Time: Monday October 12, 4:00-5:15PM

Location: LIB1117

Speaker: Lisa Zhang, Analyst at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Swedish National China Center)

About the Event:

This talk offers a personal reflection on what it is like to make the jump from university research to working on China in the policy world. Drawing on her experience as an analyst at the Swedish National China Centre (NKK) at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) in Stockholm, Lisa Zhang will share what it means to translate knowledge about China into accessible analysis for decision-makers, and the challenges that come with it. She will also talk about the skills that carry over from the humanities and social sciences to the policy world, the new ones I have picked up along the way, and what it means to be an expert on China at a moment of increasing geopolitical volatility.