Welcome! I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Government, University of Bergen (UiB) and an associate at the Institute for Asian Studies at German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA).

I conduct research on politics and international relations of China, and international affairs in the Asia-Pacific. My research areas include civil society and NGO policy in China, global public perception of China, and China’s foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific. My works are forthcoming or published in Journal of Chinese Political Science, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Asian Survey, and The Diplomat, among others.

Before coming to UiB I was a research fellow at the Institute for Asian Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and a pre-doctoral fellow at School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University in Shanghai, China. I hold MA and PhD in Political Science from Stanford University.

Please see my google scholar, research, invited talks and conferences, and CV for more details.