林夏如教授 是美國維吉尼亞大學米勒公共事務中心研究教授,亦是布魯金斯學會外交政策項目的非常駐資深研究員。她是香港中文大學的客座教授,並擔任 財團法人亞太堅韌研究基金會(亞堅會,Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation, CAPRI) 董事長。亞堅會作為一個新成立的公共政策智庫,通過跨學科比較研究推動亞太地區的政策創新和良善治理。亞堅會是「堅韌社會再造委員會」Reform for Resilience Commission 和 Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience 的亞太中心,這兩個全球倡議旨在回顧各界對COVID-19的因應,為未來的挑戰提供更好的解方。
她的研究和教學領域包括「兩岸關係」、「國際比較政治經濟學」以及「東亞高收入陷阱」。林夏如教授的專著 《台灣的中國兩難》 探討了台灣人認同的變化對兩岸經濟政策的影響,該書在2016年由美國史丹佛大學出版社印行,中譯版已於2019年由商周出版。林教授目前正在研究亞太的高收入陷阱問題,包括所得不均、高齡少子化、世代分歧等;她的時事評論和文章散見於中英文報章媒體。
林教授曾是高盛集團全球最年輕的女性合夥人,負責亞洲地區私募投資,首創高盛在亞洲的創業風險投資,帶領高盛打造阿里巴巴、中芯國際等科技公司。她參與設立了高盛集團新加坡辦公室,並啓動了高盛在日本的創投業務。林教授也曾參與中國大陸、台灣及新加坡國有企業私有化工作。
林教授現任泰科電子有限公司、高盛集團亞洲銀行與朗廷酒店集團獨立董事,也身兼聚焦超音波基金會的董事,致力於支持新型醫療技術的研發。她也擔任台灣TCA人才循環大聯盟資深顧問,協助推動台灣國際人才的流通,連接台灣與全世界。她曾受香港政府委任成為太平洋經濟合作香港委員會成員(2016-2022),協助香港經濟發展。
林教授是台北人,在香港生活了三十年。林教授是哈佛大學的 優等畢業生,曾在東京和馬德里求學與工作。從高盛集團退休後,她於香港大學取得了碩士及博士學位,投身於學術研究和政策分析,並在多家企業和非營利組織擔任董事。
Seth joined CAPRI in 2023. He is an experienced non-profit manager in innovation policy with over two decades of experience working across the Asia-Pacific region.
Previously, Seth established the Asia-Pacific office for a leading intellectual property law organization in 2016, and also established the organization’s China office in Beijing in 2019 after directing its Shanghai office from 2014. He managed the organization’s strategic planning for Asia, including all government affairs, legal education, and communications, working closely with over 5000 leading attorneys in the innovation law and policy community in Asia. He has testified before the Hong Kong Legislative Council, and contributed to briefs submitted to the Supreme Courts of India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Seth was a visiting scholar at the East West Center and Korea Foundation researching United States and Republic of Korea cooperation on innovation law in Southeast Asia in 2021.
Seth is a member of the New York State Bar, and has a graduate degree in Pacific and Asian Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi and an undergraduate degree in science, technology and society from Vassar College. He speaks Mandarin and has lived and worked in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. He currently lives in Taipei with his wife and two daughters.
林夏如教授 是美國維吉尼亞大學米勒公共事務中心研究教授,亦是布魯金斯學會外交政策項目的非常駐資深研究員。她是香港中文大學的客座教授,並擔任 財團法人亞太堅韌研究基金會(亞堅會,Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation, CAPRI) 董事長。亞堅會作為一個新成立的公共政策智庫,通過跨學科比較研究推動亞太地區的政策創新和良善治理。亞堅會是「堅韌社會再造委員會」Reform for Resilience Commission 和 Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience 的亞太中心,這兩個全球倡議旨在回顧各界對COVID-19的因應,為未來的挑戰提供更好的解方。
她的研究和教學領域包括「兩岸關係」、「國際比較政治經濟學」以及「東亞高收入陷阱」。林夏如教授的專著 《台灣的中國兩難》 探討了台灣人認同的變化對兩岸經濟政策的影響,該書在2016年由美國史丹佛大學出版社印行,中譯版已於2019年由商周出版。林教授目前正在研究亞太的高收入陷阱問題,包括所得不均、高齡少子化、世代分歧等;她的時事評論和文章散見於中英文報章媒體。
林教授曾是高盛集團全球最年輕的女性合夥人,負責亞洲地區私募投資,首創高盛在亞洲的創業風險投資,帶領高盛打造阿里巴巴、中芯國際等科技公司。她參與設立了高盛集團新加坡辦公室,並啓動了高盛在日本的創投業務。林教授也曾參與中國大陸、台灣及新加坡國有企業私有化工作。
林教授現任泰科電子有限公司、高盛集團亞洲銀行與朗廷酒店集團獨立董事,也身兼聚焦超音波基金會的董事,致力於支持新型醫療技術的研發。她也擔任台灣TCA人才循環大聯盟資深顧問,協助推動台灣國際人才的流通,連接台灣與全世界。她曾受香港政府委任成為太平洋經濟合作香港委員會成員(2016-2022),協助香港經濟發展。
林教授是台北人,在香港生活了三十年。林教授是哈佛大學的 優等畢業生,曾在東京和馬德里求學與工作。從高盛集團退休後,她於香港大學取得了碩士及博士學位,投身於學術研究和政策分析,並在多家企業和非營利組織擔任董事。
Cecilia Yin joined CAPRI in 2021 as part of its founding team.
Previously, Cecilia worked as an executive assistant in the Securities Division of Goldman Sachs (Asia) in the Hong Kong office from 1993 to 2015. She was responsible for administrative duties and client coordination for the Division, managing support staff and providing secretarial assistance to the Division Head.
Prior to joining CAPRI, Cecilia worked as Chief of Staff at Zheng He Capital, a private equity firm in Hong Kong, overseeing daily office operation, covering human resources-related matters and client events coordination.
Cecilia currently resides in Taipei, Taiwan.
Yulan Hsu joined CAPRI in 2022. Yulan has been involved in non-profit organizations (NPOs) management in Taiwan for over a decade, and currently serves as Director of Taiwan Women’s Link. She has extensive knowledge of strategic planning and interdepartmental coordination to assist decision-making in the organization and advise its long-term development.
Throughout her career, Yulan has held a strong commitment to women rights and social equality. Previously, Yulan has led and contributed to various Taiwanese NPOs, including National Alliance of Taiwan Women’s Associations, Legal Aid Foundation, Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation, Ama Museum, among others. She was also appointed as the Secretary to the Commissioner of Department of Social Welfare in Taipei City Government.
Yulan is a native Taiwanese. She holds a Bachelor degree in sociology from National Taiwan University and a Master degree in sociology from Soochow University.
Caroline Fried joined the team that founded CAPRI in 2021. She has research experience in the economics, politics, development, and history of the Asia Pacific, particularly Taiwan and China. She has also researched the cross-border flows of students in higher education and the internationalization of higher education systems.
Before joining CAPRI, Caroline was an academic editor and research assistant in Taipei. Caroline hails from North Carolina, and she holds bachelor’s degrees in international affairs and history from Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Upon completing her undergraduate studies, Caroline was awarded a Fulbright grant to complete a master’s degree in Asia-Pacific studies at National Chengchi University, Taipei. She has called Taipei home since 2017.
Siwei Huang is part of the founding team of CAPRI. He has conducted interdisciplinary research on Taiwan, Hong Kong, and international affairs. Specifically, he has done research on evolution of identity in Taiwan and Hong Kong, especially in the context of their relations with China. He has also examined the issues of environmental sustainability and internationalization in Taiwan, as well as the policy-making process in Hong Kong and its implications for state-society relations. He closely monitors developments in US-China relations and tracks how they affect various stakeholders in Asia.
Before joining CAPRI, Siwei was a research assistant at the Department of Social Sciences, Education University of Hong Kong. A native of Hunan, Siwei graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University in applied economics with First Honors and received his master’s degree in global political economy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Having experienced the global-local nexus in Asia’s World City, Siwei values diversity and openness in the formation of a more vibrant and inclusive community.
Joy Yun-Ju Huang is an event coordinator at CAPRI. Before joining CAPRI, Joy was a research assistant at Taipei Forum Foundation, where she worked for 10 years. She also has experience organizing conferences in Taiwan.
Joy is also a PhD student in the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies at National Chengchi University. Her dissertation discusses the logic of China’s setting of special envoys and the difference in use of special envoys between China and the west. She received her M.A. from the Graduate Institute of American Studies at Tamkang University. Her research interests include China’s foreign policy, US-China-Taiwan relations, cross-Strait relations, and China’s rare earth policy.
Shawn Hung was selected by CAPRI from the Talent Circulation Alliance Program, which is led by the American Institute in Taiwan and Institute for Information Industry. He is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Born and raised in Hsinchu, Taiwan, his previous experiences include conducting brainwave technology research as a scholarship researcher from the Ministry of Science and Technology. He also led the executive team for the 2022 Youth Development Administration Deliberative Democracy Forum, which helps promote future national mental health policies. Shawn’s background in psychology and neuroscience formed the foundation for his interest in mental health policy and research. His interdisciplinary thinking has motivated him to gain experience in various fields, including design and language learning.
Sylvia Chen is CAPRI’s graphic and website designer. She designed, built, and maintains CAPRI’s website, and she handles the graphic design of CAPRI’s research products and communications material, both digital and printed.
She also designed the website of the Asia-Pacific Hub, one of CAPRI’s pilot programs. In addition, she was previously a full-time staff member at Fulbright Taiwan (Foundation for Scholarly Exchange), where she was in charge of graphic, website, and layout design.
Sylvia graduated from National Chengchi University (NCCU) in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in advertising. She majored in advertising, digital marketing, and branding and has specializations in English, Japanese, graphic design, and illustration.
Deborah Ayres-Brown joined CAPRI as an Administrative Associate and Communication Coordinator in March 2023, following a year of Chinese studies supported by the Huayu Enrichment Scholarship at the National Taiwan Normal University.
She holds a bachelor’s in English and French and a Master’s in English from the University of Virginia, where she could explore her interests in Jewish and Christian texts as well as Bible translation through the World Religions, World Literatures program.In the past, she has interned at the Archives and French Literature Museum of the Royal Library of Belgium, volunteered as a docent at the Fralin Museum of Fine Arts, and worked both as a Writing Center Consultant and English Language Teaching Assistant at the University of Virginia.
In her free time, she enjoys browsing the books at Eslite, drinking tea at Maokong, and running by the Tamsui River.
Charles Lewis joined CAPRI in January 2023 as part of Northeastern University’s co-op program. He is a third-year student at Northeastern majoring in Political Science and International Affairs and minoring in Chinese. He previously worked for the nonprofit organization WorldBoston, where he served as a coordinator for International Visitor Leadership Program groups visiting Boston. His research interests are in US-China-Taiwan relations and the impact of citizen diplomacy. Charles hails from Maryland but is currently living in Taipei.
Trisha Lim joined CAPRI in February 2023 as part of National Taiwan University’s internship program between the Office of International Affairs and NGOs based in Taiwan. She is a current Masters student studying Biodiversity Conservation at National Taiwan University, with a particular interest in carbon policies and emission reporting.
Prior to moving to Taiwan, she obtained a Law degree from the University of Nottingham in the UK and worked as a compliance and operational risk adviser at Standard Chartered Bank Brunei. Her volunteer work over the years has been in the environmental sphere in promoting food self-sufficiency and reducing carbon footprint from imported produce. Her interdisciplinary background has motivated her to pursue further education in creating a more sustainable and resilient future.
Oliver Jongue joined CAPRI as an intern over his summer break in 2022. He is a second-year student at the Australian National University (ANU), double majoring in Law and International Relations. Oliver’s current research interest is in US-China relations and the international political economy. However, he has completed projects on various topics, including law reform and human rights to global security. He has previously worked as a law ambassador for the ANU College of Law, spearheading the college’s marketing and on the executive of the ANU Society for the United Nations as the conference director, which promotes the discussion of global issues by organizing events such as Model United Nations Conferences. Oliver is a native of Taipei but is currently residing in Canberra.
Alistair Lang joined CAPRI in December 2022. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from University College London and a master’s in global governance and emerging markets from Birkbeck College. His research has included the economic and political changes in Indonesia and Mexico since the 1980’s and the role of foreign policy in Russian domestic politics.
Alistair has a background in finance, public policy, and communications. Before joining CAPRI, Alistair cofounded and managed the Reform for Resilience Commission, which was set up to address the need for more resilient and sustainable health and economic policy, as highlighted by the pandemic.
Currently based in Manchester, he is from the United Kingdom but has traveled extensively in the Asia-Pacific region and looks forward to seeing even more.
Jacob Libby is a recent graduate from a two-year master’s program at the Yenching Academy of Peking University, where his research focused on the geopolitics of the US-China-Taiwan semiconductor trade and the broader challenges associated with export controls, foreign direct investment, and industrial policy in the region. Previously, Jacob completed his undergraduate degree in foreign affairs and Spanish at the University of Virginia. He has worked at the US Department of State, the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center, SupChina, and the Miller Center at UVA, conducting research on contemporary US-China relations and East Asian politics and economics.
He is deeply interested in the growth of East Asia’s technology sphere and plans to dedicate his career to fostering positive, productive relations between the US and East Asia toward a prosperous and innovative future in the face of collective challenges such as climate change and democratic erosion. He is currently pursuing a law degree at Harvard Law School in furtherance of that goal.
Mithra Dhinakaran has joined CAPRI for the fall 2022 semester. She is currently a senior at the University of Virginia double majoring in Economics and Global Studies Security & Justice. This Fall, she is studying Mandarin at National Chengchi University’s Chinese Language Center in Taipei. Mithra’s current research focus is US-China relations, but she has completed projects on topics ranging from rebel militant conflicts to policing data availability. She has previously worked as an Executive Education intern at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and an event coordinator at UVA’s Economics Career Office (ECO). Mithra is a native of Virginia and will be based in the DC area starting from January 2023.