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 Ronald C. Po

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Noah Petts is a DPhil candidate in 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

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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

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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

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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

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