• Security Norms and Peace in East Asia;
• China and East Asian International Relation
• Hong Kong and Macau studies
• Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Studies

• Paper for the 26th World Congress of Political Science held by the International Political Science Association(IPSA): “Security Norms and Peace in East Asia”, July 2021.
  Duan Yuzhou participated as paper author and oral presenter in the panel- Challenges in Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes in Asia and the Pacific (Session: RC18 Asian and Pacific Studies) and was recognized as is a member of IPSA in good standing.
• Paper for the 2021 Global Bay Area Development International Conference” held by Lingnan University, University of Macau and Zhong shan University: “Macao’s Cross-domain Governance ‘Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone” Duan Yuzhou participated as paper author and oral presenter on October 22,2021
• Paper for the Second Young Scholars Forum on US-China Relations organized by Emory University and the Carter Center: “The Internationalization of China Think Tanks”, Duan Yuzhou participated as paper author and oral presenter at Atlanta (US) on October 16-17, 2015.
• “The Russian-Ukrainian war shakes the geopolitical plate of the world(俄烏戰爭撬動世界地緣政治板塊)”,(Co-authored with Hu Weixing)，China Review，April 2022.
• “Strengthening the Governance Capability: An Important Path for Hong Kong ‘from Chaos to Governance to Prosperity’(強化政府治理能力:香港從“由亂到治”走向“由治及興”的重要路徑)”,(Co-authored with Hu Weixing),Journal of United Front Science, Issue 4,2022.
• “Geopolitical Risks of China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative 2013-2015 and Some Suggestions on Prevention (2013~2015年中國“一帶一路”的地緣政治風險與防範建議)”, (Co-authored with Wang Huiyao) ,Chinese Enterprises Globalization, Social Sciences Academic Press (China), 2015.
• “Macao’s Experience in Fighting and Preventing the Epidemic(澳門抗疫防疫策論)”, Tianda Report (internal reference), 8/2021
• “Analysis of Why the Motorcycle Ban Policy in Guangzhou University Town Failed(淺析廣州大學城的禁摩政策為何失效)”, published in Chinese Market, Issue 10, 2011. (ISSN:1005-6432)
• “Selling and Friendship: An Analysis of the Malformed Marriage View under the Rapid Development of Market Economy(買賣與交情-經濟快速發展下的畸形婚姻觀)”, published in Modern Communication, Issue 8, 2011. (ISSN:1009-534)
• Participated the project “Research on the development of new media in Hong Kong and its regulatory countermeasures (香港新媒體發展及其規管對策研究)”, Chinese Association of Hong Kong& Macau Studies, 12/2021-6/2022
• Participated the project “Research on the Centennial History of the Relationship between the Communist Party of China and the Chinese in the Middle East(中國共產黨與中東華人華僑百年關係史研究)”, 2021 National Social Science Fund Annual Project and Youth Project, 9/2021-present
• Participated the project “Strategic Research on the Construction of Ningxia’s Grass-roots Civil Servant Teams under the Background of Strengthening the Country with Talents(人才強國背景下寧夏基層公務員隊伍建設的策略研究)”, Ningxia’s Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (Provincial project), 9/2019-11/ 2020
• Participated the project “Study on the Construction of High-level Talent Research and Innovation Teams for Ningxia’s Colleges and Universities(寧夏高校高層次人才科研創新團隊建設研究)” ,12/2021 (Provincial key project, understudy), 12/2020-present

Dr. Duan was educated at Jinan University in Guangzhou (B.Law in International Politics and B.A in English) and University of Macau (M.A. in International Relations and Ph.D. in Political Science). She was research fellow at Tianda Institute (Hong Kong) in 2021, intern-researcher at Center for China and Globalization (Beijing) in 2015 and legislative assistant at National Grange(Washington, DC) in 2013. Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area studies, University of Macau. She is also a member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and Secretary General of the HK International Strategic Research Institute (ISRI). Her research interests focus on Security Norms and Peace in East Asia, China and East Asian International Relation, and Hong Kong, Macau and Greater China Studies. During doctoral period, Dr. Duan completed research of Security Norms and Peace in East Asia. This research focuses on the surprisingly longtime negative peace in East Asia since 1979 and calls for a new analytic framework that combines the constructivist theory of international relations, traditional peace studies, and norm approach to study how non-material structure, particularly the security norms, influences regional peace.