About

Yi-Ting is a DPhil candidate in the Information, Communication and the Social Sciences programme at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research examines e-participation initiatives in the context of AI, exploring how emerging technologies are shaping democratic engagement through both experimental and qualitative methods. Her doctoral studies are generously funded by the Dieter Schwarz Scholarship.

Before joining Oxford, Yi-Ting studied and worked at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where her work was supported by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She is a 2024 ISF Fellow with Schmidt Futures, a 2025 Asia21 Fellow at Asia Society, and a 2026 APLF Fellow with Salzburg Global.

Prior to graduate school, Yi-Ting served as a spokesperson for former President of Taiwan, Dr Tsai Ing-wen, and as a researcher at Taiwan’s National Security Council, where she worked with Bi-khim Hsiao, now the incumbent Vice President of Taiwan, on Taiwan–U.S. collaboration on technology supply chains and the governance of emerging technologies. Yi-Ting holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from National Taiwan University, an MSc in Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Positions at the OII

• DPhil Student, September 2025 -