. Their work bridges academic scholarship with public engagement, exploring how storytelling functions as political strategy and community-building practice. They investigate how narratives of health, identity, and belonging circulate across medical, legal, and cultural contexts, particularly focusing on marginalized communities. Their current projects include examining far-right rhetorical strategies for disguising seemingly neutral beliefs and policies, and taking a narrative approach to health injustice, considering how stories infiltrate settings of health care practice and research. Awards and Recognition 2024 Book Award from the Rhetoric Society of America for "Constellating Home: Trans and Queer Asian American Rhetorics" 2023 Diamond Anniversary Book Award from the National Communication Association 2023 Innovations in Community Writing Book Award from the Conference on Community Writing Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award from the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition 2023 Rhetoric Society of America Fellows Early Career Award 2023 Leadership Award for People with Disabilities from the National Council of Teachers of English Public Engagement Jo Hsu is an active public intellectual whose work appears in major news outlets including the Huffington Post, the Hill, and the Boston Globe. They are committed to making academic knowledge accessible and relevant to broader publics, particularly in discussions about trans rights, disability justice, and racial equity. Their creative writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, reflecting their commitment to both scholarly and artistic forms of expression. Laboratory and Community Work While not leading a traditional laboratory, Hsu's scholarly work functions as a form of community-based research that centers QTPOC (Queer and Trans People of Color) experiences and knowledge production. They are actively involved with organizations supporting trans folks in Texas, including Black Trans Leadership of Austin, Transgender Education Network of Texas, and Equality Texas. Their work emphasizes relationality and community accountability as central to knowledge creation.
Alyssa King is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Queen's University, specializing in courts, comparative procedure, and issues of adjudicator legitimacy. Her research focuses on access to justice, federalism, arbitration, and the intersection of international law with domestic systems. She holds a PhD and JD from Yale University, an AB from Harvard University, and a Master 2 from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. Previously, she clerked for U.S. federal judges and contributed to legal journals like the Yale Law Journal. Her work examines procedural harmonization, transnational judicial practices, and legal systems' interactions. Education: PhD in Law, Yale University (2018) Juris Doctor (JD), Yale Law School (2012) AB in Social Studies (magna cum laude), Harvard University (2008) Master 2, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Her research explores how adjudicators navigate legitimacy in cross-border contexts, including arbitration and federal systems. Key themes include procedural ethics, judicial mobility, and legal frameworks for pandemic responses. She teaches Contracts and actively engages with global legal challenges. Awards & Recognition: No specific awards mentioned in the provided texts. Advising & Grants: No advising roles or grants explicitly listed, though her research likely involves institutional support. Labs & Teams: Not specified in the provided information.
Anjali Vats is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with a secondary appointment in the Department of Communication. Her work bridges legal scholarship with critical race theory, focusing on the intersection of intellectual property law and racial justice. She has established herself as a leading voice in Critical Race Intellectual Property scholarship. Professor Vats's research centers on the racial dimensions of intellectual property law, examining how copyright, trademark, and patent systems perpetuate racial hierarchies and white supremacy. Her scholarship explores the whiteness of intellectual property frameworks, the erasure of Black intellectual labor, and the potential of critical race theory as a methodology for intellectual property research. She has developed the field of Critical Race Intellectual Property (CRT-IP), which analyzes how intellectual property law constructs racial categories and reinforces racial inequality in the United States and globally. Her publication record reveals a clear trajectory of developing Critical Race Intellectual Property as a distinct scholarly field. Beginning with foundational works like 'Critical Race IP' (2018) and 'The Color of Creatorship' (2020), she has systematically examined how intellectual property law shapes racial categories and citizenship. Her more recent work expands into digital spaces, examining racial dynamics in cyberlaw and addressing geopolitical dimensions of intellectual property through a critical race lens. The 2024 publications on Chinese and Russian cybercrime in global racial orders and knowledge anti-imperialism demonstrate the continued evolution of her scholarship into transnational and decolonial frameworks. Professor Vats's research has been published in leading law journals including the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, IDEA: The IP Law Review, and the LSU Journal for Social Justice & Policy. Her work has been featured in edited volumes from prestigious publishers including Stanford University Press, Oxford University Press, and the University of California Press. Her scholarship has been cited in legal discourse on race and intellectual property, with particular attention to how copyright frameworks erase Black intellectual contributions while centering white creators. Her collaborative work, particularly with Deidre A. Keller, has been instrumental in establishing Critical Race Intellectual Property as a viable scholarly methodology. The co-authored publications demonstrate a sustained intellectual partnership focused on developing transdisciplinary methods to address the 'unbearable whiteness' of intellectual property law. Her more recent collaboration with Sheila I. Velez Martinez on 'Knowledge Anti-Imperialism in a Propertied World' signals an expansion of her scholarly interests into anti-imperial frameworks for analyzing intellectual property systems.
