Hey there! I’m Hsiao-Chi Chu, a cross-disciplinary practitioner with a focus on art, cultural heritage, migration, refugees, and humanitarian development.
I specialise in bridging humanitarian fieldwork and curatorial practice — building platforms, archives, and cross-regional networks that connect displaced communities’ cultural knowledge with the systems that need to hear it.
#Humanitarian & Development #Migration & Refugee #Social & Climate Justice # MEAL #Curating #Socially Engagement # Art # Museum #Heritage
EDUCATION
- 2025.06~ Visiting Fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands
- 2018.09~ PhD, Program in Cultural Heritage and Arts Renovation Studies, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
PhD research: Refugee Heritage (textile), Identity and Trauma in Levant area (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan) in conflicts across the generations - 2019.09~2021.07 MA, Migration and Diaspora Studies, SOAS, University of London
Master thesis, Palestinian Archival Memory at the Table- Cookbooks in diasporic contexts (Merit) - 2012.09~2015.04 MA, Graduate Institute of Arts and Humanities Education, Taipei National University of the Arts
Master thesis, The Practice and Reflection of a Participatory Art Project (Marks 91/100)
OTHER TRAININGS
- 2022 Master Class, In Situ Graduate School on Textiles and Dyes, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands
- 2022 Community Resilience Module (CRM) Training, TFCF International Development Division Annual Training, Taiwan (Trainer: GOAL Global)
- 2021 MEAL DPro: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning for Development Professionals, Online Training Course, Kaya (Humanitarian Leadership Academy)
- 2021 Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS), Online Training Course, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
- 2021 Education in Emergencies (EiE), Online Training Course, Kaya (Humanitarian Leadership Academy)
- 2020 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Program (SDGs), Impact Hub, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2011 Youth Development Planner Training, Department of Urban Development, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan
SKILL
- MEAL Framework (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning)
- Data analysis (POWER BI, SPSS, R, SAS)
- Program management
- Communication
- Problem solving
- Community-led engagement
LANGUAGE
- English (Full professional proficiency)
- Dutch — elementary proficiency (in progress)
- Mandarin & Taiwanese (Native)
- Arabic (Limited working proficiency)
織事｜Weave the Edge 