Hello! 

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This is 李昊霖 (Lǐ Hàolín) , and you can call me Ellen:). I am a master's candidate at the University of Toronto School of the Environment under Dr. Teresa Kramarz's supervision. I recently graduated with double majors in International Relations and Political Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver.

 

I'm currently conducting my graduate research project on the sustainability governance of the global lithium supply chain in the context of Chinese lithium mining operations in South America's Lithium Triangle.

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I'm a research assistant for Dr. Juliet Lu as a member of the Global Political Ecology Group (lovely lovely family <3) since 2023, where I was inspired to examine the evolving roles of Chinese non-state actors in overseas environmental governance and natural resource management. I'm also working for both Dr. Lu and Dr. Jessica DiCarlo in multiple projects evaluating China's global sourcing of critical minerals (mainly on Congo's Cobalt, South America's Lithium, and Indonesia's Nickel).

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You can find the geopolitical risk analyses I wrote in undergrad from 2021 to 2023 (as a writing practice) for a China policy think tank named Intellisia Institute in the Sparks section, which is currently available only in Chinese. Hope I have more mature writing coming soon :p

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I travel, write, explore music and visual arts. Growing up with diverse regional backgrounds as a "cultural nomad" shaped who I am and who I want to be.

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