Degrees

• M.A Sociology, National Taiwan University, 2021
• B.A Chinese (Modern and Classical), SOAS University of London, 2019

Fields of Study

Political Sociology, Medical Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, Ethnography, Taiwan and East Asia

Research

I study how different forms of scientific and technical expertise shape understandings and practices of political action. I have explored these dynamics in Taiwanese civic hackers’ efforts to enact horizontal digital activism and in how nonprofit mental health care providers in LA navigate competing visions of community needs.

Publications

• Wu, Chia-Ling, Wei-Hong Chen, Sam Robbins, and Hinata Sakai. 2025. “Success Rates and Success Stories: Staging Anticipation on Fertility Clinic Websites in Taiwan, Japan, and the UK.” Social Science & Medicine 366:117655. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117655.

Awards & Grants

• Taiwan Studies Fellowship Grant, 2025
• Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, 2025
• Graduate Research Mentorship, 2024-2025
• Taiwan Ministry of Education Scholarship, 2019-2021