SHORT
BIOGRAPHY
Siran Huang is a Ph.D. researcher in China Studies at Leiden University, specializing in Chinese overseas investments and extractive industries in Latin America. She holds a Master’s in Latin American Studies from Simon Fraser University and has worked as a consultant for environmental NGOs, sustainability consulting firms, and research centres. Her current research analyses state-private dynamics in Canadian and Chinese mining in Latin America. Her work includes conducting business and human rights due diligence reports for organizations such as the Norwegian Pension Fund and collaborating with Latin American grassroots NGOs to assess the real-world consequences of resource extraction.
SHORT
BIOGRAPHY
Siran Huang is a Ph.D. researcher in China Studies at Leiden University, specializing in Chinese overseas investments and extractive industries in Latin America. She holds a Master’s in Latin American Studies from Simon Fraser University and has worked as a consultant for environmental NGOs, sustainability consulting firms, and research centres. Her current research analyses state-private dynamics in Canadian and Chinese mining in Latin America. Her work includes conducting business and human rights due diligence reports for organizations such as the Norwegian Pension Fund and collaborating with Latin American grassroots NGOs to assess the real-world consequences of resource extraction.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT
At the Extractivism.de project, Siran Huang will investigate the intended and unintended consequences of US and Canadian critical raw material (CRM) policies in Argentina, focusing on how Chinese companies and Argentinian policymakers adapt to these regulatory shifts. During the fellowship, she will expand her analysis to EU CRM policies, fostering comparative perspectives in her regional perspective.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Initiative for Sustainable Investments China-Latin America, “Rio Blanco Mining Project”, The People’s Map of Global China, (2022).
Garzon, P., Huang, S., Jensen-Cormier, S., & Gandarillas, M. Understanding the China Development Bank: Financing, Governance and Socio-Environmental Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean, Initiative for Sustainable Investments China-Latin America (2021).
Huang, S. “Research into human rights impacts caused by the spill from Buenavista del Cobre’s copper mine tailings pond in 2014”, Centro Vincular at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Valparaíso (2020).
Huang, S. “Research into human rights impacts of Sinopec’s activities in Ecuador and other Latin American countries”, Centro Vincular at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Valparaíso (2019).