Experts

Leiden Asia Centre Experts

The Leiden Asia Centre brings together a dynamic network of scholars, analysts, and professionals with deep expertise in Asia’s rapidly evolving societies. Our experts span disciplines such as political economy, global governance, migration, technology, and human rights, and focus on key regions including China, India, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Indo-Pacific.

They work with us as staff members, affiliated researchers, and partners—many of them based at leading institutions in Europe and Asia. Together, they contribute to our research projects, advise policymakers, and support our public mission to make Asia-focused expertise accessible and actionable.

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Cyber Security, Law and Governance, Technology and Digitalisation

Japan
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Technology and Digitalisation, Geopolitics, Law and Governance

China
Ardi Bouwers portrait photo

Chinese (geo)politics, Media, Propaganda

Japan
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Japanese studies, Dutch-Japanese cultural relations, cultural diplomacy

ChinaIndia
Carolien Stolte portrait photo

Foreign Policy, Global Governance, Multilateralism

China
Carwyn Morris portrait photo

China's Digitalization; China in Europe; Chinese Social Media

Korea
Christopher Green portrait photo

Migration Studies, Politics of East Asia, Security

China
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Chinese Studies, Political Economy, Belt and Road Initiative

Indonesia
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Politics, history, geography and sociology of Southeast Asia.

China
Dechun-Zhang

Political Communication, Digital Propaganda, Chinese Politics

China
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AI governance & justice, data privacy, social scoring systems, generative AI

Korea
Elena Guido portrait photo

Inter-Korean Relations; DPRK Affairs; Human Rights; Geopolitics

Japan
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Japan, LGBTQ+ Politics, Japanese Local Governments, Popular Culture, International Relations

China
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Cybersecurity, China-Russia Relations, Technology and Digitalisation

Korea
Flora Smit portrait photo

K-pop Industry, Contemporary South Korean Society

China
Florian Schneider portrait photo

Chinese Politics, Technology and Digitalisation, Diplomacy

China
Frank Pieke

Chinese Politics, EU-China Relations, Governance, Political Economy, Belt and Road Initiative

China
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Geopolitics, EU-China Relations

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Geopolitics, Law of the Sea, Modern History

Indonesia
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Anthropology, Indonesia, rural transformation, climate change, development

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Artificial Intelligence, Technology and International Security, Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific, ASEAN

East Asia
Hsini Huang portrait photo

Innovation policy, AI governance

China
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Knowledge Security, EU-China Relations, Diplomacy

Global South
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Belt and Road Initiative, Law and Governance

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Jay-Huang

East Asian International Relations, Post-Western IR, Genealogy of IR Knowledge, Identity Politics, Strategic Thinking in East Asia

Indonesia
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Indonesia, Ethnic Minorities, Religion, Ethnicity, Conflict

China
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Technology and Digitalisation, Geopolitics, Political Economy

India
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Cultural History of India, Netherlands/EU-India Relations, Islam in India

China
Jue Wang portrait photo

Belt and Road Initiative, Political Economy

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Indonesian Militias, Discourses of Authority, Non-state Violence and Undocumented Migration to Europe

China
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Spatial Practices in Ancient and Contemporary China

East AsiaJapan
Lindsay Black portrait photo

Sino-Japanese Relations, East Asian Security, International Relations

Japan
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Popular Culture, Japanese Politics, International Relations

China
Matthew Ferchen photographed by Piotr Spalek, Beijing 2012

China's political economy, economic security, Belt and Road Initiative

China
Michael Sampson portrait photo

Belt and Road Initiative

Japan
Mina Pollmann portrait photo

Alliance Politics, Economic Security, International Relations

China
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Modern Chinese History, Political Economy, Europe-China Relations

Indo-Pacific
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Belt and Road Initiative, Political Economy, Geopolitics