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Yuting (Alina) He

PhD candidate in international relations, interested in emerging technology, gender, and critical approaches to global politics.

The University of Sydney

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🌟About Me:

🎙️ Public Engagement

📚 My Research:

My doctoral research investigates how livestreaming technologies reshape environmental security knowledge and practice, with a particular focus on visuality, power relations and temporality in politics. This builds on my previous works on the first ‘TikTok War’, digital diplomacy and global digital politics.

Another recent strand of my research focuses on the politics of China.

As a feminist,

I also actively contribute to discussions on gender and politics.

✍️Teaching

I have experience teaching across various educational contexts, from university-level courses to summer school and specialised workshops. At USyd, I’m currently tutoring Level 2 undergraduate courses: GOVT2921 Intermediate International Relations (Semester 1, 2025) and GOVT2901 Contemporary Issues in Politics and International Relations (Semester 2, 2024).

🎓Education


Ph.D. in Government and International Relations,

The University of Sydney

(2024-Present)

MPhil in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge (2022-2023)

BA Hons International Studies, University of Nottingham

(2018-2022)

I’m co-hosting ‘Overreactology’, a podcast on everyday international relations.

As a bilingual researcher (English/Mandarin), I actively engage with both academic and public audiences.


I’m a content producer on Chinese social media with around 10k followers, where I writes extensively about my personal experiences as a researcher, gender in contemporary China, and current affairs.

yuhe0674@uni.sydney.edu.au