Ho Ting Hung

Bosco is an MPhil Candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford (St Anne’s College). He graduated with a BSc in Politics and International Relations (first class honours) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he wrote his dissertation on China's cyber sovereignty and AI governance visions using a machine learning approach. He is a Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme (HKSES) scholar and was a Digital Sherlock Scholar at the NATO Atlantic Council Digital Forensic Research Lab. Besides co-founding and leading a think tank Protopia Group, he has held research positions at numerous academic associations and geopolitical consultancies, such as the International Team for the Study of Security Verona, the Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis, the Global Studies Institute in Hong Kong, and London Politica. He has been interviewed by France 24, Al Jazeera, and Asharq News to provide geopolitical analyses of China’s political economy, North Korea, and global politics. At Oxford, he is working as a Graduate Research Assistant at the European Studies Centre (St Antony’s College) on a project focusing on the mutual perceptions and relations between China, the US, and other major countries with Europe, a Theme Section Editor at St. Antony's International Review (STAIR), and a Research Associate of the Fellowship programme at the Future Impact Group (Oxford Group on AI Policy). During his time at LSE, he served as the President of LSE's international affairs magazine The London Globalist and the Research Director of LSE Undergraduate Political Review, where he organised an international research conference and is now sitting on the board of directors to advise its operation. He also represented LSE to present his research on information operations at the Posters in Parliament.

Awards

• Center for International Relations - International Affairs Forum Student Writing Competition - Winner (2023)
• The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the UK and the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council - The 3rd University Student Peace in Korea Essay Competition – Hope Prize (2022)

Research Interests

• Sino-US relations
• Chinese politics
• North Korea
• Computational social science
• Emerging technology

• Information warfare

   

Language

• Cantonese (Native)
• English (Fluent)
• Mandarin (Fluent)
• French (Elementary)
• Korean (Beginner)