ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Ph.D., Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK, 2017
       PhD thesis: ‘The Complexity of Waterfront Regeneration: A Case study of Kaohsiung, Taiwan’, supervised by Prof. Ash Amin
• MSc in Regional and Urban Planning, London School of Economic and Political Science, 2009
• BA in Political Science, National Taiwan University, 2002
   

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT RECORD

• 2018 – 2020, Director, Office of the Secretary-General, Presidential Office, Taiwan
• 2018 – present, adjunct assistant professor, Institute of Public Affairs, National San Yat-sen University
• 2018, Deputy Secretary General, Kaohsiung City Government, Taiwan
• 2012, Chief Secretary of Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government, Taiwan
• 2006 – 2012, Secretary of Mayor, Kaohsiung City Government, Taiwan
   

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Taiwan Cambridge scholarship, Cambridge Overseas Trust (2012-2015)
• Awards of distinction for primary commander, Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan (2004)
   

JOURNAL

• Yu, S. J., 2019, Can affective Atmospheres Justify Megaprojects? A Case Study of ‘Asia New Bay Area’ in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Emotion, Space, and Society, Volume 31, p1-9 (SSCI)
• Yu, S. J., 2019, The Emergence of ‘Performative Planning’: A Case Study of Waterfront Regeneration in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, International planning studies (ESCI)
   

RESEARCH

• Urban Planning and Regeneration
• Infrastructure and Megaproject
• Urban Governance and Policy Innovation
• Emotional Geography
• Decision Analysis and Crisis Management
   

TEACHING

• Public Affair Management
• Regional Development and Policy