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Julie Yu-Wen Chen
Julie Yu-Wen Chen's research and teaching are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. Her research interests are: China’s soft power, Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI), China in Central Asia, ethnic conflict in Xinjiang and its international implications, transnational advocacy networks, and globalization.
Subjects: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Political Science
Biography
Julie Yu-Wen Chen is Professor of Chinese Studies at the Department of Cultures at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki (Finland). Dr. Chen serves as one of the Editors of the Journal of Chinese Political Science (Springer, SSCI). From 2023-2025, she is in the EU twinning project "The EU in the Volatile Indo-Pacific Region (EUVIP)" where she leads the preparatory research and provides supervision and counselling to junior researchers.Dr. Chen formerly held academic positions at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan), University College Cork (Ireland) and Academia Sinica (Taiwan). In addition, Dr. Chen was visiting scholar at La Trobe University (Australia), University of Virginia (USA), University of Tokyo (Japan), University of Tübingen (Germany), University of Nottingham (UK), University of Macau (China), and St. Petersburg State University (Russia). In 2011, she provided testimony in the public hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on "China's Foreign Policy: Challenges and Players" in Washington D.C.
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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China’s soft power
Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI)
China in Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, & Nordic countries
Ethnic conflict in Xinjiang and its international implications
Theories of collective actions, interest groups, social networks & transnational advocacy networks
Globalization and glocalization
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