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Assistant Research Professor, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica
J.S.D., New York University(2016)
LL.M., New York University(2008)
LL.M., National Chengchi University(2005)
LL.B., National Chengchi University(2000)
International law, human rights, China, Taiwan, cross-strait relations.
Date of First Appointment:07/01/2020
Telephone:+886-2-2652-5408
Fax:+886-2-2785-9471
E-mail:yujiechen@gate.sinica.edu.tw
BIO
Dr. Yu-Jie Chen is an Assistant Research Professor at the Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, and a Non-resident Affiliated Scholar at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law. She specializes in international law and human rights, with a particular focus on China, Taiwan, and relations across the Taiwan Strait. Her work spans five interconnected areas: (1) China's authoritarian political and legal system; (2) its influence on the international human rights regime; (3) Hong Kong’s changing rule of law; (4) legal and political controversies in China-Taiwan relations; and (5) Taiwan's interaction with international law. Dr. Chen’s scholarship and commentary have appeared in the United States, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, including, recently, the China Quarterly, New York Times, and Australian Foreign Affairs.
She holds a J.S.D. and LL.M. from NYU School of Law and an LL.M. and LL.B. from National Chengchi University in Taiwan. She was an inaugural Global Academic Fellow at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law and previously served as a research scholar at NYU’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute. Her professional experience includes advocacy with the NGO Human Rights in China and practice at the Taipei-based international law firm Lee and Li. She was born and raised in Taiwan.
CV:http://idv.sinica.edu.tw/yujiechen/CV.pdf (open in new window)