Research Areas
Areas of Specialisation
Areas of Competence
Education
Joint PhD in Philosophy
The University of Hong Kong & King's College London
Sep 2023 – Present · Expected Graduation Aug 2026
Supervised by Prof. Rachel Sterken & Dr. Aleida Borges
HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship
Erik Kvan Postgraduate Scholarship
Arts Faculty Grants for Joint PhD Program
MPhil in Philosophy
The University of Hong Kong
Sep 2021 – Aug 2023
Prof. Rachel Sterken (primary); Prof. Herman Cappelen (secondary)
Postgraduate Scholarship
Visiting: University of Tübingen (Jan 2023)
BA in Comparative Literature & Philosophy
The University of Hong Kong
Sep 2017 – Jun 2021
Dean's Honours List (every year) · First Class Honours
BA Thesis supervised by Prof. Rachel Sterken (UROP)
Korea University (2019–20); George Mason University (2019)
Publications
Journal Article
Understanding Doxastic Injustice: The Role of Intrapersonal Factors in Epistemic Disempowerment
Social Epistemology, 1–11
2025
DOI
Student Journal
"Is Beauty Objective?"
Compos Mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics, University of Michigan-Flint
Student Journal
"Reassessing Bourdieu's Forms of Capital: Neil from Up Series Documentary"
The Sociologists, HKU Sociology
Conference Presentations
"Understanding Doxastic Injustice: The Role of Intrapersonal Factors in Epistemic Disempowerment"
London School of Economics and Political Science
December 2025
"Theorizing Sexual Harassment in Analytic Feminism – An Inquiry of Philosophical Methodology"
Feminist Philosophies and Methods, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
October 2025
"Love or Abuse? Chiung Yao Novels as Hermeneutical Resources"
Australasian Association of Philosophy (online)
July 2025
"Theorizing Sexual Harassment in Analytic Feminism – An Inquiry of Philosophical Methodology"
Social Ontology Summer School, Wuhan University
June 2025
"Conceptual Absence of 'Sexual Harassment' in Contemporary China: Comparing Feminist Backlash with Chinese Matriarch"
18th Annual Suncoast Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of South Florida
March 2025
"Retelling as a Feminist Response to Embodied Trauma"
North Texas Philosophical Association, University of Texas at Dallas
March 2025
"Phenomenology of Chinese Fat Camp: Embodiment of Shame, Discipline and Trauma"
East-West Philosophers' Conference, University of Hawai'i
May 2024
"Hermeneutical Injustice as Phenomenological Oppression: An Orwellian Approach to Political Censorship"
Australasian Postgraduate Philosophy Conference, University of Western Australia
December 2023
"Intrapersonal Intelligibility in Hermeneutical Injustice: A Phenomenological Perspective"
Social Ontology and Social Justice, University of Calgary
May 2023
Teaching
Guest Lecturer
Department of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
- PHIL2422 Philosophy of Gender and Race – Body & Sexuality
- PHIL2901 Social Epistemology – Standpoint Theory
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Philosophy, King's College London
- The Study of Gender in Spanish American Literature and Culture
- Women Thinkers in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Doctor and Society
Seminar Tutor / Teaching Assistant
Department of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
- PHIL2345 Social Contract Theories
- PHIL2422 Philosophy of Gender and Race
- PHIL2430 Chinese Philosophy: Ethics
- PHIL2901 Social Epistemology
- PHIL7008 Philosophy of Ethics and Information
Languages
Mandarin
Native
English
Near Native
Cantonese
Near Native
German
B2
French
A2
Academic Service
Conference Organizer, Student Committee
Place & Displacement Postgraduate Conference, Dept. of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, KCL
2025
Student Representative & EDI Representative
King's College London
2024 – 2026
Vice Chair, Student Committee
Research Postgraduate Symposium, HKU
2024
Wellness Ambassador
School of Humanities, HKU
2023 – 2024
Member
Australasian Association of Philosophy
References
Academic Supervisor
Prof. Rachel Sterken
Department Chairperson, Dept. of Philosophy, HKU
rachel.sterken@gmail.com
Academic Supervisor
Dr. Aleida Borges
Lecturer in Politics & Inequality, Global Institute for Women's Leadership, KCL
aleida.c.mendes_borges@kcl.ac.uk
Teaching Reference
Dr. Brian Wong
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, HKU
brian.yueshun.wong@gmail.com