Activity: Socially engaged interdisciplinary academic, with experience in election observation, research, advocacy, and activism. Conducted doctoral research and worked for a local NGO in Myanmar. Lectured at the University of Taipei and organized monthly (public) human rights talks. Since 2020, at the Palacky University Olomouc - currently as Assistant Professor and Co-Coordinator of the Horizon Europe Twinning project EUVIP. Research focusing on Myanmar, Taiwan, China, IR, and human rights,. Author of several academic articles and books, such as Contemporary China: A new Superpower?. Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of China Studies. Board member of the European Association of Taiwan Studies.