Yu-Jie Chen

Dr. Yu-Jie Chen is an Assistant Research Fellow (equivalent to Assistant Professor) at Institutum Iurisprudentiae of Academia Sinica and a Non-residential Affiliated Scholar at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute of NYU School of Law. Her research focuses on human rights and international law and relations, particularly in the context of China, Taiwan, and China-Taiwan relations. Her scholarship has developed along the following interrelated lines: legal and political controversies in China-Taiwan relations; Taiwan’s interaction with the international legal system; China’s authoritarian political and legal system; China’s influence on the international human rights regime; and Hong Kong’s changing rule of law. Her academic articles and public-facing essays have appeared in the United States, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, including, recently, the China Quarterly, New York Times, and Australian Foreign Affairs, among others.