Yi-Tang Lin

EDUCATION
PhD, Social Sciences (2012–2017)

Institute of Political, Historical and International Studies, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

• Thesis title: Statistics as a World Language for Public Health? International organizations, transnational actors and local agencies in China, 1917–1950s


• Supervisors: Thomas David and Davide Rodogno


• 2018 Faculty Award (Prix de Faculté) recipient
Master’s degree, Interdisciplinary Practices of Humanities and Social Sciences (2010–2012)
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), France


• Dissertation title: “International healthcare: Socio-history of the Taiwanese healthcare system’s globalization”


• Graduated with honors International exchange (2009–2010)
Paris Institute of Political Studies (“Sciences Po” Paris), France
Bachelor’s degree, Sociology (2004–2008) National Taiwan University, Taiwan


• Graduated with an award for academic excellence CURRENT POSITION

Post-doctoral researcher (09/2018–), Swiss National Science Foundation project Department of General History, University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Project title: “Rockefeller fellows as heralds of globalization: The circulation of elites, knowledge and practices of modernization (1920s–1970s)”


• Principal investigators: Ludovic Tournès, Thomas David and Davide Rodogno


• Acts as the project coordinator for a research team composed of three principal investigators, three
PhD researchers and one engineer.


• Designs and constructs a database of Rockefeller Foundation fellows


• Conducts quantitative analysis of fellows’ social profiles, career trajectories and migrations


• Carries out individual research on Chinese fellows’ trajectories at political evolution (1917–1970s)
Lecturer (09/2019–)
Institute of Political, Historical and International Studies, University of Lausanne, Switzerland


• Developed and teaches a course on global issues of health for Bachelor students in engineering


• Developed and teaches an obligatory course on historical methods for Bachelor students in social
science


驻访时间：2020年11月—2021年1月