Mr Zhehao Du 杜哲浩
Job Title
PhD Student
City (Address)
EdinburghCountry (Address)
UKResearch interests
Research interests
- American politics and foreign policy, Sino-US Relations, American policy towards Taiwan, American exceptionalism
- Critical security theories, nationalism, discourse analysis
- My PhD studies focus on How American foreign policy elites have discursively justified the policies to strengthen American security relations with Taiwan since the Trump administration.
Background
Education Background
Master of Science, International Relations, University of Edinburgh, (2021-2022)
Master of Arts, International Relations and World History, University of Nottingham (2020-2021)
Bachelor of Laws, Politics and Administration, Shandong University of Political Science and Law (2015-2019)
Supervisors
Work experience
Centre for Globalization Hongkong, Research Fellow, 04/2023 – 10/2023
Shanghai Institute of American Studies, Research Assistant, 10/2022 – 04/2023
Singapore Research Center of Shandong University of Political Science and Law, Research Fellow, 07/2018 – 12/2021
Conferences and Presentations
Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Academic Community of Political Science and International Relations, Tsinghua University, July 2023. Paper titles: American Exceptionalism and Presidential Justification Discourse for Military Intervention after the Second World War; Modernity and the Origin of Nationalism and Nation.
Sixth Annual Conference of the Political Science and International Relations Teaching Community, Tsinghua University, December 2022. Paper title: Research on Talent Cultivation Mode of International Organizations--Practice and Inspiration of the University of Edinburgh.
2019 Annual Conference of the Northeast Asia Studies Association of Chinese Asia-Pacific Society, June 2019. Paper title: The Causes, Difficulties, and Peaceful Settlements for the US and DPRK on the North Korea Nuclear Issues.
Publications
“The Causes and Dilemma of Trump Administration’s North Korea Nuclear Policy”, with Dr Yang Xiaoqing and Dr Fan Lei in Public Diplomacy Quarterly, 2019(4) [In Chinese].
http://news.china.com.cn/world/2019-12/01/content_75943635_0.htm
“The Effectiveness of Media in Constructing and Spreading City Brand: a Case Study of zaobao and Singapore”, with Dr Yang Xiaoqing in Singapore Studies, 2019 [In Chinese], Social Sciences Academic Press.