Qi LI 李 齊
Qi Li is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan. Her doctoral project examines the complexities of rural-urban transitions, land use changes, informal settlements, and displacement issues in Shanghai and Taipei, set against the backdrop of shifting global and local politics.
She contributes articles and reviews to research institutes and independent media, employing interdisciplinary approaches to explore urbanism, land and environmental politics, economic democratization, and migration. Currently, Qi is a graduate research fellow at the International Center for Cultural Studies, NYCU, and serves as the editor-in-chief of the digital publication Conflict, Justice, Decolonization: Asia in Transition in the 21st Century (ISSN: 2709-5479).
Born in Amoy (Xiamen City in Fujian Province, China), she speaks Hokkien as her mother tongue. She grew up in a wet market near the Amoy port, where she developed a habit of engaging with people and immersed herself in the dense, vibrant off-street livelihood.