School of Social and Political Science

Ruolan Gan

Tutor

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ruolan.gan@ed.ac.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruolan-gan/

Research interests

Foreign Policy Research Group International Relations Research Group Nationalism and political action Politics and political violence
  • Chinese foreign policy, particularly China's engagement in global governance; Asia-Pacific politics
  • Geopolitics, international order, and international security
  • Norm contestation, norm (re)shaping, international norms
  • Qualitative analysis, particularly discourse analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and frame analysis

Background

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Politics and International Relations
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (2020 - 2026) 

Master of Arts, International Relations and Affairs
The Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia (2017 - 2019) 

Bachelor of Management Studies, Public Administration 
Hohai University, Nanjing, China (2013 - 2017)

PhD research

PhD thesis: China's Approach to the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
This thesis illuminates China's norm-shaping process by critically analysing its voting patterns and comparing its language with that of the US, the UK, and France on R2P intervention. It closely examines United Nations Security Council meeting records across twelve UN resolutions in relation to countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Supervisors

Professor Kate Wright
Dr Jérôme Doyon

Professor Andrew Neal (Oct 2021 - Jun 2022)
Dr Youngmi Kim (Sep 2020 - Oct 2021)

Research assistantship

Non-violent Repression and the Escalation of Conflicts over Self-Determination (NRECS) (Jun 2022 - Dec 2022)
Supervised by Dr Micha Germann, University of Bath; Funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Book Reviews

Gan, Ruolan (2024) Review of Martialling Peace for International Affairs by Nicole Wegner, International Affairs, 100(2), p. 859-860.

Gan, Ruolan (2024) Review of Wuhan Lockdown by Guobin Yang, Chinese Journal of Communication, 17(2), p. 244-246.

Conference presentations
  • Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) Annual Meeting, University of Tokyo/United Nations University, Jun 2024
  • International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Montréal, Canada, Mar 2023
  • The British International Studies Association (BISA) Working Group on Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect Annual Conference 2022, The European Center for the Responsibility to Protect, University of Leeds, Nov 2022
  • The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS) Annual Conference 2022, University of Oxford, Sept 2022
  • The 24th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Palacký University Olomouc, Aug 2022
  • Generation Asia 2022 the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) Council Conference, University of Iceland, Aug 2022
  • Foreign Policy Analysis Conference 2022, University of Edinburgh, Jun 2022
  • The British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2022, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, Jun 2022
  • Early Career Researchers and Graduate Students Conference on East Asia 2021, The Scottish Centre for Korean Studies, University of Edinburgh (co-organiser, co-host, and presenter), Sept 2021 
Guest lecturing

Topic: The role of interpretative frame in norm contestation and norm implementation (Apr 2023)
Course: Contemporary Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy, convened by Dr Myunghee Lee, University of Copenhagen

Tutor Course

Politics and International Relations 1A: Concepts and Debates (PLIT08017)

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