About me

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. My research interests lie at the intersection of international relations, political psychology, and public opinion.

My dissertation examines international reconciliation, with a particular focus on how domestic politics and international dynamics interact to shape processes of rapprochement. Specifically, I study how political leaders manage domestic opposition and build support when pursuing conciliatory foreign policies, and how these strategies affect both domestic political outcomes and the perceptions and responses of foreign counterparts.

My work has been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution and Nations and Nationalism, and has been generously supported by Berkeley’s Institute for International Studies, the Berkeley Global, International & Area Studies, and the Institute for Humane Studies.

I hold two MPhil degrees in International Relations - one from the University of Oxford (2019) and another from the University of Hong Kong (2022). My HKU MPhil thesis was awarded the Li Ka Shing Prize (university-wide best thesis award). I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong.