Meet the Team
Dr Ron Po is an Associate Professor in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
His research focuses on late imperial China, material culture, maritime, environmental, and global studies. He has published on a range of topics and is currently working on a cultural history of shark fins.
Founder | Dr Ron Po
Noah Petts is a Master’s student in early modern history at the University of Oxford, having completed his undergraduate at the LSE. His current research focuses on gender in eighteenth-century missionary work.
Noah runs and manages the website and would be happy to receive enquiries on collaborating with BSSI.
Research Associate | Noah Petts
Advisory Board
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Young Rae Choi
Associate Professor, Global and Sociocultural Studies
Florida International University
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Jessica Day
Research Impact Manager
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Jessica Harrison-Hall
Keeper of Asia
The British Museum
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Pablo A. Marquet
Professor of Ecology
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Franziska Neumann
Professor of Early Modern History
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Image Credits: Markus Hörster/TU Braunschweig
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Andrea Richey
Executive Director
Hong Kong Shark Foundation
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Kartik Shanker
Professor of Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
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Kristina Spohr
Professor of International History
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Wong How Man
Explorer
The Wong How Man Centre for Exploration, HKU
PhD Associates
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Zhen Hao Liew
PhD Candidate
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Ziquan Zhou
PhD Candidate
London School of Economics and Political Science