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Dr Shuk Ying Chan
Biography
I joined 果冻影院鈥檚 Department of Political Science in 2023, as Lecturer in Political Theory. Prior to 果冻影院, I was a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College and the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University. I completed my PhD in political theory at Princeton University, where I was a Graduate Prize Fellow at the University Centre for Human Values (2018-19) and a Graduate Fellow at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (2019-2020). My dissertation was awarded the 2022 Leo Strauss Award (for best dissertation in political philosophy) from the American Political Science Association. I grew up in Hong Kong, and I hold an MPhil in Political Theory and a BA听in History and Politics from the University of Hong Kong.
Research
My research sits at the intersection of 20th century anticolonial thought,听contemporary theories of global justice,听questions of empire and race,听and ideas of equality and self-determination.
My book project, Postcolonial Global Justice (under contract with Princeton University Press), explores the moral and political implications of decolonization as an unfinished project of global justice. In it, I develop an account of 鈥減ostcolonial global justice鈥� by drawing on the normative visions and political programs of anticolonial thinkers in the era of formal decolonization. In doing so, my project aims to yield a set of historically informed and action-guiding principles that help navigate the questions of self-determination and equality raised in three areas of contemporary global politics: global governance, international investment, and global cultural exchange.
Podcast: 果冻影院 Uncovering Politics
Hear Dr Chan听speak about her听research on the following podcast episode:
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Publications
- Journal articles
Chan, S. Y. (2024)听''. American Journal of Political Science,
Chan, S. Y., and A. Patten. (2023) ''听American Political Science Review,听1鈥�15. doi:10.1017/S0003055423000795.
Chan, S. Y. (2021) 鈥樷��,听Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 20(2), pp.听202鈥�226.
Teaching
I teach 鈥楪lobal Justice鈥� (POLS0100) and 鈥楬istorical Injustice and the Politics of Decolonization鈥� (POLS103), and I听co-teach 鈥楪lobal Ethics鈥� (PUBL0045).