Shao Lee

Bio

Shao Ming (a.k.a Shao) is a PhD student in political science at Yale University. His main interests lie in normative democratic theory and the history of political/democratic thought, as well as field experiments in democratic innovations (for more specific questions regarding his thesis, wait a few more years). He was a research assistant in Yale’s Affective Science and Culture Lab as well as the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University during his undergraduate years, and his work has been published in the Journal of Deliberative Democracy. Shao is a proud graduate of Yale-NUS College, Asia’s first liberal arts college, where he received a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with a minor in Psychology.

Contact

• shao.lee@yale.edu
• shaominglee99@gmail.com

Education

• B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, Economics (magna cum laude), Yale-NUS College, 2024

Articles

• 2024-05-17 - “Empowered Mini-Publics: A Shortcut or Democratically Legitimate?”, Journal of Deliberative Democracy Vol. 20, Issue 1

Personal Website

Areas of Interest

• Democratic Theory
• History of Political Thought
• Field Experiments/Democratic Innovations