Yung-Hsuan holds a Master’s in International Affairs degree from the Geneva Graduate Institute and has worked at DiploFoundation, a Swiss-Maltese capacity-development NGO facilitating discussions on digital policymaking around the Geneva-based diplomatic and UN ecosystem. Yung-Hsuan has developed a keen interest in AI studies through research experience in AI policy and governance as a Laidlaw Scholar with the University College London European Institute in 2020 and a Summer Research Fellow with the Swiss Existential Risk Institute (now Pivotal Research) in 2022. He also carried out more general digital research, such as an evaluation informed by the Brussels Effect of the EU Digital Services Act package and the decolonization promises of blockchain-based humanitarian aid delivery.
While academically trained in political science and international relations, Yung-Hsuan’s heart has always been set on using a sociological/anthropological lens to approach AI, unentangling the complex co-constitutive ties between society and technology. Dedicated to enabling a harmonious dynamic between intelligent machines and humans, he endeavors to perform the role of an ‘embedded sociologist’ while tapping into decades-long knowledge of science and technology studies (STS). In his published journal article, he proposed an ethnographic auditing trail method to foster a culture of ethical deliberation in the AI development space.
Yung-Hsuan grew up in Taiwan and has spent some years in Hong Kong and Geneva.
