Dr. Zhao Hanyu joined the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) in 2026 and is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy and Innovation Studies and the Center for American Studies. Prior to joining SIIS, she was a lecturer at the Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University, Japan, from 2023 to 2025.

She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the Department of Government and an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Harvard University. She also holds an M.A. and a B.A. in International Relations from Peking University and a B.A. in International Liberal Studies from Wasade University, Japan. In 2013–2014, she participated in the CAMPUS Asia program, spending one year as a visiting student at the University of Tokyo and Seoul National University.

Her research interests include comparative politics, contemporary Chinese politics and governance, U.S.-China relations, and Northeast Asian politics, with a focus on grassroots governance, public policy, bureaucracy, and regime adaptation.

Contact: zhaohanyu@siis.org.cn