Dr Yu-Ching Kuo completed her doctorate at the UCL Institute of Education, UK. She was a postdoctoral policy researcher at the Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center, National Applied Research Laboratories in Taiwan. She currently works in the private sector and a freelance writer. Her recent publications include: Research, Development and Innovation: Transformation in Taiwanese Higher Education (2019) (co-author with Professor Sheng-Ju Chan) and Brexit, Taiwan and the Global Semiconductor Industry (2019) (co-author with Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra).