Biography

I joined the School of Politics in September 2011 as a Lecturer in International Politics.

Previously I was a part-time lecturer at the Institute of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg (2007-2009) and lectured at the School of Communication at Hong Kong Baptist University (2011).

I finished my PhD at the Department of Government and International Studies (GIS) at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2010.

I obtained my prior degrees (Magister Artium) in Political Science and Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg (Germany) and studied Political Science, Film Studies and Comparative Literature at Hong Kong University and Chinese language (Mandarin) in Taiwan at National Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) and National Cheng Kung University (Tainan).

I am a member of the Hong Kong Transition Project (Hong Kong) and an Associate Fellow of the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT), University of Tübingen (Germany).

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles 

The Evolution of Macao’s Identity: Toward Ethno-cultural and Civic-based Development, The Journal of Comparative Asian Development, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 2010)  London, pp. 131-166

Taiwanized “New Taiwanese”: The Effect of Taiwanization on the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign of Ma Ying-jeou, Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2009) Manila, pp. 19-34

Refereed Book Chapters

A new age in the changing Macao identity? Voices from the youth in China’s Macao Transformed: Challenge and Development in the 21st Century edited by Eilo W.Y. Yu and Ming K. Chan (2012) City University Press: Hong Kong.

Identity Formation in Taiwan and Hong Kong: How much Difference, How many Similarities? in Taiwanese Identity in the 21st Century: domestic, regional and global perspectives edited by Gunter Schubert and Carsten Storm, (2011) Routledge: London, pp. 258-279

Refereed Conference Papers 

Youth participation and media in Hong Kong, paper presented with Heidi NK Wang at the 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference organised by the PIDOP Consortium, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, 16-17 April 2012.

Youth political engagement and protests in Hong Kong and Macau, paper presented at the 62nd Political Studies Association Annual International Conference, Belfast, United Kingdom, 2-5 April 2012.

Macao’s Changing Identity, paper presented at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, 15-18  March 2012.

Macao’s Changing Identity, paper presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 4-5 May 2011.

Identity in Hong Kong and Taiwan: a comparative analysis, paper presented at the International Conference of the Hong Kong Political Science Association, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 26-27 August 2010.

Identity and Electoral Marketing in Hong Kong and Taiwan, paper presented at the International Conference of the Hong Kong Political Science Association, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 20-21 August 2009.

The China Factor: Electoral Participation in Hong Kong and Taiwan and the Question of Identity, paper presented at the 17th Bi-Annual Conference of European Association of Chinese Studies, University of Lund, Sweden, 6-10 August 2008.

Identity Politics in Hong Kong from Tung Chee-hwa to Donald Tsang – the Same but Different?, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Hong Kong Political Science Association, Hong Kong Baptist University, 12 December 2007.

Research Papers

The Hong Kong land lease reform, the real estate market and the financial industry, paper prepared for Community Development Initiative, Hong Kong, August 2011.

The promise of democratization in Hong Kong: The 2011 District Council Elections and the 2012 Chief Executive Elections (2012) NDI Hong Kong report number 15. paper prepared for National Democratic Institute, Washington.  March 2012.

Selected Invited Talks and Presentations (since 2008)

Macao’s Changing Identity, paper presented at the University of Macau – University of Toronto Joint Symposium on 'China's Macao SAR: 12 Years of Breakthrough and Transformation', presentation given at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto (Canada) 19 March 2012

National Identity and Election Campaigning in Hong Kong and Taiwan, presentation given at the Centre of Taiwan Studies of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (United Kingdom) 29 February 2012

Who am I? The battle of identities in Hong Kong, presentation given at the Department of Government and International Affairs, Durham University (United Kingdom) 16 February 2012

Taiwan’s 2012 Presidential and Legislative Elections: Campaign Analysis and Implications, presentation given at the Roundtable at the Centre of Taiwan Studies of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (United Kingdom) 8 February 2012

Looking Ahead to Taiwan's Presidential and Legislative Elections, presentation given at the Roundtable at the Centre of Taiwan Studies of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (United Kingdom) 14 December 2011

Ten Years after the Handover: Casinos, Vote Buying and Democracy: Macau’s Legislative Assembly Elections 2009 (Zehn Jahre nach der Rückgabe: Casinos, Stimmenkauf und Demokratie: Macau’s Legislative Assembly Wahlen 2009), presentation given at the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg (Germany) 17 June 2010

Changing Hong Kong:  Democratisation, Taiwanisation and Mainlandisation (Hong Kong im Wandel: Demokratisierung, Taiwanisierung, Festländisierung), presentation given at the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen (Germany) 10 July 2009

Hong Kong deserves better! Legislative Council Elections 2008: Olympic Games, Democratisation and Inflation (香港可以更好 Hong Kong deserves better! Legislative Council Wahlen 2008: zwischen Olympischen Spielen, Demokratisierung und Inflation), presentation given at the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg (Germany) 23 June 2009

Taiwan will surely win! Taiwan’s Presidential Election 2008: Among New Taiwanese and Old Clichés (台灣一定贏 Taiwan wird gewinnen! Taiwans Präsidentschaftswahlkampf 2008: zwischen „neuen Taiwanesen“ und alten Feindbildern), presentation given at the Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg (Germany) 16 July 2008

Identity and Political Participation in Taiwan’s 2008 Elections, presentation given at the workshop “Taiwan’s Presidential Election: Turning Point in Taiwan’s Politics?” Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong) 27 March 2008

Teaching

I currently teach two BA modules (POL2038 International Political Economy, POL 3072 States and Markets) and one MA module (POL M015 Key Issues in International Politics).

I previously lectured at Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Heidelberg covering areas of Communication Studies, International Relations, Comparative Politics and Political Economy.