I offer a wide range of skills and abilities to work with you on achieving your goals – be that a one-off conference with Chinese delegates, a business trip to China, or laying the foundations for long-term cooperation with partners in East Asia, or indeed expert insight into Chinese politics and international relations — especially with a focus on security. Leverage my personal, academic and professional background for your conference, meeting, partnership or publication!
SINCE 2014
Conference Interpreter and Consultant
Clients include German, UK, US and Taiwanese government institutions and ministries; city governments; International Organisations; European and US fintech, hospitality, pharmaceutical and technology businesses; German Mittelstand businesses and Fortune500s.
MAY 2015 TO APRIL 2023
Lecturer on the MA in Conference Interpreting (German-English)
(part-time, permanent staff member)
UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG
GERMANY
SEPTEMBER 2021 TO APRIL 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant
During the 2021-22 session, I had the pleasure of teaching IR101 (Contemporary Issues in International Relations). During the 2021/22 & 2022/23 academic years, I have also taught POL 147A (Theory and Practice of International Relations – West European Politics), a course taught to exchange students from the University of California, Davis, and IDEASIR3 (Global Politics in the 21st Century) to students of Universidad Europea de Madrid.
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS (LSE) / UC Davis / UEM (Madrid)
UK / US / Spain
Education
My academic background in Anthropology/Sociology and area studies has served as a solid foundation to build on in my work as an empathic listener and communicator, interpreter and consultant who flexibly adapts to any audience. My practical, hands-on experience as an interpreter in high politics and my academic work have informed one another: My understanding of international relations and diplomacy has provided me with an invaluable, unique insight for my research, while my research in turn has provided me with additional approaches few interpreters have at their disposal.
2020 TO 2024 (EXPECTED)
PhD in International Relations
In my PhD, I explore Chinese security policy vis-à-vis South Sudan, and its implications for the world and security policy more broadly. I also work on a wider range of developments in Taiwanese politics and international relations.
Dissertation (provisional title): Sima Zhao’s Intentions? Construction and Perception of the Protection and Securitisation of Chinese Interests, Assets, Citizens and Reputation in South Sudan.
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE)
UK
2017 TO 2018
Master of Science in International Relations (Distinction)
Particular regional focus on China’s policies vis-à-vis the Global South (esp. Latin America) and special interest in Sino-US relations and the politics of peacebuilding and peacekeeping.
Dissertation: Will The Dragon Bring Peace? Liberal Peacekeeping, ‘Developmental Peace’ and Chinese UN-led and bilateral peacekeeping in (South) Sudan.
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE)
UK
2013 TO 2014
PGDip in Conference Interpreting
English, German, Chinese
Courses taken include consecutive and simultaneous interpreting; specialised translation (business, technical & administrative); international politics and organisations.
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
UK
2012 TO 2013
Master of Arts in Social Anthropology (Distinction)
Diasporas and migration; Globalized cultures; citizenship and national identity; Vietnamese Language and Literature.
Dissertation: We Are Here – Vietnamese Boat Refugees, First-Generation Taiwanese and the Politics of Identity, Belonging and Otherness in Taiwan.
SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
UK
2009 TO 2012
Bachelor of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies and Sinology (First Class)
Indonesian/Malay; Chinese Languages (Hokkien and Cantonese); Southeast Asian history and cultures; macroeconomics, international trade & finance; gender in Southeast Asia.
Completed 4-year degree in three years’ time, graduating with a First Class Honours.
SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
UK
2008 TO 2009
Auditing Student
Comparative Studies of Legal Systems, International Law, Human Rights Law
CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW 中國政法大學
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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